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
Supplier management
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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Benchmarking to rebuild better with sustainable procurement
Procurement, supply chain and sustainability leaders alike are search for guidance on how they can rebuild better, more resilient supply chains in the face of massive uncertainty. EcoVadis global content marketing director David McClintock looks at key factors to their success.
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Three ways procurement can positively impact people, planet and profit
“Sustainability is top of mind in all CxO conversions currently, and procurement has a major role to play, to really do something.”
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Supply chain re-design for lasting positive growth
Our own lives have faced major disruptions during the pandemic, and so have the supply chains we look after. Here are key learnings about our supply chains and their sustainability (or lack thereof) from the first day of our ‘Innovation In: Positive Growth’ virtual event.
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Supplier diversity and inclusion programmes matter more than ever
Business leaders are publicly committing to making inclusive and sustainable growth a priority – and that includes the supply chain.
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How to ensure your suppliers are free of risk
Less risky business: How Sony stays on top of reputational risk
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Roche’s (virtual) supplier day focuses on innovation and speed of delivery
Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche hosted its annual supplier day virtually this year, focussing its collaboration efforts on accelerating the speed of innovation.
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Supplier diversity and the Black Lives Matter movement
By pursuing supplier diversity in both public and private sector organisations, we have the power to make a long-lasting difference, writes MSDUK founder Mayank Shah
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