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Kärcher join CPO Outlook 2023

September 27, 2023 By ebgnetwork

A warm welcome to Kärcher joining CPO Outlook 2023! On October 18th you who join the summit in Stockholm will learn from Raphael Schmid, Global Supply Chain Risk Manager & Andreas Schön, Director Sourcing & Procurement Governance at Kärcher. What has their supplier risk management approach been? All companies have become aware the past years […]

Meet Nordic peers and experts and beyond in Stockholm in October

EBG | Webinars

EBG | Webinar: Sustainability due diligence and governance for procurement in 2023

Procurement have been aware of the impact supply chain and external spend have on corporate sustainability agendas for a long time. A lot has happened on the legislation side as well as on corporate awareness. During this upcoming webinar EBG bring together brains and experiences across multiple aspects of corporate sustainability realization. Because even though […]

EBG | Webinar: Obligation or an Opportunity? The value of e-invoicing beyond compliance

With the continuous deployment of global e-invoicing regulations, businesses are facing a wave of mandated alterations to their current practices. France, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Spain, and Hungary are just some of the most recent countries under scrutiny to start making changes to prepare for these mandates. Even though many of these countries are already practicing […]

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Kärcher join CPO Outlook 2023

A warm welcome to Kärcher joining CPO Outlook 2023! On October 18th you who join the summit in Stockholm will learn from Raphael Schmid, Global Supply Chain Risk Manager & Andreas Schön, Director Sourcing & Procurement Governance at Kärcher. What has their supplier risk management approach been? All companies have become aware the past years […]

Equinor join CPO Outlook 2023

What if you were to help transform a large company from one focus to another? A change in focus that include changing procurement processes, ways of working and how to use technology. Give a warm welcome to Equinor joining CPO Outlook 2023 discussing just that. You who join the summit in Stockholm on October 18th […]

Northvolt join CPO Outlook 2023

Sweden are really good at delivering innovation with global impact. In 2017, Northvolt announced a bold and simple plan. To enable the future of energy by developing the world’s greenest battery cell and establish a European supply of batteries. On October 18th and 19th you who join CPO Outlook 2023 in Stockholm will learn how […]

Konecranes join CPO Outlook 2023

How are you creating a multidimensional supplier relationship management structure? Ways of working that both give procurement the data needed as well as helping business stakeholders make more initiated decisions. A warm welcome to Tuula Tuononen, Global Process Owner, Procurement Excellence at Konecranes joining CPO Outlook 2023. On October 18th and 19th you who join […]

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EBG | Insights

EBG | Insight: 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 | Insight: Change ahead at Statoil Fuel & Retail

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 […]

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.

EBG | Insight: Part I | Roy Anderson, CPO & Digital Transformation Officer, Tradeshift

Is the world spinning faster or are we just getting older? Well, looking back surely previous generation would state the same “I can’t almost keep up”. How about having been in a trade for a multitude of years and seeing it change dramatically? Many probably have that feeling – and at the same time – […]

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EBG | Play Interviews & Recorded webinar sessions

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 […]

EBG Play: Sourcing & Procurement BPO Benchmark

Almost six months ago, EBG held the first Online Benchmark Sessions focusing on Sourcing & Procurement BPO and Finance & Accounting BPO. Or – really – we focused on how large organizations tend to develop their operations and beyond. Within finance and accounting there has been a trend for a long time to centralize 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 […]

EBG Play: Online S&P and F&A Benchmark Sessions

Thank you for being interested in all or most of each days Online Sourcing & Procurement and Finance & Accounting BPO Benchmark Sessions held in October 2015. EBG are very happy with the result, happy with the experiences given and happy with the interaction so many showed! You can access the recordings from all sessions […]

EBG | Play: What is augmented intelligence within the supply chain?

“Artificial intelligence is not purely “artificial.” The ideal approach amplifies human intuition with machine intelligence to create a powerful multiplier effect. That’s augmented intelligence.” A statement made by Qlik with the headline “From BI to “AI””. EBG | Network hosted a webinar together with Paul Winsor at Qlik. The topic what augmented intelligence mean within the […]

EBG | Play: PwC on Supply Chain Optimization: with or without Procurement

Just as we though the VUCA world might ease up..we realize it is not just yet. The question arise – will it ever? VUCA short for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity summon up what many businesses face on a daily basis. Working with supply chain or procurement – what does this mean to you? You […]

Focus Area: Source to Pay

Beyond trends from industry experts | I

February 7, 2019 By ebgnetwork

On March 12th, EBG | Network, Procurement Insights and Zycus gather forces and bring you a panel of experienced professionals. They will be giving you their views on what current and future trends mean for procurement. Here you can learn more about the webinar on March 12th and register David Loseby, one of the panelists […]

