Hands up how many have or have tried a “No Po No Pay policy”? EBG have enabled discussions around it several times since 2010. One of the main challenges – how do you actually get stakeholders to comply with set up processes? In a day and age where technology is evolving rapidly – is there […]
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EBG | Webinars
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EBG | Webinar: Optimizing Spend Management challenging existing processes?
Hands up how many have or have tried a “No Po No Pay policy”? EBG have enabled discussions around it several times since 2010. One of the main challenges – how do you actually get stakeholders to comply with set up processes? In a day and age where technology is evolving rapidly – is there […]
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EBG | Webinar: Learn from the finance digitization and automation journey at Billerud
Improving efficiency, considering end to end processes and making sure doing so in an adjustable way. This is what Billerud have set out to achieve and you can learn more about it! Three years ago Billerud started a journey towards automation and harmonization of systems, processes and working methods within finance. The new strategy meant […]
EBG | Summit News
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Saab join CPO Outlook 2024
A warm welcome to Vanessa Gisslegård, Procurement Excellence Manager and David Valo, Procurement Excellence Manager at Saab joining CPO Outlook 2024. They invite you who join the summit to discuss a topic that EBG believe most procurement organizations wonder how to stay on top of. The topic is of course CSDDD or any and all […]
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IntegrityNext join CPO Outlook 2024
A warm welcome to IntegrityNext coming to Stockholm on October 15th & 16th to join CPO Outlook 2024. EBG have enabled sustainability focus experience exchange since 2016. Knowing from the moment we starting hearing more about the need to align with suppliers in order to be able to account for the work being done to […]
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UPM join CPO Outlook 2024
What is a strategy without a clear reflection over how it may come to life? EBG welcome Vesa Kuismanen, Director, Sourcing Transformation at UPM joining CPO Outlook 2024. Vesa have a deep understanding in what it takes to realize changes in a large organization. Operating model considerations, competence reflections, process development – change management efforts. […]
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Prewave join CPO Outlook 2024
A warm welcome to Prewave joining CPO Outlook 2024 as an Expert Organization. We live in a day and age where transparency is becoming key. Do you have a risk based approach to managing your supply chain and procurement value chain? If not or if you want to learn and discuss how to increase nTier […]
EBG | Insights
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EBG | Insight: ROI, obstacles and future proof P2P
The other day EBG | Network “met” with Eric Wilson, Vice President Purchase to pay with Basware in the US. We spoke about his experiences in creating purchase to pay business cases, ensuring ROI, how to ensure success and how to future proof purchase to pay development.
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EBG | Insight: 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 […]
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EBG | Insight: 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. […]
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EBG | Insight: 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 Interviews & Recorded webinar sessions
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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. […]
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EBG | Play: How is Nokia transforming its Procurement & Finance processes
How do you define, map, form and execute cross function and cross organization processes? How are you even able to define what your processes are like and how well the function? In what ways are you ensuring you reach your desired outcome based on the strategies you have set? Here you can view the On […]
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EBG | Play: What is Source-to-pay digital transformation?
Choosing to rephrase the webinar title based on what came out during the recent session in which Roy Anderson, CPO & Digital Transformation Officer at Tradeshift presented his experiences and visions. It is still so – even though much less than before – that source to pay to some is viewed as transactional efficiency and […]
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EBG | Play: How do you manage Business Control in transformation?
How are you handling the gray zones in between functions? Are you able to free up time in order to capture opportunities in the gray zones between functions? Doing just that is the focus for Volvo Group and Volvo Group Trucks Operations and below You can learn how. Marcus Sjöholm, VP SML Business Control at […]
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EBG Play: Kate Vitasek | Do you have a collaborative strategy or not?
There is a lot of talk about collaborative and connective relationships. It is fare to say that the possibilities today could enable a completely seamless and transparent approach to doing business. So are we? Take a look at and listen to two snapshots from this years Source to Pay Summit where Kate Vitasek gave a […]
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EBG | Play: Leveraging Automation to Help Manage Supplier Risk
Disruptions are shaping the future and supplier risk and performance management now needs to become supplier value management. Recognizing the benefits of collaboration and integration across the entire supplier lifecycle. Statements made during the now On demand available webinar EBG hosted together with KPMG and Coupa. During a fact and insight filled hour Björn Borgman, […]
Focus Area: Source to Pay
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EBG | Play: Structuring global procurement
By ebgnetwork
It is no easy task creating and managing global organizations. It is no easy task managing global procurement organizations – end-to-end. This is why it is extra inspiring to listen to Tamara Braun, CPO at SAP sharing how they have chosen to structure their global procurement organization. How they have chosen to set up their […]
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Beyond trends from industry experts | II
By ebgnetwork
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 […]
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How to master supplier communication and data
By ebgnetwork
If you could line up all the supplier data in your critical and non critical systems – how many miles would they reach? How much time is spent managing poor data? How many decisions may have been conducted based on non optimal information? The discussion about how to tackle the often thousands of suppliers and […]
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EBG | Insight: Change ahead at Statoil Fuel & Retail
By ebgnetwork
EBG interviewed Knut Olav Irgens Høeg, Head of Procurement Europe at Statoil Fuel & Retail AS (SFR) about his long experience from procurement in different industries and the work being done in SFR. Statoil Fuel & Retail is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. since 2012 and in 2016 all gas stations will change […]
Focus Area: Procurement
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Time to gather for Source to Pay Summit 2015!
By ebgnetwork
Every year for the past four years, EBG | Network have created a cross functional, cross organizational conference day based upon the fact that in order to take control over both the physical and financial supply chain – an end to end approach is needed. This is not rocket science but take a look at […]
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EBG | Play: Historic spend and future needs
By ebgnetwork
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 […]
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Online Goods Receipt Q&A Benchmark
By ebgnetwork
Welcome to EBG | Network and Online Goods Receipt Q&A Benchmark! EBG have long experience from creating both real life meetings and online interviews and webinars. One thing is clear – there is a greater need for experience exchange than real life conferences can meet. And there are more people than usually go to a […]
Focus Area: Sourcing
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EBG | Webinar: What is augmented intelligence within the supply chain?
By ebgnetwork
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. […]
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EBG | Insight: What is your contract management status?
By ebgnetwork
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 […]
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EBG | Play: Resilience and Sustainable Procurement
By ebgnetwork
Is there a correlation? Between being resilient and sustainable? EBG | Network had the pleasure of hosting a webinar where Pete Rau, Operations Manager at EcoVadis shared his view in the matter. What did the audience think? As always with live poll questions there are additional questions and reflections coming up after poll results are […]
Focus Area: Risk Management & Sustainability
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Laerdal Medical join CPO Outlook 2023
By ebgnetwork
It is no longer enough to “start somewhere” – even that is exactly what you need to do. Regulations are mounting and companies are expected to know their supply chain. To know who their suppliers are and to take responsibility. To not only lower emissions but to take social responsibilities. How do you take control […]
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EBG | Play: Resilience and Sustainable Procurement
By ebgnetwork
Is there a correlation? Between being resilient and sustainable? EBG | Network had the pleasure of hosting a webinar where Pete Rau, Operations Manager at EcoVadis shared his view in the matter. What did the audience think? As always with live poll questions there are additional questions and reflections coming up after poll results are […]
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EBG | Play: Munters Europe share Supply Chain Risk Management experiences
By ebgnetwork
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 […]
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EBG | Insight: The Platformification of Procurement with Kodiak Rating
By ebgnetwork
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 […]