Another edition of “Source-to-Pay Office Hours” where I answer your questions on everything related to Procurement transformation and Procurement systems. You can ask your own question HERE for a future episode. Show Notes 2:10 – Fundamental Framework: The Procurement Value Chain 5:43 – How can I optimize my supplier due diligence process? I’m doing it ..read more

We’re trying something a bit new on this episode: Source-to-Pay Office Hours. I want to answer your questions about Procurement and Procurement system implementations Listeners ask specific questions about how you implement IT solutions/modules for: OR, questions about: Whatever questions or challenges you have in your Procurement organization… Let’s go! Show Notes 4:57 – How ..read more

Today, we’re talking about the sourcing process for manufactured parts. More specifically, we’re covering how to optimize this process within your organization and how it’s different from regular sourcing. So, if you buy custom parts in any of your business units, this episode is for you. To help me discuss the subject, I am joined ..read more

Today, we’re talking about market research in Procurement. More specifically, we’re covering how to optimize the market research and market intelligence gathering processes within your organization. This will help you generate better and faster outcomes from your sourcing events. Currently, when your organization needs to buy something new, you’ll do research on the market and ..read more

On the last episode, we explored the criticality of vendor data for Source-to-Pay system benefits realization. On this episode, we widen our focus to see how you can quickly get value from the spend data you currently have in your organization to enable better decision-making. In 10 years of working with clients on Procurement improvement ..read more

*If you prefer reading long form articles, you can read the transcript of the episode on the blog. On the last episode, we explored the critical success factors for your Source to Pay system implementation. One of the factors that came up and got a strong reaction was vendor master data quality. Everyone agrees this is ..read more

On this second episode of the Pure Procurement Podcast, I am joined by Thierry Jaffry to discuss the top 10 critical success factors to consider before starting your S2P software implementation. Thierry is Vice-President for the North-American market and Global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Fluxym, a global leader in Source to Pay consulting services ..read more

I recently posted a review of the SAP Intelligent Spend Management strategy on the blog. The goal was to think through what this new concept might concretely mean for SAP customers. Subsequently, I was lucky enough to sit down with Dr. Marcell Vollmer, Chief Digital Officer at SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass, to get more clarity ..read more