Read SI’s Expose on “Future Trends” from a decade ago, which exposed these “future” trends as artifacts from the past that are polished annually and presented to you on a silver platter.
As per our post last week, with the exception of:
- Gen-AI being the new fluffy magic cloud
- Fake-take (sorry, intake) being the new dangerous and dysfunctional dashboards
Very little has changed in the past decade. As a result, do you need to be spending 5K to 7K on a conference to hear the same old, same old that you can read about here on Sourcing Innovation and over on Procure Insights for free?
And if you just want a vacation, take one. You can take a much longer, and better, one if you don’t go to an overpriced conference at an overpriced hotel in the center of an overpriced city.
- Why Are We Going To Spend 30 Posts Exposing Past Procurement Trends?
- Interlude 1
- #33 Governmental Regulations
- #32 Globalization
- #31 Increased Competition
- #30 Continued Margin Pressure
- #29 More Outsourcing
- #28 Supply Chain Risk
- #27 Inter-Departmental Collaboration
- Interlude
- #26 Increased Accuracy in Demand Planning
- #25 More Stakeholder Collaboration
- #24 Better Governance Model
- Interlude
- #23 eProcurement System Adoption
- #22 Process Convergence into Supply Management
- #21 Increased Raw Material Scarcity
- #20 Increased Strategic Focus
- #19 Service Providers Excel
- #18 Improved Supply Management Skill Set
- Interlude
- #17 Talent
- #16 Stronger Supplier Relationship
- #15 System Integration with Partners
- Interlude
- #14 Shorter and More Complex Product Life Cycles
- #13 The Cloud
- #12 BYOD Mobile Procurement
- Interlude
- #11 Transparent Pricing
- #10 e-Procurement Integrates Sustainability
- #09 New KPIs
- Interlude
- #08 Lifecycle TCO
- #07 Supplier Pre-Payment
- #06 Data-Based Predictive Analytics
- Interlude
- #05 Return to Regional and Local Sourcing
- #04 Control Tower Model Omni Channel Approach
- Procurement Trend Expose: An Epilogue
- The Future of Procurement: What Have We Learned I
- The Future of Procurement: What Have We Learned II
- The Future of Procurement: What Have We Learned III
- A New Year is Almost Upon Us