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20 February 2018

Why transparency is a key feature of successful procurement? Or maybe it isn’t?

A transparent procurement process ensures equal access to all the process elements for all its participants and suppliers (certainly, except the sensitive data). Procurement methods, procurement process rules (for example, acceptance workflow), legislation, evaluation criteria (such as attaching significance to the particular criteria), technical specification, supplier rights should be definitely transparent.
7 March 2018

E-procurement in SME. Does it make sense?

Small and medium-sized enterprises, so the SMEs ( according to the European standards those are the ones hiring from 10 up to 250 employees, while the companies with less than 10 employees onboard are defined as micro companies) account for 99% of all firms in the European Union, contribute most of total employment and are an essential element of every developing economy. In the UK alone there are 97.000 SMEs formed each year! SMEs spend between 45% and 60% of sales revenue on procurement of raw materials and professional services. Small business owners are increasingly subscribing to cloud-based software services too.
4 April 2018

Should procurement be ready for GDPR? Yes!

Why should procurement executives also consider GDPR? GDPR applies to both controllers and processers of data and business needs to present compliance in terms of GDPR regulations. That why procurement teams need to be prepared as well. To make it at least a bit easier, we’ve prepared GDPR checklist for procurement teams!
30 January 2019

P2P process automation – a novelty or total obviousness?

Usually, I go straight to the point, but today I will start with a short story, because it made me to write this article. And for those who have not heard about P2P or heard but are willing to organize their knowledge, I decided to describe the entire P2P process and the measurable benefits it brings to the organization.
12 July 2019

Agile methodology in the process of delivering the procurement system – how we work?

Agile is a methodology that increasingly appears in the context of project management methods - especially in the IT industry. Why did it arise and where did it come from?
17 July 2019

Agile in our work – what does the Client gain? part II.

In the previous part of the article, we described the theory of the Agile methodology when developing the procurement system. The following text refers primarily to the practical usage of Scrum methodology in the development of our platform. What benefits does the customer receive? Does he notice the difference? And above all, how much can he gain from it?
18 December 2019

Who’s a new procurement professional? Top 4 competencies and skills CPOs want most

A new is coming in the procurement area and all business leaders and CPOs know it pretty well. 87 is the magic number. Why? 87% of CPOs surveyed in The Deloitte Global CPO Survey 2017 agree that the talent is the single greatest factor in driving procurement performance.
15 January 2020

Which product category should you choose for e-auction?

Are you wondering about using e-auction in your company, buy you are not sure if it would work? Check our new article and find out the best way to choose the product that have the greatest potential!
12 February 2020

How do suppliers perceive participation in the e-auction?

The e-auction is a great solution not only as a quick price negotiation, but also as a supplier market research. Selected companies that participate in the auction can be divided into two categories: CURRENT SUPPLIERS and NEW SUPPLIERS. The main question is: what do Suppliers think about being a part of e-auction?
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