Six steps to tackle the digital transformation challenge in procurement

Insight

Technology is ever-changing, making it a mind-boggling field of exploration. Here are six steps you can take to help tackle the…

New CPO - The first 100 days checklist

Guide

A CPO starting a new role will want to make an immediate impact. How you go about this will depend on the priorities of the bus…

How the fortunes of Essar’s Stanlow Oil Refinery are changing

Case study

Essar Oil (UK) CPO Howard Sloane talks about the major procurement transformation currently underway at Essar’s Stanlow Oil Ref…

Digital procurement: an overview of geographical differences

Insight

Where procurement functions are now, and where they are heading, particularly in terms of digital transformation, how businesse…

What’s stopping you from progressing your digital procurement journey?

Insight

Our recent research study found that a key factor among the several internal and external challenges to the digital transformat…

WANTED: Proactive CFO to optimise procurement and drive cost savings

Insight

Maximising profitability, reducing costs and managing financial risks are key to the role of the CFO. Yet some CFOs are missing…

Will private equity portfolio procurement catch on in Europe?

Insight

How can Europe’s private equity houses replicate the same level of success as US models of portfolio procurement?

Procurement v operations: The road to peace

Guide

A guide to what steps procurement can take to convince operations of the value they can bring to the team, and the wider organi…

The CPOs taking procurement skills to a new industry

Insight

What are the challenges and opportunities for CPOs transferring to a new sector?

Insurance claims sourcing delivers savings and quality

Case study

With claims sourcing, getting the balance between price and quality is a key issue for insurance companies. Efficio has experie…