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How to Score 10 out of 10 With Your Supplier Relationship

A good supplier relationship can produce benefits for you that go beyond simply providing you with goods and services. But if the base of your relationship with a supplier is starting to crumble, it could cost you in other ways than just the price of their goods or services. Knowledge….

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Clean Up Your Contract Management with the Contract Tracker: The Data Suite Series – #4

Nearly 10% of annual revenue is lost to poor contract management. It’s a galling reality, particularly when you consider that it’s totally avoidable. All you need is a good contract reporting system – which is easier acknowledged than acquired. Any business that understands the limitations of the traditional Excel-based system…

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Procurement Strategy for an Unpredictable World

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The future of procurement strategy is data driven. In fact, it should already be a reality in your organisation. I don’t believe this is something I have to convince you of. We all accept it. My question is: are we actually using data correctly? Do we really understand what data…

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The Key to Forging Long-term, Successful Relationships with SMEs

We need more participation from SMEs and minority-owned businesses in public procurement; the benefits are simply too great to ignore. With infrastructure spending at all levels of government set to remain strong for the coming years, there’s an opportunity that can’t be missed. But how serious is the government about…

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Compliance Reporting: The Data Suite Series – #3

The third edition of our Data Suite series takes a deep dive into organisational compliance, why you need it and how to manage it. Maverick spending is a problem. For some organisations, it accounts for up to 80% of total spend. To get on top of it, though, you need…

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Commercial Acumen: Knowledge Acquisition vs Strategic Decision Making

A man in a boat being guided by a lighthouse towards commercial acumen

It’s claimed that Churchill asked his advisors to distil the issues that he needed to consider in order to make a decision on to a single piece of paper. The reality for many of us is that we are often drowning in a sea of data. We yearn for reliable and…

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Get to Know Your Business with a Commercial Business Review

External spend can typically run from 30 to 70 percent of a company’s total expenditure, depending on the industry. It’s a staggering amount – but it’s also an opportunity. This level of expenditure can be used to transform a business by not only reducing costs, but by achieving competitive advantage…

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Data Categorisation: The Data Suite Series – #2

The second edition of our Data Suite Series takes a look at data categorisation and the benefits of developing a procurement taxonomy. Data categorisation. It’s what every procurement team wants. It’s the next stage after a spend analysis, and it’s where the presentation of data starts yielding really useful and…

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Open vs Closed Tenders: the Benefits & the Downsides

Which tendering process is right for what you’re trying to source? Choose wisely – the wrong path can put you in bed with the wrong supplier, which always leads to unwanted ramifications for the broader business.  There are, obviously, many steps to the procurement process, but none more important than…

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What Is a Procurement Spend Cube?: The Data Suite Series – #1

It’s not about what you have; it’s how you use it. Anyone can collect data, but more and more organisations are struggling to visualise it in a manner which leads to actionable insights. If you want to see your spend data clearly, you have to put it in a spend…

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