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23 Jan 20

Business leadership hungry for supplier innovation

You hear a lot of management talk about how to persuade the board of this or that. Find out how Sir John Hood's experience of modern CEOs is different.

8 Jan 20

Building a pipeline through innovation blockers

Supplier innovation improves efficiency, reduces cost and risk, and accelerates growth. But when organisations put plans into action, they often hit barriers. Here, we discuss these challenges and how to overcome them.

17 Dec 19

Learning from the history of supplier innovation

Dating back to the 1990s, the ideas behind supplier innovation are nothing new. So why do so many organisations still struggle to get the concept embedded across the business? 

18 Jan 17

Supplier innovation critical to meeting future demand at Whirlpool

As companies outsource the tasks once performed in-house, they must change the way they work - and innovate - with suppliers, says Christian Gianni, Senior Vice President Product Development, Whirlpool Corporation.

29 Jun 16

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 ...

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2020 Global SRM Research Report - Supplier Management at Speed.

Now in its 12th year, this year we have seen an increase of 29% in the number of companies responding compared to 2019. In addition, the proportion of respondents at CPO/EVP level or equivalent has increased to over 50%. Learn how now, more than ever before, procurement has the opportunity to make the case for SRM to ensure organisations don’t just survive but thrive.

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