Purchase to Pay best practice “out of the box” makes the implementation of P2P straightforward. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy and if a business intends to build their procurement processes from scratch, it could mean there is more work to do. If an organisation…
You need to sharpen a pencil. It is not optional. The rules say you have to have a very sharp pencil. But why are you using a Swiss Army knife? Good software will allow you to do virtually anything but it’s amazing how often businesses…
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…