Archive for February, 2006

The Five Keys To Building A High-Performance Organization on February 27, 2006

Procurement ROI on February 24, 2006

Connecting with others (Pt. 1) on February 24, 2006

Accenture survey on supplier relationship management on February 23, 2006

Litigation Invoice Review: List of what to look for on February 23, 2006

Aberdeen article on contract management on February 21, 2006

Supplier adoption of e-procurement initiatives on February 20, 2006

Tim Minahan Joins Procuri as SVP of Marketing on February 19, 2006

Vendor Management at Gartner on February 16, 2006

Common themes

Over the past 10+ years working in sourcing, procurement, supplier relationship management, accounts payable and reconciliations, both on the finance and the IT side, a number of themes have begun to emerge in my thinking.

1. The role of procurement should be to facilitate rather than manage. HR serves as a good model. The HR department (typically) doesn't want to manage your staff: their role is to facilitate your management of your staff. They do this by providing the systems for recruiting, on-boarding, payment, development and termination of staff. Likewise, procurement should do the same and leave supplier management to the key users of that supplier.

2. Flexibility is more important than size: In most categories, the age of volume buying and long term contracts with set specifications and requirements is over. The role of the procurement professional should be to assist their organisation in increasing their speed of response to new opportunities rather than locking their organisation into massive deals at cheap unit costs.

3. More to come

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