This Supply Management Insider report, in partnership with Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA), explores some of the inconvenient truths procurement and supply chain leaders must first confront if they're to avoid being left behind in the digital transformation game

With the fight against corruption an urgent priority for governments and regulators, research by EcoVadis suggests that many companies do not have the systems and procedures in place to protect their bottom line or their reputation.

Read this whitepaper for key insight from EcoVadis’s first anti-corruption report, based on assessments of more than 20,000 businesses across 100 countries and 150 industries.

Connecting supply chain efficiency and growth

Today’s business leaders expect a lot from their supply chains – efficiency, growth, operational improvements, innovative ideas and disciplined cost management. Unfortunately, most strategies focus only on improving supply chain efficiency.

Read this paper from Kinaxis to learn more about the importance of a new approach that delivers on all fronts – the bimodal supply chain.

This report from Haven Power discusses how the electricity system has evolved and continues to evolve in the presence of advancing technology, changing customer expectations and more volatile costs.

Your organisation may have many objectives when it comes to managed print services (MPS), including cost reductions, reliability, uptime, quality, time savings, environmental sustainability and more.

This report, written in partnership with Xenith, describes ten of the most important questions to ask when writing an invitation to tender for MPSs.

Cielo’s global Talent Acquisition 360 report explores the differing views the C-Suite, HR, the business and procurement have on talent priorities, effectiveness, technology, and measures of success. Aligning these stakeholders is critical to the success of your talent strategy for 2019 and beyond.

Over the past 18 months the UK’s health and safety landscape has experienced seismic changes as fines established by the Health and Safety Executive, and imposed by the courts, have dramatically increased following the introduction of new sentencing guidelines.

Read this report, written in partnership with Alcumus, to discover how these risks relate to the supply chain.

Instead of storing an expensive array of tools to cover every eventuality, you can you buy a modular power tool which, because it enables you to interchange batteries, chargers and heads, enables you to perform a host of tasks. 

The same principle is now being applied to procurement systems.

Taxes and legislation relating to diesel vehicles are changing - what sort of impact will Clean Air Zones have on your fleet?

Supply Management Insider, in partnership with ALD Automotive, have written this report to help you navigate the new legislation. 

Download this report, written partnership with Dun & Bradstreet, to learn about reputations and regulations, human rights, management and mitigation of risk and the seven steps to compliance.

Digitalisation is currently a hot topic within procurement. This article will drill down to explore digitalisation within the sourcing arena specifically, the expected benefits and the DOs and the DON’Ts when embarking upon the digitalization journey 

In the future, procurement – the digital revolution, Procurement 2.0, call it what you will – will run on wholly digital platforms overseen by a small, lean and intelligent team of supply management professionals.

In our second paper of the series, written in partnership with GEP, we learn how chief procurement officers can digitally transform their function – and the processes it uses.

A 2017 survey on the future of procurement found the majority of the 400 procurement specialists that responded said cost-cutting is top of the business agenda, while adding value is procurement’s highest priority.

In our third and final paper of the series, written in partnership with GEP, we learn how chief procurement officers can digitally transform their function – and the technology it uses.

Getting a successful supply chain risk management strategy off the ground isn’t easy, but it’s not exactly rocket science either. There are 7 key steps you need to take to start managing supply chain risk proactively, but we have already done the hard work for you.

Organisations today face an evolving array of risks – and corporate boards and executive leaders are feeling the pressure. Business risks generally fall into four categories: reputational, regulatory, financial and strategic. We take a closer look at the types of risk that require ongoing monitoring.

The Hays UK What Workers Want Report is centred around the factors that influence an employees’ decision about whether to stay in a job or accept a new role

When the price of raw materials in your supply chain suddenly changes, the impact on your bottom line can be significant. Ineffective price risk management can seriously affect your costs, profitability and company performance. How can procurement and supply chain professionals best manage this risk?