Welcome Thursday, February 23, 2012
Spend Management
Procurement leaders are making a step-change in spend analysis and are looking at spend management as a platform to support an analytical, data-driven approach to managing procurement and operations on a sustainable basis. Not simply about good data, successful spend management should highlight compliance leakages, be repeatable, results driven and realize savings.
Spend management is crucial for all companies, and in gaining visibility of spend across global, multi-industry company’s with big ERP systems it is hot on the agenda.
This Knowledge Group will examine all aspects of Spend Management.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the advisory board of this Knowledge Group, please contact us on +44 (0) 207 501 0538.
SPEND MANAGEMENT NEWS
- IBM beefs up procurement offerings with Emptoris acquisition
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:26:55 - MoD in dock over consultancy spend
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:33:32 - Analysis: Travel spend on the rise despite fears over economy
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:19:58 - Supply chain costs eat into profits for Kellogg
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:15:02 - UK businesses to be given right to choose water supplier
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:15:02
SPEND MANAGEMENT COMMENT
SPEND MANAGEMENT ARTICLES
- Roundtable: Travel management, Frankfurt
Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:11:01 - Thought Leaders: Should-cost modelling
Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 - Case Study: LG Electronics on saving $2bn of a $30bn spend
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:03:49 - Thought leaders: Demand management
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:50:57 - Roundtable: Business alignment, London
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:35:14
SPEND MANAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS
How cross-functional collaboration can help you to deliver year-over-year efficiencies and achieve Procurement Excellence
In C-level suites and boardrooms around the world, procurement is increasingly viewed as a strategic function. As CEOs and CFOs are coming to understand supply chain’s impact not only on the bottom line but in addition on the top line, cross-functional collaboration has never been more important.
How to find a positive return-on-investment for environmentally friendly purchasing
The decision to move CPO John Paterson’s office from Somers, NY, to Asia proved that in a truly globally integrated enterprise a company’s worldwide capability can be located wherever in the world. It may also make the most sense, based on the imperatives of economics, expertise and open environments.
SPEND MANAGEMENT OPINIONS
- Inside View: Let the cull continue
Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:23:23 - Inside View: Pass on the knowledge
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:03:43 - Network view: Growing pains
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:21:00 - CPO View: Dialling up efficiency in telephony spend
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:45:00 - Opinion: In the driving seat
Wed, 02 May 2007 07:55:29
SPEND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
- Succeeding with New Procurement Strategies in a Changing Economy
Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:41:42 - Purchasing Marketing Services
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:55:31 - A guide to tax - Efficient procurement
Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:04:00 - Travel & Expense Management Market
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:24:00 - Global Energy Procurement Market
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:23:00
