The European Green Deal – step forward with a dose of ambiguity Hardly any industry benefits so much from The European Green Deal as lithium mining and processing. Companies in…
Procurement Management
With the advent of COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains and demand have been massively disrupted and are causing inventory issues, unclear delivery reliability, and a significant risk in single-source supplier circumstances.…
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Procurement Through the Pandemic- How Covid-19 Changed the Role of Procurement
Outbreaks of Covid-19 threw global supply chains into turmoil, with businesses’ resilience being pushed to their limits. Throughout the pandemic, companies have had to keep their heads above water financially…
Procurement automation digitalizes the complex P2P process and streamlines it end-to-end using procure-to-pay software solutions. Cloud-based procurement improves the efficiency of the procure-to-pay cycle by automating manual tasks and eliminating…
Ever wondered how exactly to advance your career within procurement and get promotions? It is not a topic often talked about, but one that is often sought after. Here are…
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Artificial intelligence for sales and procurement planning: fundamental success criteria
I am often asked whether Artificial Intelligence can help to achieve better sales forecasts and procurement planning. My answer: Yes, it certainly can, and especially the improvements by using machine…
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Practical Advice to help Procurement Weather the Pandemic
by Kelly Barnerby Kelly BarnerSeemingly overnight, every procurement professional’s top priority has become helping their company get through the COVID-19 pandemic and start preparing for the business conditions that are to follow. We now…
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Squirrelling Away – How panic buying is affecting the supply chain
As a result of the coronavirus outbreak, people have become like squirrels. Scared that their Government is, if it hasn’t already, going to implement a military style “total lockdown” to…
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Procurement 2020… Will anything change?
by Kelly Barnerby Kelly BarnerIt seems as though procurement has been anticipating the arrival of 2020 since the minute the ‘Y2K’ buzz wore off. Predictions and research, webinars and report titles… ‘Procurement 2020’ has…
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The Potential and Risks of Cryptocurrency in Procurement
by Kelly Barnerby Kelly Barner“Change of this magnitude is hard. You know you’re on to something when so much pressure builds up.” – David Marcus, Co-creator of Libra on Twitter. There has been a…