EC Sourcing Group

MARCH 31, 2020

Since the first SolutionMap was published in late 2017, it has been used by thousands of organizations in their evaluations and buying decisions. Procurement professionals must align stakeholders, define critical requirements, issue an RFP, develop a believable ROI and secure a budget to purchase a platform.

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EC Sourcing Group

MAY 11, 2021

How to Customize Your Procurement Spend Analysis Dashboard. One of the most important functions in procurement management is the procurement spend analysis process. This is where you will take a deep look at how your organization spends money, but performing an excellent spend analysis does much more than that.

Analysis 52

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EC Sourcing Group

MAY 7, 2019

How much time and money could be saved if your team was using intuitive and nimble tools for procurement and contract management? Suppliers don’t like our procurement system because it is clunky to navigate and asks for the same information each time. My team cuts and pastes all the responses into Excel to analyze each event.

Manufacturing Procurement 45

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EC Sourcing Group

JULY 11, 2019

How much easier would it be to reach your procurement savings goals if your systems worked for you instead of holding you back? This is like using Excel to build financial analysis models – everything you need is included to create and then modify your workflow. Last week I provided some food for thought on this same subject.

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EC Sourcing Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Rogue spend is often driven by stakeholders improvising because they need to get their job done and procurement doesn’t seem to be helping. Procurement professionals often focus on high profile, strategic and high volume spend. Cumbersome procurement processes that require the same amount of effort for simple buys as strategic ones.

Negotiating Skills 45

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EC Sourcing Group

MARCH 6, 2019

As part of my weekly routine, I speak with many talented people in sourcing about their challenges. If you are patient and implement tools and system changes that make it easier for stakeholders and suppliers to do business with your group – excellent results are inevitable. Most great ideas aren’t complicated.

Sourcing Strategies 45

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EC Sourcing Group

APRIL 25, 2019

Controlling spend is normally a top priority of procurement executives. Most procurement professionals that ask for my advice do so because the systems they have in place aren’t helping them drive change. To analyze bids, it is far easier to rekey the information into Excel than to use the analysis reporting tools in the system.

Buyer Training 40

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EC Sourcing Group

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Some are perfect for 3 bids and a buy. Other than procurement, how will collaborators and stakeholders benefit? New events can be created via one-click uploads from Excel. If your company wants to dramatically enhance the efficiency of their procurement efforts, perhaps it is time for a chat.

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