Here is a thing that bothers me. Finance and procurement look at the same number and see completely different things. Both sides are convinced they’re right. So where did the proof go?
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From ‘vibes’ to ground truth: Why Savings Claims Often Fail Finance Scrutiny
The most expensive sentence in procurement is “we negotiated five per cent off.” Five per cent off what? Off the previous contract price, which itself was negotiated against a market that has since moved. Off list price, which the supplier sets and … Read more
Procurement Transformation Roadmap: Why Sequence Matters as Much as Strategy
The steering committee meets every month. The dashboard is green. Then Finance asks one question: which of these benefits has actually hit the budget? That is often the annoying moment the team discovers it has been tracking activity, but not… Read more
The Adolescence of Procurement Technology
Someone typed “Compny X” into the vendor master. That typo sat in production for six years. When the AI co-pilot totalled up the spend with that supplier, it was wrong by 31 per cent, and it had no way of knowing, because nobody had ever told it … Read more
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