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CPOs are uniquely placed to redress longstanding inequalities in business
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Supplier management
CPO Crunch: Contending with the complex new world
With CPOs’ to-do lists growing ever-longer, building trusted relationships is proving ever-more valuable
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Thought leader: How to get early supplier involvement right
Maastricht University’s Robert Suurmond explains why procurement teams should think about both the timing and the extent of vendors’ involvement
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CPO Crunch: Averting crises and improving your CEO’s state of mind
It’s during times of uncertainty and disruption that procurement chiefs truly appreciate the value of trusted relationships
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CPO Crunch: Get involved, early
Although working with suppliers can be challenging, procurement teams that build trusted relationships can reap the rewards
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Urenco CPO: Working together key to weathering the polycrisis
Suppliers supported Urenco during the pandemic, now it’s helping partners overcome the polycrisis, says Tony Roberts
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Tim Snow on managing risks in a polycrisis: ‘We go as deep as Tier-7’
The Inmarsat CPO explains why his organisation has a ‘profoundly different’ approach to supply chain threats amid the polycrisis
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Eric Espinasse interview: ‘The more we depend on a supplier, the closer we need to be to them’
The Ferring CPO explains how the company is strengthening relationships with its key suppliers – and helping them to manage rising energy bills
Procurement’s role in establishing resilient supplier networks
A potential competitive advantage, resiliency is a growth driver that is becoming a critical capability for organisations. Through the events of the past fourteen months supplier risk has become part of board level discussions, and after all of procurement’s efforts throughout these events, CPOs now have a clear case for why they should be central to any resiliency effort.
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Pharmaceutical giant manages little disruption with big supplier switch
A pharmaceutical giant wanted to explore opportunities for replacing one of its longstanding suppliers. Until 2018, it had been using the same two advertising agencies for 25 years, seeing it as a good way to keep costs down.
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