They have managed to put digital procurement on the map. Not as a show off but as concrete ways to develop sourcing and procurement efficiency and effect. EBG | Network are thrilled to welcome Lars J Andersson, Head of Procurement automation and analytics at A.P. Moller – Maersk to Sourcing Outlook 2019! Digitizing sourcing and […]
EBG | Summit News
Maersk join Sourcing Outlook 2019
They have managed to put digital procurement on the map. Not as a show off but as concrete ways to develop sourcing and procurement efficiency and effect. EBG | Network are thrilled to welcome Lars J Andersson, Head of Procurement automation and analytics at A.P. Moller – Maersk to Sourcing Outlook 2019! Digitizing sourcing and […]
Holmen join Sourcing Outlook 2019
At Sourcing Outlook – sustainability has always had a a place in the spotlight. This year even more so as many of the companies sharing their stories and experiences just as well could have shared how they incorporate sustainability into their strategies and operations. EBG | Network are really happy to welcome Lars Jönzén, Director […]
DFDS join Sourcing Outlook 2019
EBG | Network are happy to welcome Manisha Mathur, Head of Direct Procurement – Group Procurement and Frederik Fahrenholtz, Head of Indirect & Onboard Procurement at DFDS to Sourcing Outlook 2019. How are you making sure your strategies for both direct and indirect procurement (depending on your industry and way of framing your spend) are […]
Stena Rederi join Sourcing Outlook 2019
As companies become increasingly dependent on technology to support strategies, operations and ways to govern them, one may ask who best can govern IT? EBG | Network are happy to welcome Henrik Wangeby, Purchasing Director at Stena Rederi to Sourcing Outlook 2019. On October 10th You will be able to sit down with peers and […]
EBG | Webinars
EBG | Webinar: How do you manage Business Control in transformation?
Welcome to a session enabled by Qlik where Marcus Sjöholm, VP SML Business Control at Volvo Group will share his vision how companies and individuals can – and will need – to free up time in order to gain greater business control, enable true end to end business collaboration and create value. Date: September 3rd […]
EBG | Webinar: How do you digitize your sourcing strategy and operations?
Discussing how to digitize an entire organization is tiresome to anyone. Breaking it down and making a huge topic more understandable is important! In this upcoming session EBG | Network and Basware invite You to learn more about digitizing eSourcing in general and using eAuctions in particular. Why? Like Jacob Gorm Larsen, Director of Digital […]
EBG | Play Interviews & Recorded webinar sessions
EBG | Play: Historic spend and future needs
EBG | Network want to send a big thank you to Irene Tibbling at Stora Enso who generously shared her sourcing and procurement visualization experiences. Also a big thank you to Qlik (in Swedish go to Qlik) who enabled the webinar to take place. Webinar recording Here you can view the recorded webinar session: Poll […]
EBG Play: If all is about change – how can we make change more strategic
The art of change. The art of managing change. The art of managing strategic change. The art of change in a strategic way. Ask anyone and change management is on the top list of what is perceived the biggest challenge in any large organization. Why is it so hard to realize strategies? Strategies followed by […]
EBG Play: Swedish government taking public sector e-procurement one step further
The Swedish National Financial Management Authority are recommending the use of PEPPOL infrastructure and message formats being used in future procurement and finance operations to and from public sector. The PEPPOL structure is aimed at cross border business and cross border transactions being sent. It can be used – as it is to some […]
EBG | Play: Beckers Groups sustainability change management journey
How to move from silo CSR and sustainability code of conduct website statements to active performance measures and supplier collaboration activities is increasingly important for most large organizations. EBG | Network was happy to be able to share – in much detail – the work made by Beckers Group and not the least Thomas Lüder, […]
EBG Play: Finance & Accounting BPO Benchmark
Following the first day of sourcing and procurement benchmark, the second day of EBGs first Online Benchmark sessions were about the “other” side of the puzzle – finance and accounting. Finding ways to reduce administrative costs, improve efficiency and effectiveness have been a priority for a long time. Centralizing, captive or not, possibly outsourcing, and […]
EBG | Play: Solving the e-procurement user adoption challenge
The title of this webinar holds many promises. Could there be a single formula that enable organizations to use systems as intended? May it be the way they are implemented, how many hours are spent on education, how processes are set up or who are able to use it. Of course all of that matters […]
Focus Area: Source to Pay
EBG | Interview: Part II | Visibility, control, and compliance by digitising Source-to-pay processes
In the second interview part, interviewing Richard Waugh, VP Corporate Development at Zycus, we continue to discuss challenges and opportunities advancing procurement digitization. Or – rather – gathering and sharing those huge amounts of data floating around in any large company and making the best of it. Richard come from years of working with procurement […]
