Browsing: Procurement Mandate

Faced with acute market volatility, CIOs are reframing modernisation as a strategic resilience play rather than a cost exercise. Moving…

Boards and managers should adopt disciplined procurement practices — standardised, risk‑based vetting, clear RFPs, best‑value selection, pre‑project walkthroughs and prompt…

A wave of high-profile intrusions in the first half of 2025 — from United Natural Foods and Ukrzaliznytsia to Unimicron…

Organisations are increasingly testing self‑executing contracts to speed settlements and improve traceability, but pilots show benefits are concentrated in specific…

Calero has launched a modular SaaS Management Platform (SMP) built around Visibility, Control and Optimisation tiers to help overstretched IT…

Battery-case moulds are one line item that can rewrite a programme’s budget and timeline. With early design‑for‑manufacturability engagement, mould‑flow simulation,…

The White House’s April 2025 reciprocal‑tariff framework introduces new ad valorem duties on imports that are increasing cost volatility across…

New Delhi has paused negotiations for a multi‑billion-dollar purchase of Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft after supplier recalculations raised the…

The Chevening Alumni Association of Nigeria and DO Take Action have launched SWEEAP, a CAPF‑backed one‑month virtual programme to equip…

Sainsbury’s has announced a major executive reshuffle consolidating retail, logistics, sustainability and technology roles to enhance operational efficiency and embed…

Advancements in AI technologies like OCR and NLP are revolutionising procurement by continuously identifying unfiled ‘shadow contracts’, mitigating compliance risks,…

Euna Solutions has received the 2025 AWS Champions Award for its AI Project Summaries & Keywords tool, which leverages AWS…

SER Group has introduced two advanced AI-driven solution bundles, Doxis Purchase-to-Pay and Doxis Order-to-Cash for SAP, designed to streamline complex…

Advances in Big Data, AI, and IoT are transforming procurement from a transactional function to a strategic powerhouse, enabling organisations…

Procurement teams are increasingly moving beyond traditional supplier discovery methods, which often rely on static industry classification systems such as…