We believe your supply chain and procurement department can have as much of an impact on your business growth as the superstar salesperson who is driven by results. So how does the interplay between sales and supply chain work to grow your business?
Continue readingHow Technology Amplifies Accreditation to Help You Win Tenders
To compete on larger projects, increasingly clients are looking to work only with accredited contractors. So how does supply chain management software help you achieve accreditation so you can start to supercharge your business growth and compete on a bigger project stage?
Continue readingSupplier Onboarding: Five Steps to Remove Friction
The foundation of a strong supplier relationship is a great onboarding process. Unfortunately, the process isn’t quite as straightforward, simple or as speedy as you’d hope. How do you remove friction and streamline supplier onboarding? Here’s our guide to the pitfalls and problems of poor onboarding and five steps to fixing them.
Continue readingHow the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Impacts the Supply Chain
Just as one source of disruption in the shape of the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to be passing, another crisis arises for the supply chain as conflict hits a region that is enmeshed into our everyday lives.
Here, we assess the impact of the conflict with a supply chain lens through which we can frame the invasion and provide insight into what this may mean for your business and guidance on how to work with this ever-changing situation.
Continue readingSix Reasons Why Your Supplier Data is a Mess (and How to Fix It)
Supplier data challenges are ubiquitous across most businesses in some form. It’s a major hindrance to business growth, so understanding what makes “bad data” and therefore how to fix it is a good idea for any business looking to enhance productivity and their bottom line.
Continue readingContinuous Improvement: The Strategic Secret to Sustained Success
Many successful companies have embedded continuous improvement into their businesses as a strategic pillar, not a one-time re-imagining of the business that drives success over the long term.
Let’s explore what continuous improvement looks like in practice, and how to apply the concept in your business using technology.
Continue reading4 Steps to Start Powering Productivity With Data
How do you get more… for less (or the same) using data and technology as part of your digital transformation? We believe there are four foundational steps to start achieving this.
Continue readingHow Technology Helps Unlocks People Potential in Supply Chain Teams
In many of today’s complex industries and sectors, the role of the supply chain team is more difficult than ever and also changing fast. From our experience, we’ve seen supply chain teams succeed in improving productivity in several ways.
Continue readingHow To Improve Supplier Relationship Management
How do you improve SRM? It’s not a question of carrot vs. stick, moreover a partnership where both parties enjoy success mutually and take responsibility for their part in any less-than-successful ventures too.
Continue readingSupercharging Supplier Performance Management with Technology
With growing pressures on profit, disruption in the supply chain and ever-changing customer demands, it feels like it’s never been harder to be in the business of supplier management. We may be biased – but we strongly believe in the power of technology to help make your job easier!
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