Something has slowly been changing in the world of Procurement. And it impacts you as a B2B sales person. Procurement continues to slowly, but surely, gain more and more importance and influence in large and medium sized companies. In fact, Procurement has now become an unavoidable stakeholder, with the power to obstruct or facilitate a […]
How SMEs Can Prepare for a Merger
You want your company to grow, and a merger can be a very effective way of achieving that goal. But the business world is littered with failed mergers. In fact, 50-70% of them fail. So, how can you prepare for a merge to give you the best chance of beating those odds? Read this article […]
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 Ensure Your Procurement Approach Supports Corporate Strategy
Do you really know what your organisation is trying to achieve? Profitability is probably part of it. But what about the strategy and priorities in more detail? Clarity on corporate strategy is important because departmental strategies need to be aligned. Procurement strategies, in turn, need to be extensions of those corporate and departmental strategies. In […]
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, […]
