The workforce is fundamentally changing and it’s increasingly important that you can access the skills you need when, where and how you need them. But with the increase in corporate usage of external workers comes additional challenges and risks. Toni Jackson, Director of APAC at Fieldglass, an SAP company, in Sydney, unpacks the implications.
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Greg Tennyson is the CPO of VSP Global, where he leads transformative change. He is the former VP and CPO (source-to-settle and expense-to-settle) at Salesforce and Oracle. In part 3 of the conversation with ScoutRFP, Greg talks tech and “self-service sourcing” in the final segment on changing sourcing behaviours.
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) continued its upward trend in October 2017, rising by 2.9 points to reach 47.8. This was the third consecutive increase and brought the index to its best level since May 2017. Nonetheless, the PMI remained stuck below the neutral 50-point mark.
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There’s a lot going on. The changing and challenging times we currently face are probably greater than they’ve ever been. What is the implication for procurement? What do we need to keep abreast of and continually work on? Duncan Brock, Director of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, offered his insights during his opening
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The majority of CPOs are still reporting three levels down from the CEO. Enrico Rizzon, Partner, Procurement & Analytics, A.T. Kearney Australia outlines how procurement can build a strong business case! Procurement leaders in large corporations face a tough business environment. Facing low growth, disruption, increased competitive pressures from well-funded private equity firms and
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Agencies working – or hoping to work – on major corporate accounts in the advertising, marketing and communications industry can no longer ignore or misunderstand procurement departments and their importance in winning both government and corporate clients. Johanna McDowell, Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) managing director, warns that the B-BBEE Amended Codes
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The problem of short-term focus is especially serious when dealing with long-duration procurement, for instance, in the case of a building. Stephen Bauld, a government procurement expert, unpacks the need for long-term thinking in the public sector.
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The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose by 0.9 index points to 44.9 in September 2017. Despite the second straight improvement, the index remained well below the neutral 50-point mark for a fourth month. Encouragingly, the rise was supported by the key subcomponents, with four out of five increasing compared with August.
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Economic woes, political uncertainty and digital disruption might trouble your CEO, but it should delight the CPO. After all, procurement can perform best on a burning platform, says Guy Strafford, Chief Client Officer, Proxima Group.
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The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) improved to 44 index points in August, after slumping to its lowest level since 2009 in July (42.9 points). The improvement was broad based, with four of the five major subcomponents increasing in August. However, despite ticking higher, the key sub-indices remained below the neutral 50-point
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