There’s a highly valuable anecdote that I can’t repeat. It’s all about how to successfully specify a purchase to pay solution. I say I can’t repeat it, I just can’t say who the main players are so for the sake of sharing the love, I’ll…
In the early days of e-procurement – the 1990s – the solutions that were emerging were transformational and to understand why, we need to recall what the procurement landscape was like then. For a start, people didn’t have computers on their desks and if they…
One of the most commonly cited situations that illustrates poor procurement process is nepotism – the appointment of a supplier with a close personal connection with someone in the business. It’s not an ideal situation and it can lead to accusations ranging from simple favouritism…
Everyone sits at the centre of their own little bubble. The department we work in is, if not the most important, certainly a linchpin or at the very minimum a crucial cog in the works. At least, that’s how it seems from inside the bubble….
As a consultant, I’ve often had privileged access to corrupt procurement practices. But I’m not going to blow the whistle on anyone – the thing is, the participants in this corruption, 9 times out of 10 at least, don’t realise they are corrupt. I am not…
Hands up! Guilty. I have sniggered and mocked, sneered and covertly ridiculed. Those men (mainly), proud of being independent thinkers, defying fashion to express their individuality while all looking more or less exactly the same as each other. With their neatly coiffured beards, their jeans…
Blockchain is everywhere. Wherever you turn there’s a new application of this remarkable technology. It is already disrupting the financial services industry and some banks are even issuing their own cryptocurrency accounts apparently in direct competition to their own traditional core business. But the impact…