• Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Login
 
  • Menu
  • Consulting
    • Supplier management
    • Contract lifecycle management
    • Strategic sourcing
    • Sustainability Risks & Modern Slavery
  • Supplier Management Technology
    • SupplierBase Demo
  • Ideas & insights
    • Reports and Publications
    • Blog
    • Articles
    • Case studies
  • Training
  • About us
    • Leadership team
    • Our partners
    • Awards
    • Careers
  • Events
  • 2020 Research
  • COVID-19

Home    Ideas & insights      Articles

  Stay connected on LinkedIn
  Sign up to our Newsletter
  Get the latest SRM Report
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 ...

24 Jul 14

It’s about the supplier experience

The basic ethical value of ‘treat others as you would like others to treat you’ should still have a place in our business relationships today, especially when we aspire to be a customer of choice for our key suppliers. So how do yo ...

10 Feb 14

Risk - is it time to bring supply chains home?

Global sourcing has been helping businesses reduce costs for many years, but is it time to think again about that long and vulnerable supply chain? The true nature and vulnerability of supply chains needs to be effectively managed. This articl ...

16 Jan 14

Customer of choice and supplier innovation

This article considers some of the challenges organisations face in harnessing and managing innovation, and what can be done differently to encourage more innovation from suppliers.  

8 Nov 13

Is Australasia ready for SRM?

This year Australasian responses to our global supplier relationship management (SRM) have contributed a significant percentage of the overall response to the survey with the size of the pool providing us the in-depth data to both identify tre ...

28 Oct 13

Is RFP the wrong tool for the job?

This article looks at why the RFP no longer should be the tool used for selecting suppliers. It focuses on the value of the RFP and how it positions procurement within the business. The article also looks at the RFP from a supplier perspective ...

  • 1
  •  
  • 2
  •  
  • 3
  •  
  • 4
  •  
  • 5
  •  
  • 6
  •  
  • 7

Reinvent your supplier management

London HQ phone. +44 (0)2078 420 600
Email. enquiries@stateofflux.co.uk

© 2019 State of Flux

  • Site map
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms and conditions
 

Stay in touch

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.

Get a copy

Sign up below to get our insight emails direct to your inbox.

no thanks