Beyond trends from industry experts | III
On March 12th professionals from across the globe will meet online to learn from each other about what trends may mean now and ahead for procurement. Jon Hansen is gathering intelligence leading up to the webinar and you too can draw from those insights via Beyond trends form industry experts | I and Beyond trends […]
EBG Play: Arjan van Weele about the need for change
He is a household name within procurement and supply chain – Arjan van Weele. He holds the (parttime) NEVI-Chair of Purchasing and Supply Management, at Eindhoven University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IE&IS). Arjan acts as an independent boardroom consultant to many large companies on procurement strategy and governance issues. He […]
EBG Podcast: OB10 on touchless processes and enabled financial value chains
At the EXPP we caught up with OB10 and Gary Benson, VP Corporate Development at OB10. There is a lot written about OB10 these days and there is a lot happening in the “e” industry at large. Some has got to do with some buying others and a lot has got to do with real […]
Focus Area: Procurement
RT: Intersecting Procurement and Finance: Top Trends for 2013
Ever heard “thats finances headache” or “thats all about procurement” even though you know it is interlinked? We hear it all the time, both from end users and professionals such as consultants and system vendors. Because of that it is even more thrilling when a blog focusing on spend management mentions trends where procurement and […]
EBG Play: Ways to measure win-win buyer and supplier relationships
Creating value and sharing the profit. Sounds reasonable? But still that is not how many business relationships are built. There is often an opposite business driver between buyer and supplier and price is still a major driver. In this interview we talk to Kate Vitasek (Faculty, author, researcher, innovator of the Vested ® business model) […]
Following the path of improved procurement performance
I first spoke to Anders Rydblom, procurement manager NoMed at Mölnlycke Health Care about four years ago. He and Mölnlycke Health Care has since been a part of every annual Source to Pay Summit EBG has held. Why would we do such a thing – that is not very “conference”-like where you constantly are looking […]
Focus Area: Sourcing
EBG | Webinar: What is augmented intelligence within the supply chain?
Transforming the supply chain process with augmented intelligence – a far stretch from the reality many organizations face today? Data is the lifeblood of business in the information age. Hence, gathering and analyzing mission-critical data from different sources is increasingly important. Vast amounts of business-critical data reside in silos, is manually handled and reactively communicated. […]
EBG | Play: Procurement AI: From Promise To Realization
End September great minds met online to discuss digitalization in general and Artificial Intelligence impact on procurement specifically. Why so? On April 10th 2018, 25 European countries signed a Declaration of cooperation on Artificial Intelligence. It builds further on the achievements and investments of the European research and business community in AI. Given this announcement, […]
Sourcing Outlook recap and Post Summit Report
The first Sourcing Outlook took place in Stockholm end October 2017. Creating and hosting a second annual conference wasn’t an easy decision – it had to be with a focus that felt fresh and to-the-point. Sourcing success due to business – buyer and supplier collaboration EBG decided from the get go that one aspect had […]
Focus Area: Risk Management & Sustainability
EBG Play | How will sustainability and CSR issues in the supply chain impact procurement?
Getting an understanding into an increasingly important and increasingly global supply chain is and will be even more significant. Looking at the progress of EBG | Network over the past five years, the strategic increase of a holistic approach to sourcing, procurement and finance is the most apparent. It seems most companies today know that […]
EBG | Play: Beckers Groups sustainability change management journey
How to move from silo CSR and sustainability code of conduct website statements to active performance measures and supplier collaboration activities is increasingly important for most large organizations. EBG | Network was happy to be able to share – in much detail – the work made by Beckers Group and not the least Thomas Lüder, […]
EBG | Play: Supply Chain Risk Management – tips and insights from Husqvarna Group
Before Easter, EBG | Network hosted a webinar enabled by riskmethods featuring Husqvarna Group focusing on how they have been and are developing ways to manage risk in their supply chain. Benjamin A Sutherland at Husqvarna group and Heiko Schwarz at riskmethods share their insights. Below is the recorded webinar session for you to view. […]
EBG | Play: Global CSR Risk & Performance: Insights From The 2017 Index
What happens if you decide to take a deep look into years of quality data based on thousands and thousands of companies actual performances? Great insights of course. EcoVadis did just that and gathered the data into a first Global CSR Risk & Performance index. EBG | Network are happy to share the recorded webinar […]