By Dr Robert Handfield
Strategic cost management is a comprehensive, cross-enterprise initiative to systematically identify sources of waste in the supply chain, spanning new product development, purchasing, materials management, logistics, and customer-defined product attributes.
It requires that organizations think systematically about the sources of cost, identify non-value added costs, and establish targets for continuous cost reduction that create […]
Procurement firm BravoSolution Tejari is to discuss digital transformation in the Middle East procurement industry as part of the fifth Procurement Strategy Summit taking place in Dubai.
The summit, being held on October 11-12, will focus on how digital technologies are revolutionizing the procurement industry as well as how organizations can capitalize on this change in […]
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By Molly Reppen, Field Marketing Specialist at BravoSolution
Procure-to-Pay (P2P) solutions help companies simplify their purchases and payments, resulting in streamlined paperless processes that ultimately improve organizational efficiency. Companies in the end gain more visibility into all purchasing activities while automating the processes from requisition to payment to enforce controls and drive cost savings.
During ISM’s latest webinar […]
By David Atkinson
My interest in SRM goes back many years, in particular my experiences in aerospace and automotive. A specific feature of those two sectors is that suppliers are usually selected very carefully, because switching mid-programme can be expensive, hugely time-consuming, and sometimes feels close to impossible (regulation and custom and practice in safety-critical industries can […]
Kelly Barner, Buyers Meeting Point, LLC
Traditionally, procurement works to deliver superior value to internal stakeholder groups: including finance, operations, marketing, R&D, and the executive team. Many procurement teams have adopted a traditional ‘customer service’ model to guide their interaction and communication. While it is well-intentioned, using a customer service model with internal stakeholders limits procurement’s […]
Global procurement leaders will convene at BravoSolution Tejari’s customer conference to share best practices and strategies for transforming procurement’s future
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 8 August 2017 – BravoSolution Tejari, the leading global strategic procurement provider, will host its fifth annual customer conference, BravoConnect 2017, on October 17 and 18, 2017 at the Meliá Madrid Princesa […]
By Andrea Brody, Chief Marketing Officer at BravoSolution
Procurement processes today are vast, complex, critical and strategic – and they tell a very compelling story.
If your procurement story was a movie, what would it be? This was the question we posed to our Tejari team. We got some very creative responses, ranging from the Titanic to The […]
By Andrea Brody, Chief Marketing Officer at BravoSolution
Ten to 15 years ago, procurement was still fighting for organizational significance. Seen strictly as cost-cutters, CPOs lacked a true role at the board level, reporting to either the Chief Technology Officer, Chief Engineering Officer, Chief Operating Officer, or the Chief Financial Officer. The function didn’t have a voice […]
Tom Pellescki, VP, Consulting and David Englebert, Director at BravoSolution
Your organization made the decision to implement a full end-to-end procurement platform – congratulations, this is a smart move that will enable your team to deliver more value for the business. Now that you’ve pulled the trigger on a source-to-pay (S2P) solution, what’s next? How do you determine which functional area […]
