In this article, we will explore several ways that quality managers can leverage supplier master data to streamline their operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and promote continuous improvement in their manufacturing processes.
Continue reading
This article emphasises the critical importance of effective Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) in today’s competitive manufacturing industry. It outlines ten key benefits of SRM, such as cost savings, quality control, and innovation, and highlights how an SRM platform like SourceDogg can help manufacturers achieve these benefits through streamlined communication, contract management, and supplier performance monitoring.
Continue reading
In this article, we’ll explore why SRM is critical in manufacturing, backed by statistics and research, and provide insights into how companies can implement effective SRM programs to achieve success in today’s competitive manufacturing landscape.
Continue reading
Improve your supply chain management and optimize your relationships with suppliers using data-driven strategies. Discover how enhancing supplier visibility can benefit your business with improved risk management, better supplier relationships, cost savings, compliance, and innovation.
Continue reading
Supply chain resilience has been one of the hottest topics over the past three years, with numerous disruptions and challenges facing procurement professionals across the globe.
But what does this mean in practice? We believe there are four C’s of resilience that we’ve adapted from psychology that ring true for the supply chain discipline.
Continue reading
We’ve recently been working with customers that are amidst their digital transformation and realising the power of data and performance to drive relationships – not the contract.
In this article, we discuss how data can help the evolutionary process from contract focus and scouring T&Cs to dish out punitive punishment to supplier relationships that are relationship-focused and mutually beneficial.
Continue reading
We’ve all been in those contract negotiation meetings with suppliers on one side of the table and buyers on the other. It often feels like it’s the way to “do business” with a bit of good cop/bad cop interplay that can actually undermine the relationship from the get-go. So what’s the solution? This article proposes a more relational, contemporary, collaborative approach to supplier relationship management and shows how an SRM platform helps you achieve this.
Continue reading
We believe skilled labour and talent and human resource management difficulties will be the biggest challenge for the construction and engineering sector for the next 12 months, so companies that plan effectively will emerge ahead of the competition.
Continue reading
In contrast to the conflation that sustainable means “green”, the push for sustainability should encompass a multitude of other business goals and organisational values. In this article, we discuss where the push for sustainable business practice comes from and what you can do to prepare for the ever-increasing demands for this in your business.
Continue reading
As we reach the midpoint of the year, it’s a great time to reflect on the state of the industry at halftime. How is the industry performing? What have been the key trends and themes emerging for the construction supply chain and how can you prepare for the second half of 2022?
Continue reading