The idea of “the best” in process automation may be shifting. From lowering the number of FTEs and SLAs focusing on transactional efficiency. To improved value creation and data insights fed back to the organization. How do you get there and how do you know where Your organization stands? Take a look at the on […]
EBG | Summit News
Husqvarna Group join Source 2 Pay Summit 2020
It take more than one person or one function to change strategies and operations. Husqvarna Group is collaborating across functions and in-between organizations to ensure maximum reduction of waste and non-value adding activities. Like most organizations want to but might not know how to achieve. At Source 2 Pay Summit 2020 you will get one […]
Vattenfall join Source 2 Pay Summit 2020
A recurring theme at EBG summits is to re-invite past speakers and moderators to learn – what happened then? The possibility to learn from experiences about what was, what is and what became of it (and most likely repeat) is great. Vattenfall is one such organization EBG have been able to follow. Vattenfall was first […]
Stora Enso join Source 2 Pay Summit 2020
Let’s start welcoming Source 2 Pay Summit 2020 speakers and moderators! We will focus on operational excellence with proven strategic effect. How to tie together sourcing – procurement and finance in a seamless way. Finding out what do to in-house and what to outsource. How to measure desired outcome across functions. How to master data […]
Sourcing Outlook 2019 snap shot
A few weeks has passed but the memory will take a while to fade. The third annual Sourcing Outlook took place in Stockholm on October 10th and reflecting upon what was said and shared is humbling. Want to know what it looked like at Sourcing Outlook 2019? Take a look at the Post Summit Report […]
EBG | Webinars
EBG | Webinar: Benchmark your source-to-pay performance against the best
Welcome to a webinar session where data from hundreds of survey respondents experiences will be shared. Allowing You to benchmark your source to pay maturity and next steps. The rapid changes in innovative technology help to drive unforeseen cost efficiencies through process optimization. By implementing new technologies such as Robotics Process Automation (RPA) and Artificial […]
EBG | Webinar: Supply Chain Transparency – The Next P2P Evolution
Welcome to a webinar exploring what an end-to-end transparent supply chain may mean to you and your business growth. Today there are endless discussions about digitizing all aspects of doing business – but what does it really encompass? During this webinar we aim to find out! Date: October 17th 2019Time: 3:00-3:45 PM CESTPlace: Your computer/tablet/phoneLanguage: […]
EBG | Play Interviews & Recorded webinar sessions
EBG Play: 7 out of 10 or 46% of spend contingent workforce?
Winning the talent war and at the same time reducing cost does not seemingly go hand in hand. Companies have found ways to reduce wage costs by centralizing and outsourcing HR, finance, procurement and many more functions. The wage arbitrage game however is apparently coming to an end. A contingent workforce may historically have been […]
EBG Interview: Scania on success factors enrolling purchase-to-pay
What does it take to make sure you have control over your purchase-to-pay processes? How do you encourage stakeholders? We asked Rutger af Sandeberg from Scania and Mia Lenman from Basware about their input in the matter. Rutger and Mia were hosts of two Theme Discussions at Source to Pay Summit 2014, in the interview […]
EBG Play: CPO talk with Per Hill – finding ways to be both efficient and effective
Aligning procurement targets to company targets, supporting the business and delivering results. Easily said but not so easily achieved? In far too many situations procurement and finance functions find themselves not reaching set targets, or trying to reach targets that simply aren’t aligned with overall business targets. What happen then is frustrated managers and even […]
EBG Play: Public sector contract compliance and spend control
In a popular webinar Daniel Nesz at Södersjukhuset AB shared how they have used a Qlik solution to increase visibility and control over both contract compliance and spend pattern overview. Public sector have a never ending demand to use money wisely as well as having extensive legal aspects of how, with who and in what […]
EBG Play: Consumerization driving IT development and introverts reaching out
In a recent interview with Alexander Reay from ITOSDA, a non profit organization driven by peers within the IT development area, he told about his view on IT development and CIO challenges. There are hardly any parts of any business that is not IT dependent or IT driven. Yet IT is in many cases fighting […]
EBG Play: Unifying control with common strategies enabling global purchasing power
There are few global organizations who are not looking at ways to leverage on their global purchasing power. Finding ways to unify control and execute common strategies along the procure to pay process takes time but is a crucial part in controlling spend, finding ways to reduce cost and enabling transactional follow up and control. […]
Focus Area: Source to Pay
EBG Play: What is procurement transformation?
