For most of 2020, organisations have been focused on survival through the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent economic downturn. But humanity faces a challenge even more profound than COVID-19: climate change. 

And as procurement professionals, you have a critical role to play in helping the planet. Download this CIPS Download report, produced in partnership with EcoVadis, as we explore how you can help

Covid-19 has thrown up huge challenges for those working in procurement, requiring new contracting models and greater flexibility around services in particular. This report, in partnership with Lorien, explores the new landscape and how firms need to be approaching procurement. 

Why business continuity plans (BCPs) are being pushed to the forefront in the supplier selection process and how to help your providers remain sustainable.

In this whitepaper, produced in partnership with Avetta, we explore the steps companies can take to ensure both they and their suppliers keep their organisations running or get them back on track faster if problems occur to business normality.

Covid-19 has exposed many vulnerabilities in businesses, now is the time to learn from this and adopt the right tools for the future. In this report, produced in partnership with Market Dojo, learn how technology can help you bolster the resilience of your supply chain. 

Utilising technology to help tackle your tail spend could make all the difference. This expert report, produced in partnership with Maistro, explores how you can leverage automation to get more speed, consistency and control over your services tail spend. 

In this Expert Report, produced in collaboration with Brooklyn Vendor Assurance, we are discussing how a new mindset - and some new technology - can turn good vendor management into great vendor management and build a significant, sustainable competitive advantage for your organisation.

If CPOs and supply chain leaders are to build a competitive advantage during the economic downturn, they need to focus on the three Rs: response, rebound and reshape. In this report, produced in partnership with GEP, it analyses the strategic challenges facing procurement and supply chain leaders at the world’s largest companies in three critical stages. 

The only way for SMEs to prosper in such uncertain times is to continuously find new ways to work smarter. In this report, produced in partnership with JAGGAER, it uncovers how the key to that is accelerating the digital transformation of procurement.

Engagement is essential to help local authorities navigate and mitigate the tough times ahead. Expert facilitator, YPO, can support them through it, particularly with its knowledge of the insurance market and relationships with top suppliers

Download the exclusive CIPS Download/Hays 2020 Salary Guide for a definitive rundown of what the profession earns, the underlying trends across the globe and to find out what happens next

What will the chief procurement officer be doing in 2030? Although many organisations are facing unprecedented short-term challenges, they need to begin planning for the “primacy of procurement” now.

This Expert Report, created in collaboration with JAGGAER, takes a closer look at the key factors many Chief Procurement Officers are having to consider.

In this CIPS Download report, produced in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet, we recommend the actions your business can take to maintain continuity and safeguard its supply chains against any future global crises.

Nearly two-thirds of companies don’t believe they get value for money from their law firms, according to a new survey of more than 400 small, medium-sized and large organisations.

This Expert Report, created in collaboration with Tap the Market™, takes a closer look at the key factors to consider when appointing external legal services.

Making your indirect expenditure a source of innovation and opportunity is an important step for any organisation. This whitepaper, in partnership with Mercateo, explores the gains to be won on indirect expenditure, beyond cost savings, and how you can go about claiming them.

Regardless of the challenge faced by your business, experts agree that joint working, together with a more coherent and strategic approach to risk and compliance management, will benefit any business. This whitepaper, produced in partnership with Avetta, highlights the problems in the way many businesses go about evaluating potential suppliers, the procurement challenges and how strength in teamwork should be the ultimate goal. 

Are you keen to transform your processes for stronger business performance? This whitepaper, produced in partnership with Celonis, aims to explain how you can make process improvements, and showcases the success of two international telecoms giants, Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, who are already reaping the benefits.

This CIPS Download whitepaper, produced in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet, explores some of the dangers of poorly managed due diligence and the advantages of a more strategic, automated approach.

Companies that want to raise sales, reduce costs and free up working capital should invest time, money and resources in demand sensing. Read this CIPS Download report, produced in partnership with GEP, to find out more