ESG – What Is It? ESG, or environmental, social, and governance, as it is more commonly known, has become increasingly influential in corporate decision making. It was originally used to differentiate the value that companies deliver beyond just financial returns, but its use has grown as companies and investors have become more aware of the long-term benefits. The […]
How does eSourcing work?
How Does eSourcing Work? Our everyday lives involve making purchases, which we also do in business on a regular basis. We learn to do it when we’re young, and then generally follow the same simple procedure throughout our lives. Depending on the cost and complexity of the purchase, we put in different amounts of time […]
What Is A Procurement Cycle? Definition
What Is A Procurement Cycle? Throughout our lives, we all purchase goods and services for ourselves. First, we identify exactly what we wish to purchase, and then, often subconsciously, consider what is going to deliver the greatest value to us, whether it is cost, or quality, or something else entirely. Once we have done this, […]
How Do You Measure Procurement Savings?
How Do You Measure Procurement Savings? Procurement savings are key as each company prepares their annual accounts that summarize its financial performance, and over time, comparing them is a measure of how well it is doing relative to previous years. There is a limited amount of detail in these accounts, and they are a top-level summary of […]
High Quality Procurement Data Can Help You Make Better Decisions
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What is oboloo and How can Its Software Help Me?
What is oboloo and How can Its Software Help Me? oboloo was created to help SMEs save time and money working with their suppliers, reduce supplier risk, and choose the right ones. oboloo is a cloud-based procurement tool that provides visibility and control over every phase of the procurement process, from sourcing to contract management to supplier management. In […]
What is eSourcing and Its Benefits?
What is eSourcing and Its Benefits? Buying or purchasing both goods and services is something that we all do in our daily lives, as well as in business. We learn the process when we’re very young and generally follow it throughout our lives. The amount of time and effort we dedicate to the purchasing process varies depending on the complexity and […]
Simple Tips For Sourcing Goods & Services
Simple Tips For Sourcing Goods & Services The sourcing of goods and services is one component of the procurement process every company undertakes so they can get the best value from vendors and also work with the right vendors whose values are aligned with their own. A company can source without following a formal process or it […]
The Ultimate Guide To Purchase Orders
The Ultimate Guide To Purchase Orders What Is A Purchase Order (PO)? As a starting point, it would be logical to answer the obvious question, what is a purchase order? In order to purchase products or services, purchase orders (POs) are documents sent from you, as the buyer, to a supplier requesting products or services. It is expected […]
How To Measure Supplier Performance
How To Measure Supplier Performance? Having run a competitive tender process, negotiated a good deal, signed the contract, and implemented a new supplier took a lot of time and effort. Some people consider this to be the point where the procurement process ends and the supplier is just left to deliver the goods or services. It would […]
Avoid Missing Contract Notice Periods
Avoid Missing Contract Notice Periods A mistake that many of us make is not giving the correct notice on a supplier contract. As a result, either a contract rolls over automatically or an out-of-contract rate is applied. The cost of forgetting to give notice will vary depending on the value of the contract, the supplier and what kind of […]
The Ultimate Guide To Purchase Orders
The Ultimate Guide To Purchase Orders What Is A Purchase Order (PO)? As a starting point, it would be logical to answer the obvious question, what is a purchase order? In order to purchase products or services, purchase orders (POs) are documents sent from you, as the buyer, to a supplier requesting products or services. It […]
What are the benefits of eSourcing Software?
What Are The Benefits Of eSourcing Software? When we purchase goods and services, we use a process that has either been taught to us or developed by us from experience with the goal of getting the best value. While the best value process is often effective on a day-to-day basis, it usually fails to consider a business’s […]
The Time Benefits Of Using A Procurement Software
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How To Improve Profitability by Managing Third-Party Spend
How To Improve Profitability by Managing Third-Party Spend Profitability is the goal of every business. For companies to achieve this, they invest in marketing and sales to increase turnover, which results in increased profitability. There is another way to increase profitability, and that is by managing the spend of third-party suppliers. In addition to saving […]
What Values Are Important To Your Suppliers?
