WANTED: Proactive CFO to optimise procurement and drive cost savings

Insight

Maximising profitability, reducing costs and managing financial risks are key to the role of the CFO. Yet some CFOs are missing…

Maximum performance: Supplier relationship governance and oversight

Case study

Efficio supported the development and implementation of a new supplier relationship management tool to increase performance at …

Accessing next level technology with better procurement

Guide

With the rise of technology the landscape of procurement is shifting. Here’s how effective procurement departments can capitali…

Will private equity portfolio procurement catch on in Europe?

Insight

How can Europe’s private equity houses replicate the same level of success as US models of portfolio procurement?

Digital procurement: What is hype and what is here to stay?

Insight

Augmented reality, artificial intelligence and big data are all hot topics right now. For procurement to keep pace it needs to …

Procurement v operations: The road to peace

Guide

A guide to what steps procurement can take to convince operations of the value they can bring to the team, and the wider organi…

Is procurement behind the new wave of innovation in banking?

Insight

Three procurement leaders talk us through the current trends in financial services procurement

Procurement in an uncertain economic and political environment

Insight

In a report published by The Times, three experts from procurement consultancy Efficio, discuss the challenges and opportunitie…

The CPOs taking procurement skills to a new industry

Insight

What are the challenges and opportunities for CPOs transferring to a new sector?

Procurement future is collaborative, say bank leaders

Insight

Joe Bakowski, Head of Procurement at Metro Bank, and Michael Whitby, CPO at Lloyds Bank, believe firms must join forces to driv…