- Why Are We Going to Spend Thirty Posts Exposing Past Procurement Trends
- Interlude 1
- Governmental Regulations
- Globalization
- Increased Competition
- Continued Margin Pressure
- More Outsourcing
- Supply Chain Risk
- Inter-Departmental Collaboration
- Interlude 2
- It’s Conference Season … Part I
- It’s Conference Season … Part II
- Increased Accuracy in Demand Planning
- More Stakeholder Collaboration
- Better Governance Model
- Interlude III
- e-Procurement System Adoption
- Process Convergence into Supply Management
- Increased Raw Material Scarcity
- Increased Strategic Focus
- Service Providers Excel
- Improved Supply Management Skill Set
- Interlude IV
- It Might Be Wabbit Season …
- Talent
- Stronger Supplier Relationships
- System Integration with Partners
- Interlude V
- Shorter and More Complex Product Life Cycles
- The Cloud
- BYOD Mobile Procurement
- Interlude VI
- Transparent Pricing
- e-Procurement Integrates Sustainability
- New KPIs
- Interlude VII
- Lifecycle TCO
- Supplier Pre-Payment
- Data Based Predictive Analytics
- Interlude VIII
- Return to Regional and Local Sourcing
- Control Tower Model – Omni Channel Approach
- Procurement Trend Expose: An Epilogue
- After Two Series, What Have We Learned? I
- After Two Series, What Have We Learned? II
- After Two Series, What Have We Learned? III
Sourcing Innovation
Next Generation Supply Management Defined
