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Britain’s supermarkets are no longer competing – they are working together to survive
Supermarkets share staff and warehouses to combat stockpiling
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Issue 10 of CPOstrategy is live!
Here we are with issue 10 of CPOstrategy. Our cover star this issue is Michael Leiken, Senior Director, Spend Management at Lending Tree, as we explore the procurement…
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Podcast: How will the coronavirus impact global supply chains?
With the recent outbreak of the Coronavirus dominating the global news, what impact will this have on global supply chains? Alejandro Alvarez, Partner: Operations Performance at Ayming, joins…
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Podcast: getting to know the business around you in procurement
The latest episode of The Digital Insight welcomes back Mike Cadieux, procurement fanatic and founder of Procurement Foundry, as he discusses the role of the professional as the…
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Banking SaaS: Why a full-service system provides both front-end and back-end services with large flexibility
SaaS is a cloud-based IT infrastructure that offers software system access based on a subscription model. This allows accessing a variety of software programs through a browser without…
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3 key tips for cyber insecurity
A new report from Specops Software into the rise of cybercrime has revealed the countries most at risk of falling victim. It is revealed that the Netherlands were…
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Frank Vorrath’s predictions for procurement in 2020: part 2
Part 2 of Frank Vorrath, Executive Partner, Supply Chain, Gartner, exploration of his predictions for the procurement business landscape in 2020. Sustainability will drive future consumer behaviour and…
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Exploring the digital transformation of UBS with Group CIO, Mike Dargan
Mike Dargan, Group CIO of UBS, the world’s largest wealth manager discusses how UBS is shifting its digital strategy and transforming itself into a truly digital bank through…
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Podcast: Making procurement cool with Mike Cadiuex
The latest episode of the Digital Insight welcomes Michael Cadieux, a procurement industry fanatic obsessed with making procurement cool, and the founder of Procurement Foundry, to pick apart…
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Frank Vorrath’s predictions for procurement in 2020
Part 1 of Frank Vorrath, Executive Partner, Supply Chain, Gartner, exploration of his predictions for the procurement business landscape in 2020. The focus for CEO’s and business leaders…
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Exclusive: George Booth, CPO at Lloyds Banking Group on risk assurance in procurement
George Booth, Chief Procurement Officer at Lloyds Banking Group explores risk assurance and whether it’s become a top priority for the CPO of today. How has the perception…
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Podcast: Market leading supply chain capability with John Adams, Group CPO, Barratt Developments
In the latest episode of The Digital Insight, we travelled to London to speak with John Adams, Group CPO of Barratt Development, as he explores how the company’s…
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Issue 9 of CPOstrategy is live!
Read the latest issue here! This month’s exclusive cover story features an interview with John Adams, Group CPO of Barratt Developments. We travelled down to Barratt’s London office…
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Does the digital bank actually exist yet?
The rise of innovative technologies in finance naturally sparked an interest in digital banking. No wonder it has become a catch-all thing – while the competition in disruption…
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Machine Learning Helps Businesses to Save Time and Money
By Dave Brittain, Head of Amazon Business UK It is well-known that machine learning is used today in Amazon Alexa and other virtual consumer assistants, but it also…
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Podcast: Ranjit Ranjan discusses digital transformation and innovation in the UAE
The latest episode of The Digital Insight welcomes Ranjit Rajan, a thought leader on the impact of digital transformation on economies, business, and the technology industry, with a…
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How ready are UK consumers for facial recognition technology in retail?
The rapid rise of the internet has made shopping much more convenient and easier for consumers. In turn, retail shops have suffered from lower footfall and sales –…
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Podcast: Rob Galbraith, the ‘most interesting man in insurance’
The latest episode of The Digital Insight welcomes a man who has been described as many things: a global insuretech leader; an inspiration; a mentor, and even the…
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The three trends that shaped fintech in 2019
In 2019, fintech – technologies and innovations in finance competing with traditional services – experienced a surge in both the user numbers and the size of its market….
