The Return of the ‘R’ Today I bring to you Relationship Management, the final chapter of my series on the topic of…
Third Time Lucky Following on from my last article, today I bring you the third of my four part series – Risk Management. In…
Here we go again … Performance Management is the focus for today’s article, the second of my four part series, where I’ll be…
A ‘New Normal’ for Supplier Management? When it comes to our daily lives and the situation that surrounds us due to the…
Organisations with mature procurement functions have processes in place to review contracts on an ongoing basis, which for the most part ensures…
In the spotlight Supplier management, the managing of supply relationships and the associated supply chains happens day in day out on a…
This week’s article is written by David Atkinson, the Founder and MD of Four Pillars who focus on the key “external” and “internal”dynamics of supply…
There’s something quite primal about the ‘act’ of buying. It’s not a new thing, rather something that has always been done in…
At the time of writing this article, the world is going through period of unprecedented disruption caused by Coronavirus (C-19) – with…
There is much talk of Artificial Intelligence (AI) becoming a game-changer over the next decade, with a number of recent CPO surveys…
Whilst facts and logic are often considered as the key components (or inputs) of negotiations, these ingredients alone will not make for…
Many of my coaching clients feel stuck when they come to me. Some of them know what they want to achieve, but…