Spend Matters

MARCH 25, 2025

While technology plays a crucial role in modernizing procurement functions, stakeholder engagement ultimately determines whether digital initiatives succeed or fail. To understand why, lets look at the following parallel: Procurement professionals often discuss spend under management (SUM) as a key metric of success.

Stakeholder engagement 70

Stakeholder engagement Management Procurement Influencing 70

Procurement Templates

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Implement Lean Procurement Practices: Use lean management principles to minimize waste and streamline procurement operations. Create Contingency Plans: Develop risk management protocols for supply disruptions and emergencies. Action: Develop a procurement cost-avoidance tracker for proactive budget control.

Procurement 130

Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting Cost of ownership 130

Spend Matters

JULY 24, 2023

So while this year’s report places a lot of emphasis on operating model set-up and talent management, we wish to highlight the ‘Digitization’ section because Procurement has a clear imperative to build agility and resilience into supply chains. Category management is the core engine for scaling processes.

supply chain budgeting 98

supply chain budgeting Budget Agile and Lean Supply Chain Risk 98

Procurement Templates

MARCH 3, 2024

Stakeholder Engagement : It’s important to involve relevant stakeholders in the assessment process to ensure that their needs and preferences are considered. Stakeholders may include department heads, end-users, finance teams, and others who will be impacted by the procurement decisions.

Strategic sourcing 130

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency 130

SCMDOJO

APRIL 26, 2023

Category Management as a Strategic Procurement Function Category management is regarded as a strategic procurement function as it helps drive value for the organization, such as reduced prices and costs, supply chain risks and timescales and focusing on building supplier relationships.

Category management 108

Category management Management Supplier relationship management supply chain software solutions 108

The Good Spending

AUGUST 23, 2022

Value creation as the result of stakeholder engagement The authors of Stakeholder Salience model built their work around the process of value creation. The fight for discounts will lead to applying either of three project management levers - Time, Budget, or Scope - and the inevitable quality deterioration.

Procurement 98

Procurement supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization Budget 98

World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

It involves identifying needs, sourcing potential vendors, obtaining quotes and proposals, negotiating contracts, selecting suppliers, managing relationships, and meeting obligations. In summary, procurement is a strategic function focused on maximizing value, reducing costs, and building competitive advantage.

Strategic sourcing 52

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency 52