What Values Are Important To Your Suppliers? When choosing a good or service, the first two things we usually consider are the quality and the price. Our perception of both tells us if what we are purchasing represents value for money. The concept of value for money varies from person to person and therefore from company […]
Cost Avoidance Vs Cost Reduction: What’s The Difference?
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How To Ensure Supplier Compliance
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What Are The Most Important Dates In Supplier Contracts?
What Are The Most Important Dates In Supplier Contracts? Supplier contracts are often signed and then filed away in a desk drawer or shared drive without much management, except for when there is a problem. Until a new contract can be negotiated or put out to tender, the supplier delivers the goods or services and invoices are […]
How Can eProcurement Help Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
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Procurement Should Be About Cost And Value
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Cloud-based Procurement Software For Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
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What is The Procurement Savings Tracking Process?
What is The Procurement Savings Tracking Process? In the same way that companies track the revenue generated by their sales and marketing departments, they can also track the cost savings delivered by the finance and procurement departments. Although cost savings may appear to be much smaller than sales revenue over the same period, they can have an equally powerful impact on company’s profitability. The best […]
How To Get The Best From Suppliers?
How Do You Get The Best From Suppliers? Suppliers play a crucial role in the success of the majority of businesses, with 70% of the average company’s revenue being spent with third parties. Despite this, some companies end the procurement process when they sign a contract and begin working with a new supplier. Apart from purchasing from them, the […]
How To Save Money Managing Supplier Contracts
How To Save Money Managing Supplier Contracts Better managing third-part supplier contracts probably isn’t high up on many companies’ finance department to-do lists. However, it’s been estimated that the average company loses about 9% of annual turnover due to poor contract management practices. With a typical company’s profit margins hovering around 10%, even halving this loss can increase profit margins by […]
A Simple Sourcing Process For Small & Medium Businesses (SMEs)
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How To Manage Third-Party Supplier Spend And Increase Profitability
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Is Digital Procurement Right For My Business?
Is Digital Procurement Right For My Business? All companies procure goods and services, from start-ups to companies with billion-pound turnovers. No matter how large or small a company is, the basic procurement processes are similar. A sourcing process entails identifying suppliers, negotiating and managing contracts, and monitoring the savings produced. Compared to a small start-up, larger companies have more […]
How To Calculate Procurement Savings
How To Calculate Procurement Savings No matter what industry a business is in, it requires several items to operate. Materials, equipment, and primary products are all required. As well as repairs, training, and other services, companies sometimes require a wide range of services to maintain them. Such costs can accumulate, especially if they are not properly managed. A […]
Profit From Managing Your Supplier Contracts Better
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Work With Suppliers Who Share Your Values
Work With Suppliers Who Share Your Values A charity is nothing without its values. Having a strong and easily communicable set of values builds trust between a charity and its supporters, giving employees, volunteers, donors, and beneficiaries the confidence that the organisation is acting ethically and in their best interests. Most importantly, it shows that the money they raise is going to […]
A Procurement Process Benefits Both Buyers and Sellers
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Benefit From Following A Procurement Process
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Suppliers Play A Crucial Role In Business And The Journey To Net Zero
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What are Scopes 1, 2 and 3 and how are they relevant to Procurement?
What are Scopes 1, 2 & 3 and How Are They Relevant to Procurement? With COP26 wrapping up next week, carbon emissions are as high as they’ve ever been on the international agenda. Inaction will lead to severe hunger levels, mass migration as a result of floods, the collapse of financial markets, along with many other socio-economic disasters, […]
What Is A Cryptocurrency?
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What Is Blockchain?
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Why Does a Company Need a RFP Software?
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What is Three-way Matching?
