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The Adolescence of Procurement Technology

Professional analysing procurement decisions and category priorities on a laptop in a Melbourne office

Why your fourth analytics program will fail for the same reason as the first three. Last year I sat in a steering committee for a global industrial group running roughly $2.3bn through indirect procurement across 38 countries. The CPO opened with a slide titled “Why this time is different.” It…
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How Do You Handle Internal Stakeholders Who Bypass Procurement?

How to Handle Internal Stakeholders Who Bypass Procurement

If you’ve worked in procurement for more than a week, you’ve lived this scene: A department urgently needs something. They’ve already spoken to the supplier, negotiated terms, maybe even shaken hands on it. Then, almost as an afterthought, they come to you. Not for advice. Not for strategy. Just to…
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The Single Front Door: Operational Orchestration That Frees Procurement for Value

Operational Orchestration That Frees Procurement for Value

Why Procurement Can’t Scale Simple Purchases Most procurement leaders feel the same pressure from two directions at once. From the business: “Make it easy. Make it fast. Don’t slow us down.” From governance: “Keep us compliant. Protect budgets. Reduce risk. Make suppliers perform.” The result is predictable: procurement becomes the…
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How to Turn Your Procurement Team into a Cash-Generating Machine

procurement into a cash engine

Let’s get straight to it: if your procurement team is still just “buying stuff cheaper,” you’re leaving serious money on the table. Across Australia and Asia-Pacific, the best procurement leaders have woken up to a new reality: their function is not some dreary cost centre but a roaring cash engine,…
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