Gathering different type professionals in a room – real or virtual – and allowing the group to share experiences is what EBG is all about. At Source to Pay Summit 2015 Andreas Bivall at Boliden moderated Theme Discussions about transforming procurement and below is a recorded summary interview about what was said. Next Source to […]
Beyond trends from industry experts | II
Leading up to the upcoming Beyond trends for procurement webinar March 12th, Jon Hansen at Procurement Insights asked his network of experts about their thoughts. In certain instances, I received brief yet insightful commentaries from industry thought leaders as well as practitioners via email. Other times, I had the opportunity to talk with these individuals […]
EBG Play | Shaping a dynamic and proactive procurement organization
Following a very interesting webinar held by Peter Böhm at Trelleborg Industrial Solutions an english summary of this Swedish webinar is in place. Peter shared how he has aimed at developing a dynamic and proactive procurement organization and shared how he measure and organize in order to achieve set targets. Procurement Directors wanting to lead […]
Reflections from Source 2 Pay Summit 2016
When you work for a really long time with an event it becomes a part of you and when it is over you are somewhat left in a void. That void is however quickly filled with impressions and ideas for the future, just like it is for us at EBG after Source 2 Pay Summit. […]
Focus Area: Procurement
EBG | Seminar: Practical change and transformation management
EBG are well known to enable experience exchange among peers. EBG are also well known to create flawless experiences with the focus on the right things – sharing know-how, getting to a result, being concrete and taking an end-to-end perspective. A while back EBG conducted a survey among Swedish procurement and finance organizations to find […]
The reluctant internal customer giving procurement a headache
It is said with an ease and just as hard as it can be – right? EBG have done several surveys asking managers about the will to change they perceive their organisation to have. It all comes back the same way. All have clear targets as to what should be done. You have the authority […]
LinkedIn: Tail End Spend: How does your organization manage this spend?
Having followed this discussion for some days, let’s share some insights. Tail spend. Maverick spend. And then some headache. EBG have yet to meet with an organisation that has taken control over their tail end spend. We have heard about the 80/20 rule for so long we have stopped asking questions about the rest of […]
Focus Area: Sourcing
EBG | Play: What is your contract management status?
EBG | Network continuously ask “the market” questions to try to learn more about what are prioritized areas and what the challenges are. Managing contract life cycles is such an area. Consider the amount of time spent and the trust built with numerous suppliers and still it has been really challenging enabling contract usage and […]
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. […]
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: Deploying supplier CSR monitoring across a global purchasing organization
What do you think are sourcing and procurement key focus areas today and going ahead? Risk management is probably in the top areas as are reducing cost. If you ask where CSR and sustainability come in – how do you think those aspects rate? In a recent study made by Silf in Sweden, the number […]
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: The Platformification of Procurement with Kodiak Rating
How do you scale solutions you already have or consider growing that platform of capabilities you wish you had? EBG | Network tuned in with Sam Jenks and Ashley Stephenson at Kodiak Rating to hear their view on how to enable procurement to utilize the possibilities out there. It is not shortage of technology that […]
EBG | Play: Munters Europe share Supply Chain Risk Management experiences
It was a pleasure sharing supply chain risk management know how from Stefan Måhl, VP Global Sourcing at Munters Europe and that of Rolf Zimmer, Managing Director at riskmethods. It was also a pleasure highlighting the experiences shared by you who joined in live – giving a live webinar an extra value. You may also […]