Follow up after Source 2 Pay Summit 2019

April 12, 2019 By ebgnetwork

A huge thank you to all who came to the 9th version of Source 2 Pay Summit in Stockholm! It is a pleasure seeing all the connections taking place, all the conversations and all the experience exchange. Informal and to the point. All share more or less the same challenges! Post Summit Report Take a […]

EBG | Insight: Basware reflections and advice

April 16, 2020 By ebgnetwork

As companies get out of the first acute crisis mode there may be time to reflect. How much insight did we have into our spend and cash? How dependent on manual touches are you to get your source to pay processes through? How well can you use your entire spend and cash data to predict […]

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EBG | Play: A toolbox for measurable purchase to pay automation

May 31, 2017 By ebgnetwork

Hands up how many of you have had, have or will have a digitalization vision or premonition? For many that lie in the future but let’s say anything “e” in doing business? Anything electronic supporting business transactions, processes and ways of doing business is not new anymore yet reaching those visions may still prove to […]

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Focus Area: Procurement

Sourcing Outlook recap and Post Summit Report

November 14, 2017 By ebgnetwork

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 […]

CFO Talk with Nuno Guerreiro at Sonae about touchless processes and the need for stakeholder management

October 27, 2014 By ebgnetwork

As downstream Shared Service Centers find themselves managing numerous errors, realizing the need for upstream process development, the question is – how do you enforce that? If touchless processes are the goal – in what ways do you influence metrics and behavior in sourcing and procurement departments? Nuno Guerreiro, Head of Accounts Payable at Sonae […]

How to master supplier communication and data

December 17, 2020 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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Focus Area: Sourcing

EBG | Play: Resilience and Sustainable Procurement

June 23, 2020 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 […]

EBG | Play: How do you re-build an anti-fragile supply chain?

May 25, 2020 By ebgnetwork

Since the COVID-19 pandemic is not a Black Swan – i.e we should have predicted and prepared for it. One may wonder if disruption is or will be the new normal? We may say “hopefully not” and the question still remain – what can we learn from disruptions like the ones we are currently facing? […]

EBG | Play: Procurement AI: From Promise To Realization

October 8, 2018 By ebgnetwork

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, […]

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Focus Area: Risk Management & Sustainability

EBG | Play: Deploying supplier CSR monitoring across a global purchasing organization

February 23, 2017 By ebgnetwork

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 […]

CPO Outlook 2023 | How are you preparing for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive?

August 22, 2023 By ebgnetwork

On 1 June 2023, the European Parliament has agreed on its position on the Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (the CSDDD). The CSDDD requires in-scope companies to conduct due diligence on, and take responsibility for, human rights abuses and environmental harm throughout their global value chains. Once the CSDDD has been formally adopted – […]

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Scope and type supply chain risk monitored

February 18, 2019 By ebgnetwork

For the third year in a row, EBG | Network are happy to invite you to join a supply chain risk management overview webinar. Tua Forsell, Head of Continuous Improvement and Risk Management, Global Operations at Nokia share her insights during a riskmethods enabled webinar. There is still time to register go here to learn […]

EBG | Play: Munters Europe share Supply Chain Risk Management experiences

April 20, 2018 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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CPO Outlook 2023 | October 18th & 19th | Stockholm

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EBG | Webinar: Sustainability due diligence and governance for procurement in 2023

Procurement have been aware of the impact supply chain and external spend have on corporate sustainability agendas for a long time. A lot has happened on the legislation side as well as on corporate awareness. During this upcoming webinar EBG bring together brains and experiences across multiple aspects of corporate sustainability realization. Because even though […]

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Equinor join CPO Outlook 2023

What if you were to help transform a large company from one focus to another? A change in focus that include changing procurement processes, ways of working and how to use technology. Give a warm welcome to Equinor joining CPO Outlook 2023 discussing just that. You who join the summit in Stockholm on October 18th […]

Northvolt join CPO Outlook 2023

Sweden are really good at delivering innovation with global impact. In 2017, Northvolt announced a bold and simple plan. To enable the future of energy by developing the world’s greenest battery cell and establish a European supply of batteries. On October 18th and 19th you who join CPO Outlook 2023 in Stockholm will learn how […]

Konecranes join CPO Outlook 2023

How are you creating a multidimensional supplier relationship management structure? Ways of working that both give procurement the data needed as well as helping business stakeholders make more initiated decisions. A warm welcome to Tuula Tuononen, Global Process Owner, Procurement Excellence at Konecranes joining CPO Outlook 2023. On October 18th and 19th you who join […]

CPO Outlook 2023 | How do you navigate a matrix organization ensuring procure-to-pay transformation?

There is a glocalization of supply chains and a need to create a pool of agile resources. Spend managers need to become margin managers and an end to end overview over profit management is becoming increasingly important. Many organizations choose to create Centers of Excellence or Global Business Services to gain that overview and be […]

Laerdal Medical join CPO Outlook 2023

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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