Separation anxiety: Ensuring successful separation and optimising costs in a carved-out business

Case study

A carved-out IT services business engaged Efficio to help them manage the procurement challenges arising from the separation an…

Tesco and Carrefour to combine purchasing power

Insight

French supermarket giant Carrefour and Tesco have announced plans to form a long-term strategic alliance to leverage their join…

Delivering sustainable and measurable value at GTM

Case study

For commodity-based businesses, price fluctuations make it difficult for procurement departments to deliver savings and measure…

Achieving tail-spend value

Guide

How do you drive savings from the fragmented long tail of small-spend suppliers?

Sustaining your savings

Insight

How to keep your savings sustainable after strategic sourcing.

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…

Six Saving Direct Strategies for Manufacturers to Optimise Direct Spend

Insight

Mid-sized manufacturers can struggle with direct spend management – we look at six saving direct strategies for manufacturers t…

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?

A smarter approach to insurance claims cost sourcing

Guide

Insurers must find a balance between price and quality on claims sourcing. Winning strategies focus on innovation and supplier …

How SMEs can improve their bottom line through procurement

Insight

Originally published in Business Reporter for The Sunday Telegraph, we look at how SMEs can leverage procurement to drive cost,…