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Supplier relationships in a world of Brexit uncertainty

Last week’s referendum result has cast a shadow of uncertainty over the UK economy with repercussions across Europe and globally. Now, more than ever, is the time to invest in supplier partnerships.

22 Mar 16

With great (buying) power, comes great responsibility

The Apple GTAT relationship could have been a brilliant buyer-supplier collaboration: for Apple rumoured access to low cost ‘nearly unbreakable’ sapphire screens and for GTAT, it could have been an organisation changing contract, p ...

25 Feb 16

3 opportunities every CPO should be across

Every CPO is sitting on an opportunity to either add or reduce profit through the company’s approach to supplier management. Over years working with major organisations globally, alongside 7 years of research, we’ve found that inve ...

25 Jan 16

Spot the difference

Have you ever had the scenario where the supplier had an all green RAG status on their key performance metrics and yet the relationship was headed for the scrapheap because you just can’t work with them? Or has an executive stakeholder i ...

17 Jun 15

Supplier relationship management – what's in a name?

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Juliet tells Romeo that a name is an artificial and meaningless convention. For supplier relationship management (SRM) there are many different ...

23 Apr 15

How should procurement work with suppliers at low commodity prices?

The recent drastic fall in commodity prices has driven companies in the oil & gas, mining and dairy industries to take a long hard look at their cost base. The immediate reaction is often a drastic and unethical one, for example, the &lsqu ...