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Danone’s COO Mike Sloboda’s “3 Tips For Supply Success” Nails It!

Procurement Insights

” The article focused on the 2006 CPO Agenda London-based panel discussion asking, “Are there any limits to procurement’s role?” FIRST, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION In August 2007, I wrote an article titled “Procurement’s Expanding Role and the Executive of the Future.”

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The National Program of IT as the Alter-Ego of Procurement

The Good Spending

Eventually, a confidential report was produced in February 2006 stating that Lorenzo had "no mapping of features to release, nor detailed plans. Accenture had two of the £1 billion-a-piece prime contracts, so it appeared to be facing a £1 billion penalty payment to the government if it abandoned the program. Poor program management?

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What the Coupa software acquisition means for procuretech

Procurement Software

Coupa was founded back in 2006. Some examples: SRM Contract management Risk management ESG Spend, and wider data analytics There will be more acquisitions. It really began to start making an impact and challenging the market leaders at the time in around 2011. The landscape at the start of the 2010s was very different.