What is Three-way Matching? To eliminate fraud, save money, and maintain adequate records for auditing, three-way matching involves matching purchase orders (POs), goods receipt notes, and supplier invoices. In most cases, payment is issued to the supplier after a 3-way match has been made. Verification of invoices through three-way matching involves examining relevant documents proving that: In […]
What is Procurement Management?
What is Procurement Management? The procurement management function makes sure that all the processes involved in a business’s acquisition of products, materials, goods, and services run smoothly. Depending on the business and industry, purchasing, procurement, and sourcing may be used interchangeably. Purchasing and procurement provide the actual operational function whereas sourcing is considered the strategic function. […]
Tips For Sourcing Goods and Services
Tips For Sourcing Goods & Services The sourcing of goods and service is the one part of procurement process that every company does to ensure they get best value from suppliers and also work with the right suppliers whose values align with their own. Companies either do sourcing activities without following a formal process or they […]
A Simple Sourcing Process For SMEs
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When Should A Company Use A Digital Procurement Solution?
When Should A Company Use A Digital Procurement Solution? Every company from a start up to a billion-pound turnover company procures good and services. The basic processes of procurement will be the same for all companies, irrelevant of their size. The processes being the sourcing of the goods or services, managing supply contracts and suppliers and monitoring savings achieved […]
What’s The Difference Between Procurement And Purchasing?
What’s The Difference Between Procurement And Purchasing? Both procurement and purchasing are involved in the process of acquiring goods and services. The two terms are often used interchangeably to describe this; however, they are two distinctly different processes. Procurement deals with the whole strategic life cycle of acquisition whilst purchasing is the transactional (tactical) process of doing […]
The Emergence Of Cloud-Based Software for SMEs
The Emergence Of Cloud-Based Software for SMEs Cloud based computing has helped to democratise business software solutions that were previously the preserve of only larger companies with deep pockets. Historically these companies invested significant amounts of money into on-premise software that was customised, implemented, supported and updated by consultants. These companies benefitted from the efficiencies and cost savings that […]
What Is oboloo And Who Is It For?
What Is oboloo And Who Is It For? oboloo was created to help SMEs save time and money working with their suppliers, reduce supplier risk and enable them to work with the right suppliers. oboloo is a cloud-based procurement software that gives them full visibility and control over every part of the procurement cycle, from sourcing and contract management to supplier […]
What Is Procurement & Why It’s Important For SME’s?
What Is Procurement and Why Is It Important For SME’s? Every company, everywhere in the world is doing it. It’s the opposite to customer sales as its’ where the company is the customer being sold to. It’s been an important part of most larger companies for many years and its playing an increasingly important role in SMEs […]
What is ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)?
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We All Follow A Procurement Cycle
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Can Procurement Software Save You Time?
Can Procurement Software Save You Time? Companies are increasingly investing in digital solutions to drive efficiencies and financial savings across every area in their business. One area that these solutions deliver significant financial savings is in procurement with the solutions often recording projected and realised savings delivered by both cost reduction and cost avoidance measured against actual baseline […]
How To Easily Increase Profitability
How To Easily Increase Profitability by Managing Third-Party Spend Every company wants to increase its profitability. To achieve this most companies, invest in marketing and sales to generate turnover that leads to increased profitability. There is another way to increase profitability and that is to manage third-party supplier spend. By actively managing this spend companies not only […]
Are You Working With Compliant Suppliers?
Are You Working With Compliant Suppliers? Every company is obliged to comply with laws and regulations. The amount of compliance varies by country, industry and size of company, with some industries such as banking more highly regulated than others. An example of a law is the Data Protection Act 2018 that every company must comply with. To become […]
Key Dates In Supplier Contracts
What are the Key Dates In Supplier Contracts? Too often supplier contracts are signed and then filed away in either a desk drawer or shared drive with little or no management of the contract, except when there is an issue. The supplier delivers the goods or service and the invoices are paid until eventually a new contract is negotiated […]
What are the Steps of eSourcing?
