Author

Dale Benton

Published

30 May 2020

Estimated Read time

1Min

Procurement – for all its best intentions – still fails in niche categories. Enter Fine Tune…

Rich Ham, CEO of Fine Tune joins the Digital Insight to discuss why the world needs a company like Fine Tune, how it works with clients to deal with ‘nuisance’ expenses,  and how it specialises in categories where procurement – for all their best intentions in becoming more strategic and driving value – tends to fail. 

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