17 January 2018
The first news on the Kraljic matrix appeared in 1983 and was published by Kraljic himself.
It became amazingly popular almost immediately after it was announced and named a procurement breakthrough.
Until today the Kraljic matrix is considered as the basic tool for cost categorization in companies.
Unfortunately, the tool does not always work. Therefore, what’s wrong with the Kraljic matrix?
4 January 2018
From the beginning of the new year most of the companies are searching for new trends in procurement. What will change and what will stay the same? Having read a bunch of the articles on the topic, we have decided to pick the trends which have a negative impact both on the processes, methodology as well as costs and supplier management.
14 December 2017
Reverse auction or Reverse Dutch auction? What do we need them for? A couple of good practices from buyers for buyers.
30 November 2017
According to the Wall Street Journal specialists taking care of millennials in corporations earn even up to 20 thousand dollars per hour. It shows what an important role employees born between 1980 and 2000 play on the job market. Millennials, thus generation Y, is one of the most dynamically developing social groups. Research shows that nowadays there are about 75 million millennials in the world and they are set to make up more than half of the workforce by 2020.
23 November 2017
…and not only a procurement system as that should be a title of this mini guide. Every system implementation brings a huge change in an organization. Very often the biggest pain for a company is not making a decision on buying a new system, but rather the system implementation. What to do to avoid disappointment?
16 November 2017
Since B2B trade has moved to the Internet space, enterprises possess increasingly bigger data volumes. Although it has a different meaning for IT experts and different for procurement organizations. Are we witnesses of revolutionary changes or rather natural procurement role development into a strategic business partner?
9 November 2017
Are RFx forms a huge pile of paper in your company? Do you still submit orders on endless Excel forms? Do you get tones of emails with offers or spend ages on searching new suppliers? Watch our short video and see how NextBuy procurement platform can change your everyday work life!
2 November 2017
Until recently automation of processes was seen as a sign of the future. Nowadays it’s a global trend which has been becoming a standard in every company. E-procurement tools help Procurement Departments generate an added value for an organization. What’s the key factor to make the process successful?
