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…

Insurance claims sourcing delivers savings and quality

Case study

With claims sourcing, getting the balance between price and quality is a key issue for insurance companies. Efficio has experie…

10 steps to procurement excellence

Guide

The 10 stages that helped media business KNect365 take its procurement performance from ‘basic’ to world-class

KNect365: building a best-in-class Procurement function

Case study

How Knect365's new Procurement function signed off £5.8m in annualised savings in just six months

Three procurement levers of private equity portfolio company growth

Insight

Leading private equity houses are generating value in their portfolio companies through procurement improvements despite a low …