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4 fintech predictions for 2020
2019 has marked another period of skyrocketing development in fintech. Predicted to have the annual growth rate of 24.8% over the next few years, fintech is becoming an increasingly competitive market space for both…
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Podcast: The digital revolution with Dan Jelfs, Mobica
In the latest episode of The Digital Insight, Dan Jelfs, Senior Vice President of global sales at Mobica believes that, as a result of increasing connectivity between everyone…
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Lisa Moyle, VC Innovations: Embrace innovation
Lisa Moyle, Director of Strategy at VC Innovations, discusses the disruptive market of financial services, and she explores what it means to seek out and embrace innovation, whether…
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Making Supplier Assurance effective in the supply chain
Laura Greenwood, Third-party Assurance Consultant at Crossword Cybersecurity PLC, explains how to approach Supplier Assurance and its management, as it becomes increasing important to procurement professionals. Businesses are facing continual…
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Why Supply Chains are a huge cyber risk
Cyber security attacks happen almost daily, impacting SMEs to multinational corporate companies. The majority of the attacks and data breaches can be found coming from the same place…
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The digital transformation of financial services with Jim Marous and Sonia Wedrychowicz
Jim Marous, internationally recognised financial industry strategist, and the publisher of the Digital Banking Report and Sonia Wedrychowicz, an experienced technology transformation professional of over 25 years discuss…
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Virtual Cards for Business Payments: What’s the hold up?
The benefits of virtual cards are numerous and varied, yet their adoption into the corporate world has been slow. Pat Bermingham, CEO of Adflex, asks whether fear of…
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Podcast: Talking procurement technology with John Vass, Tradeshift
The latest episode of the Digital Insight welcomes John Vass, the global industry lead at Tradeshift,to discuss procurement technology and the shift in perspectives within procurement and supply…
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5 industries driving innovation hubs around the world
In a 2018 report, Forbes identified a trend that was sweeping the world. This trend is the rise of the multi-sector innovation hub. All over the world these…
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APMs for B2B payments – buzzword or next big thing?
Despite delivering convenience, speed and a better user experience in the consumer payments market, alternative payment methods (APMs) feature less prominently in the world of B2B transactions. It’s…
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Marketing’s procurement challenge
Media spend is a major expense for many companies. To maximise effectiveness marketing and procurement must work together says David Indo, CEO of ID Comms. Procurement has often…
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Podcast: Episode 5 of Frank Vorrath’s Supply Chain Masterclass
The Digital Insight, welcomes Frank Vorrath, Executive Partner of Supply Chain at Gartner back for part five of a six-part supply chain masterclass. In this episode, Frank explores…
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Applying Intelligent Process Automation to the supply chain
Dharmendra Patwardhan, Executive Vice President of Business Services at Capgemini Already established as one of the most talked about back-end business solutions of recent years, Intelligent Process Automation…
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Invoicing in the IoT: why connections are key to maximising business value
By Patrick Bermingham, CEO at Adflex. Start-ups and established companies alike are increasingly interested in the industrial internet of things (IIoT), but many are missing a trick when…
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Payments as a Value Creator in the B2B Supply Chain
Today’s digital payments tech is delivering far more than process and cost efficiency in the B2B supply chain, says Patrick Bermingham, CEO, Adflex – it’s also creating new…
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Fighting procurement fraud with artificial intelligence and data analytics
John Cushing, CEO and Founder of Qynn, explores how AI and data analytics can help companies combat the increasing challenge of procurement fraudProtecting business and supporting growth through…
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Podcast: Martin Lee, Chief Procurement Officer, KPMG, on a procurement transformation
The Digital Insight welcomes Martin Lee, Chief Procurement Officer at KPMG. In this exclusive episode, Martin explores how a digital transformation of procurement, centred around spend control, brings…
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Welcome to the winter issue of CPO Strategy!