What are the Steps in eSourcing? One thing that we all do in our daily lives that we also do frequently in business is to make purchases. It’s something that we learn to do when we’re young and then generally follow the same simple process throughout our lives. The amount of time and effort we put […]
How To Avoid Missing A Contract Notice Period
How To Avoid Missing A Contract Notice Period One mistake that many of us make is to not to give the correct notice on a supplier contract. This can often result in either a contract automatically rolling over or being put on expensive out-of-contract rates. The cost of forgetting to give notice varies depending on the […]
How To Track Procurement Savings
How To Track Procurement Savings Just as every company tracks the revenue generated by their sales and marketing departments so they can also track the procurement savings delivered by their finance and procurement departments. Although any cost savings delivered may look to be significantly less than the sales revenues generated over a similar period, they can have an equally powerful impact […]
Do You Measure Supplier Performance?
Do You Measure Supplier Performance? Your company has spent a lot of time and effort to run a competitive tender process, negotiated a good deal, signed the contract and implemented the new supplier. For some this is where the idea of the procurement process stops and the supplier is just left to get on and deliver the goods […]
The Ultimate Guide To Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
The Ultimate Guide To Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Supplier management is a process that drives the best value between a company and the suppliers they work with. Within strategic procurement, Supplier Management allows companies to plan, manage and improve interactions with third-parties that provide them with goods or services. Supplier relationship management (see below) is a key factor in a […]
A Proven RFI Process For Any Company
A Proven RFI Process For Any Company The ultimate step-by-step guide to a successful request for Information What is a Request For Information (RFI)? A Request For Information or RFI, is usually the formal process (usually in the form of a document or questionnaire) of collecting information from a number of suppliers prior to carrying out […]
Do You Measure Procurement Savings?
Do You Measure Procurement Savings? Every company prepares annual accounts that summarise its financial health and over time comparing them is a measure of how well its doing relative to previous years. These accounts are a top-level summary of the numbers, may be viewed externally and are limited in the amount of detail that they show. As the […]
How Do You Manage Supplier Relationships?
How Do You Manage Supplier Relationships? It’s a simple fact that suppliers are an essential part of every business, with 70% of the average company’s revenue being spent with third parties. Despite this, for some companies the procurement process ends after signing a contract and starting to use a new supplier. Usually, the only time […]
Why use an eSourcing software?
Why use an eSourcing software? When we purchase goods and services, we follow a process that has either been taught or developed by ourselves from experience with the aim of always getting the best value. A best value process can work well on a day-to-day basis, however generally it does not consider the longer-term needs and commercial objectives when purchasing for […]
A Proven RFP Process For Any Company
A Proven RFP Process For Any Company The ultimate step-by step guide to a successful request for proposal What is a Request For Proposal (RFP)? A request for proposal (sometimes referred to as a request for pricing), or RFP, is usually a document that describes a companies needs (usually goods and/or services). Typically it will […]
A Proven RFI Process For Any Company
A Proven RFI Process For Any Company The ultimate step-by-step guide to a successful request for Information Table of Contents What is a Request For Information (RFI)? A request for information or RFI, is usually the formal process (usually in the form of a document or questionnaire) of collecting information from a number of suppliers […]
What Is Supplier Management?
What Is Supplier Management? Supplier management is a process that drives the best value between a company and the suppliers they work with. Within strategic procurement, Supplier Management allows companies to plan, manage and improve interactions with third-parties that provide them with goods or services. Supplier relationship management (see below) is a key factor in a […]
How To Protect Your Company’s Bottom Line With eProcurement Software
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What is eSourcing?
What is eSourcing? eSourcing, sometimes referred to as electronic sourcing is the process a company uses to procure goods and services from suppliers with the ability to compare them side by side based on quoted pricing or capabilities in order to choose a preferred supplier based on data. This process is typically carried out on […]
What Is Contract Management Software?
