What is the purpose of Procurement? The old school purpose of procurement was to save and cut costs. But we are now in 2020, and for at least the past two decades, there has been much talk about the need for Procurement to re-evaluate its purpose and work with business leaders to develop category plans […]
How Procurement Can Take a Strategic Approach That Inspires Stakeholders
There’s often friction between Procurement and other functions. Stakeholders see an overemphasis on short-term savings as a threat, which destroys business value. Procurement should be more than an efficient tendering machine. And in many organisations Procurement started the journey towards a more strategic approach many years ago. Most teams, though, still have a long way […]
How to Roll out a Translation Service Staff Will Want to Use
3rd of 3 articles: How to buy language translation services The first and second articles in this 3-part Translation Solutions mini-series covered spend analysis, stakeholder engagement, building a business case, creating a sourcing team, asking intelligent questions to select the right supplier and assessing quality. But how do you make sure the language translation agency […]
Get More Value From Translation Agencies, While Controlling Costs
2nd of 3 articles: How to buy language translation services Implementing a sourcing project for language translation solutions can be a complex and resource intensive process. In large organisations the spend is often fragmented and key internal stakeholders tend to have strong opinions about which translation agency to use. The first article in this 3-part […]
How to Strategically Source Translation Services
1st of 3 articles: How to buy language translation services We live in a world that’s increasingly becoming globalised according to a United Nations report, which describes our world as, “more interconnected than ever before”. In a Business-to-Business context, English is often the preferred language when communicating across borders. But that’s not always the case, […]
