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MUST READ
Today’s “Must Read” comes from Derk Erbe at HfS Research. Derk extracts a number of findings from HfS’s recent Procurement-as-a-Service Blueprint, and on the face of it you may look at this as commentary on the procurement services market.
However, I encourage you to look deeper. How organizational leaders are accessing procurement capability is changing, impacting not only the procurement delivery model, but also the skills sets of retained teams (think program and relationship management). There are lots of opportunities for those ahead of the curve, and lots of impact for those who are not!
Procurement’s Survival Manifesto on a Knife-Edge as the As-A-Service Model takes hold | Derk Erbé, Horses for Sources
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OTHER INTERESTING ARTICLES
No More Excuses: Procurement Needs To Take Ownership Of CSR | Procurious
The Missing Link: Why Procurement Competency Assessments Alone Fail to Make the Grade | Bill Michels, Aripart Consulting
The Perils Of Seeing Category Management As A Price Management Tool | Allison Ford-Langstaff, Future Purchasing
Contract theories you should know | Dr Sara Cullen, PASA
Unidentified Flying Progress (in Procurement) | Brian M Harman, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
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PROCUREMENT & SERVICE PROVIDER NEWS
Watson and Einstein Sitting In A Tree: IBM-Salesforce join forces to give you more ways to buy AI | Horses for Sources
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@ THE ART OF PROCUREMENT
Podcast: How the American Cancer Society Elevated the Role of Procurement, w/ Brian Kyle