What Is Contract Management Software? Contract management software is a digital platform designed to be a repository for a company’s legal contracts as well as offering functions such as contract creation, contract negotiation, contract e-signature, contract renewal, contract notifications, and visual analysis. A contract management system has many benefits to an organisation, mainly with it being self-service, user-friendly so that anyone can […]
What is eProcurement?
What is eProcurement? eProcurement, also known as electronic procurement is typically known as the process of purchasing goods and services from a supplier via a procurement software. eProcurement has evolved in recent years. Legacy eprocurement systems tend to focus on purely procuring goods and services from a supplier through a typical sourcing, eTender or eAuction […]
Where Do You Keep Your Supplier Contracts?
Where Do You Keep Your Supplier Contracts? It is estimated that companies lose around 4% of savings opportunities because of auto-renewing (so called ‘evergreen‘) contracts every year. The amount of turnover that this represents will vary by company, but it is not an insignificant amount of money to leave on the table, especially these days. […]
You Get The Quality You Pay For
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What is Procurement Software?
What is Procurement Software? Procurement software (sometimes known as eprocurement software) can be used to support businesses with tools to source goods and services, contract management, supplier management and savings management. Contemporary procurement software is usually hosted within the cloud and can be especially cost effective against older systems as there should be little need […]
How to select the right eProcurement software
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The Price Is Part Of The Cost
The Price Is Part Of The Cost The values that we are brought up with at home, school and in the work place help determine how we make decisions. These core values influence purchasing decisions and are especially important when evaluating suppliers to better understand how they can add extra value beyond just a price differential. Whenever you want […]
Do Your Suppliers Share Your Values?
Do Your Suppliers Share Your Values? Whenever we purchase any good or service the first two things that we usually consider are the quality and the price. Our perception of both tells us whether what we are purchasing offers us value for money or not. The idea of what value for money looks like varies from person to […]
Key Considerations When Selecting An eProcurement Software
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Make Better Decisions Based On High Quality Data
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What Is e-Sourcing & How Does It Work?
What Is e-Sourcing & How Does It Work? Traditionally, reviewing and comparing suppliers to find the best one was a lengthy and time-consuming process. However, these days, technology has made it much simpler and quicker. Because of e-Sourcing, gone are the days when you needed to go through an individual evaluation of suppliers to find which one […]
4 Easily Avoidable Procurement Mistakes
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5 Benefits of Using a Cloud-Based eProcurement Software
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eProcurement is More Than Just eSourcing
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Improve Your Supply Chain Performance With These 5 Tips
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How to Build Meaningful Supplier Relationships
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4 Ways To Improve Your RFP Process To Strengthen Your Business
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What Managers Should Look for in an e-Procurement System
What Managers Should Look for in an e-Procurement System Manual procurement processes, although reliable, are a costly, document-laden process. The time you spend on email or paper exchanges could be allocated to marketing and finding ways to become more competitive in a digital, tech-first business landscape. Among managers surveyed in Deloitte’s 2018 Global CPO Survey, 83 per cent […]
4 Reasons To Utilise E-Tendering In Your Business
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How Supplier Management Solutions Can Help Your Business
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How To Develop An Effective E-Procurement Approach
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The Basics Of Direct And Indirect Procurement
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Two Signs You Should Switch Over To A Cloud Based Procurement Software
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3 Reasons Supply Chain Visibility Is Essential
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How Does E-Procurement Help Upgrade Your Business
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How E-Sourcing Software Helps Streamline Your Procurement Process
How E-Sourcing Software Helps Streamline Your Procurement Process E-sourcing software is becoming an increasingly important part of the operations of many businesses. It centralises key information and ensures consistency across products and services delivered. Software like this also provides instant feedback, which significantly reduces operating costs. The e-sourcing software industry is projected to be worth about $9.7 […]
What to Look for in Vendor Management Software
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Four Reasons Why An Platform Is A Good Investment
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How E-Tendering Is Helping the Public Sector As Well As Business
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