Procurement Process

Purchase Orders Explained: What They Are, How They Work and Why They Matter

A practical guide to purchase orders in procurement and P2P

Tradewinds’ five-minute pitches still need buying evidence.

A faster route to an award still needs a defensible buying decision.

Procurement Intake Explained: How to Design a Better Front Door for Business Spend

A practical guide to procurement intake, routing and guided buying

Procurement Technology Implementation Readiness: A Practical Checklist

A practical checklist for implementing procurement technology successfully

Source-to-Pay (S2P) Explained: Process, Scope and How It Differs From P2P

A practical guide to source-to-pay, P2P and procurement technology

Contract Renewals Explained: How Procurement Teams Avoid Costly Auto-Renewals

A practical guide to contract renewals, notices and commercial decisions

Procurement Operating Model Explained: How to Design a Function That Works

A practical guide to procurement operating models, roles and governance

Procurement Governance Explained: Decisions, Authority and Accountability

A practical guide to procurement governance, decision rights and controls

Procurement KPIs Explained: What to Measure and Why

A practical guide to procurement KPIs, scorecards and measurement

Strategic Sourcing Explained: Process, Benefits and How to Do It Well

A practical guide to strategic sourcing for procurement teams

Maverick Spend Explained: Causes, Risks and How Procurement Can Reduce It

A practical guide to reducing off-contract and off-process spend

Supplier Onboarding Explained: Process, Controls and How to Make It Work

A practical guide to supplier onboarding for procurement teams

Procurement Policy Explained: What It Should Cover and How to Make It Work

A practical guide to creating a procurement policy people can follow

Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Explained: Process, Technology and How It Differs From S2P

A practical guide to the P2P process, the technology behind it, the metrics that matter and how it connects to source-to-pay.

ERP Explained: What It Is and How Procurement Teams Use It

A practical guide to ERP, its role in procurement, where it fits with P2P and specialist tools, and what to decide before changing your stack.

Why Procurement Digital Transformations Fail (and the Delete-First Method)

A practitioner method for simplifying processes before you digitise or automate

How AI Can Revolutionise Your Procurement Workflow

The deep-dive follow-up to Sunday’s LinkedIn post

Why Procurement Contract Management Breaks (and How to Reset It)

Diagnose intake, ownership, handover and renewal problems before adding more technology

Contract Lifecycle Management for Procurement Teams

A practical guide to process, ownership, controls, technology and AI across the contract lifecycle

[New Video+Podcast] Using AI to Manage Procurement Tasks

AI is hitting Procurement in an incredible Way

Process Orchestration and Architects

The Future of Procurement?

Procurement Process Orchestration: What It Is and When You Need It

How intake and orchestration connect people, policies and procurement systems without replacing every system of record

Contract Management KPIs: A Practical Measurement Framework

Nine measures covering flow, control and realised commercial value

How AI Will Improve Procurement Decision Making

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Procurement Savings vs Value: How to Define, Validate and Report Impact

A practical framework for baselines, benefit types, Finance validation and realised value