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CFO Journal: Tap Indirect Procurement as a Source of Savings
February 7, 2022
“Before they can make strategic decisions about indirect purchases—such as standardizing all cost-related policies—CFOs need to arrange the fragmented pieces into a full picture. Working with the chief procurement officer (CPO), they need to assemble and consolidate data from the many internal, non-procurement functions that have been making their own deals.”
CFO Journal: Tap Indirect Procurement as a Source of Savings
October 25, 2021
“Before they can make strategic decisions about indirect purchases—such as standardizing all cost-related policies—CFOs need to arrange the fragmented pieces into a full picture. Working with the chief procurement officer (CPO), they need to assemble and consolidate data from the many internal, non-procurement functions that have been making their own deals.”
CFO Journal: Look Beyond Direct Suppliers to Procure New Savings
October 14, 2021
“Despite the ongoing quest many CFOs have undertaken to turn the procurement function from a cost center into a source of value, optimizing indirect spend all too often is lower on the priority list. But CFOs and CPOs can collaborate to gain control over such spending —and now is a propitious time to do it.”
SF Magazine: Leverage Procurement to Build Resilience
September 1, 2021
“Statistically speaking, three-quarters of the incurred external costs of any business start with suppliers. It varies by sector, and different businesses have different needs and purchase requirements. The guiding principle remains the same, with the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies all incurring far greater external costs than internal ones, making effective supply-chain management an asset to the finance function.”
SF Magazine: Procurement's New Charter
July 13, 2021
“The journey to automate procurement processes isn’t an easy one. In the survey, 92% of respondents described the digital maturity of their existing supplier management processes as “less than best-in-class.” Approximately 13% admitted to still using legacy systems such as email, spreadsheets, and offline document repositories, resulting in countless hours of manual work to piece together fragmented data—a task truly meant for automation rather than human hands.”