Read the latest issue here! Our exclusive cover story this month is Martin Lee, Chief Procurement Officer at KPMG, as he explores how a procurement transformation, centred around…
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Black Friday’s Blind Spot
Poor demand planning expected to drive massive errors this Black Friday By: Robert Byrne, VP Supply Chain Solutions at E2open The festive season is the season for stuffing….
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Digitalised data: sustaining the supply chain
From fragmented thinking, to out of date infrastructures and poor processes, there is a long list of reasons why supply chains can become unsustainable. But, according to a…
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Harnessing the short-term: network-enabled Sales & Operations Execution
Christine Barnhart, Product Manager at Infor, explores how network thinking, using modern, multi-enterprise business networks or MEBNs. can unlock efficient and scalable real-time connectivity, collaboration, and visibility to…
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Marc Imowitz, SVP of Procurement at TricorBraun, discusses the transformation of procurement
The latest episode of The Digital Insight welcomes Mark Imowitz, Senior Vice President of Procurement at TricorBraun to explore the idea of transformation of the role of procurement…
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Six ways to retain procurement leaders
It’s a familiar story. A new procurement manager has been recruited and everyone is very excited. Their track record is impressive, their ideas visionary, and they bring fresh…
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Usability and the importance of a customer-centric approach to software development
Pete Kinder, CTO at Wax Digital explains why customers need to be at the heart of eProcurement development There are typically two ways to approach designing software for…
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50% of UK CIOs and CTOs investing in in-store digital capabilities
Half of UK CIOs and CTOs are investing in in-store digital capabilities to replicate the convenience of online services A new report has revealed that over half (51%)…
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74% of UK businesses encountered supply chain risk in the last 12 months
Supplier failure and supply shortages are the biggest risks, yet many businesses are unprepared to mitigate these events in the future Research from Ivalua, a leading provider of global spend…
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Coupa Pay: How American Express and Coupa will transform supplier payments
As one of the leading providers of BSM solutions, offering a comprehensive, cloud-based BSM platform that connects hundreds of organisations with more than five million suppliers globally, Coupa…
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CJ Das, CIO of SimpleTire, discusses digital transformation.
The latest episode of The Digital Insight welcomes CJ Das, CIO of SimpleTire. With over 20 years experience from being a software manager to becoming a chief digital…
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John Rossman: Think like Amazon
John Rossman, managing partner at Rosman Partners, explores the concept of digital transformation and his book Think Like Amazon. With companies constantly referring to the Amazon effect, John…
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5 ways in which AI is revolutionising the retail experience
AI is no longer science-fiction writers dream, it’s being implemented in industries all over the world. We look at 5 examples of how AI is revolutionising the retail…
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5 shifts in procurement for 2020 and beyond
With constant innovation and marketplaces changing faster than ever before, procurement is undergoing its own transformation. Increasingly, companies are looking to support faster, decentralised procurement functions that will…
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Inside InsureTech Connect with Jay Weintraub
Jay Weintraub, founder and CEO of InsureTech Connect explores the digital transformation of insurance, and what makes InsureTech Connect the largest, most focused and relevant gathering of insurance…
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AXA Hong Kong: customer centricity in the digital transformation of insurance
In early 2019, the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS) was introduced in Hong Kong by the Food and Health Bureau to regulate indemnity hospital insurance plans offered to…
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Exclusive podcast with George Booth, CPO at Lloyds Banking Group
Listen to the podcast here! In the latest episode of The Digital Insight, George Booth, Chief Procurement Officer at Lloyds Banking Group explores risk assurance and whether it’s…
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Gartner’s 5 shifts in procurement for 2020 and beyond
With constant innovation and marketplaces changing faster than ever before, procurement is undergoing its own transformation. Increasingly, companies are looking to support faster, decentralised procurement functions that will…
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5 smart factories changing the manufacturing industry
