November 18th, 2015 | by David Atkinson | Posted in
Procurement, SRM, Supplier Management
In the first video of this short series I discussed how important it is for your SRM to have a clear over-arching purpose – the reason why SRM might be (i.e. probably is) important to your organisation. In this second video of a short series on SRM, I’m going to talk about….
June 26th, 2015 | by David Atkinson | Posted in
And another thing…, Business Transformation, Procurement, SRM, Strategy Development, Supplier Management, Trusted Advisor
In his previous blog on the challenges of securing stakeholder involvement and buy-in for procurement strategies initiatives, Professor Andrew Cox expands on how these could be overcome, citing IIAPS client cases. Tactical Solutions to the Lack of Cross-Functional Involvement & Buy-in Building on our previous analysis of the 12 Major
June 26th, 2015 | by David Atkinson | Posted in
Business Transformation, Change Management, Procurement, SRM, Trusted Advisor
Four Pillars’ work in the procurement sphere often involves working with cross-functional teams in developing category and supplier management strategies. We would go as far to say that effective procurement is most-definitely a cross-functional endeavour, particularly so when strategic categories of supply and key supplier relationships are being considered. Generic