Described as a leap forward from traditional automation to fully connected and flexible systems, the idea of a smart factory is one defined by data and connected systems…
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New podcast out now: Jay Weintraub, CEO & Founder of InsureTech Connect
The Digital Insight talks exclusively to Jay Weintraub, CEO & Founder of InsureTech Connect, all about digital transformation in the insurance industry. Weintraub, currently at InsureTech Connect 2019…
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Innovation and digitisation: change is good
Ian Moyse, EMEA Sales Director at Natterbox Limited outlines one of the most important skill sets in the modern age: the need for acceptance and receptiveness of innovation…
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Roland Berger: placing procurement at the heart of digital transformation
By Dale Benton In a world awash with digital transformation stories that see companies restructuring or even dispensing with old business models to usher in the new era…
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‘Think Like Amazon’: John Rossman on digital transformation
In the latest episode of the Digital Insight podcast, author and ex-Amazon Director John Rossman discusses the concept of digital transformation. Rossman lays out 50 (and a half)…
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5 ways in which AI is disrupting procurement
In a world awash with a seemingly never-ending list of technology buzzwords such as automation, machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to name a few, AI is one…
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Frank Vorrath, Executive Partner of Supply Chain at Gartner, explores the concept of transforming organisational structures
Part four of a six-part supply chain masterclass with Frank Vorrath, Executive Partner of supply chain at Gartner. Frank explains how to build a supply chain excellence operating…
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USAF’s Frank Konieczny: remaining mission-focused
Frank Konieczny, Chief Technology Officer at the US Air Force (USAF), discusses the importance of remaining mission-focused in an ever-evolving technological world. Prefer this in an audio format?…
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Ian Moyse, EMEA Sales Director at Natterbox, on the need to be agile as a technology professional
Listen to The Digital Insight, with Ian Moyse The Digital Insight podcast speaks exclusively to Ian Moyse, Natterbox’s EMEA Sales Director, to discuss what he describes as one…
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Deutsche Telekom and its digital transformation of the customer experience
Borislav Tadic, Vice President BMS & Transformation DRC, explores how a major digital transformation of Deutsche Telekom has enabled greater customer experience and significant technological advancements. This interview…
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Five of the biggest companies deploying blockchain
As the world continues to become increasingly digital, it was only a matter of time before it spread to the very currency in our wallets. Just over a…
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Carolyn Chin-Parry, Woman of the Year – Women in IT Asia Awards, discusses the challenges of digital transformation
Listen to the full interview with Carolyn Chin-Parry now! Recently crowned the IT Woman of The Year at the 2019 Women IT Asia Awards, Carolyn Chin-Parry is a true digital…
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Exclusive supply chain podcast with Gartner’s Frank Vorrath
Part four of a six-part supply chain masterclass with Frank Vorrath, Executive Partner, Supply Chain, Gartner. In this episode, Frank explores the concept of transforming organisational structures and…
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Top 5 procurement influencers
With direct access to audiences across a global stage, social media has redefined the idea of influencers. Looking to tap into and explore this ever-growing resource, industry giants…
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The latest edition of The Digital Insight, featuring the U.S. Air Force’s CTO Frank Konieczny, is out now!
The latest edition of The Digital Insight podcast is out now! Frank Konieczny, Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Air Force, talks about how the role of the…
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Exclusive podcast with CSI’s Neill Hart
Neill Hart, Head of Productivity and Programs at Computer Systems Integration (CSI), speaks exclusively to The Digital Insight about how the company has moved beyond simple systems integration…
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Colgate-Palmolive, Nestle and Nike dominate the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25
Gartner Inc released the results of its Supply Chain Top 25 ranking for 2019, with Colgate-Palmolive, Nestle and Nike among the global leaders for supply chain best practice….
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Tableau 2019.2 redefines the location data conversation
As location data continues to dictate customer interactions, Tableau Software redefines the data driven conversation, following the unveiling of its latest next-generation mapping capabilities that will enhance how…