Expert Reports

Performance procurement: How do you create more value?

WNS partnered with CIPS to poll 300 European and global firms across a broad range of company sizes and industries to gain insights into the mindset of the best performing procurement organisations.  

The plan was to examine the relationship between value and alignment and to use that to develop a new, more dynamic best-in-class benchmark for the industry. Read this expert report to discover the results.

Managing procurement risk in highly regulated sectors

Read this CIPS Download report, produced in partnership with Determine as we discuss why in a volatile, technologically-driven marketplace, making sure you are playing by the rules is critical if companies are to avoid hefty fines, reputational damage and the erosion of trust

The digital transformation game

This CIPS Download report, in partnership with Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA), explores some of the inconvenient truths procurement and supply chain leaders must first confront if they're to avoid being left behind in the digital transformation game

How ethical is your supply chain?

With the fight against corruption an urgent priority for governments and regulators, research by EcoVadis suggests that many companies do not have the systems and procedures in place to protect their bottom line or their reputation.

Read this whitepaper for key insight from EcoVadis’s first anti-corruption report, based on assessments of more than 20,000 businesses across 100 countries and 150 industries.

Building a bimodal supply chain

Connecting supply chain efficiency and growth

Today’s business leaders expect a lot from their supply chains – efficiency, growth, operational improvements, innovative ideas and disciplined cost management. Unfortunately, most strategies focus only on improving supply chain efficiency.

Read this paper from Kinaxis to learn more about the importance of a new approach that delivers on all fronts – the bimodal supply chain.

A 10 step guide to writing an invitation to tender for MPS

Your organisation may have many objectives when it comes to managed print services (MPS), including cost reductions, reliability, uptime, quality, time savings, environmental sustainability and more.

This report, written in partnership with Xenith, describes ten of the most important questions to ask when writing an invitation to tender for MPSs.

Talent Acquisition 360

Cielo’s global Talent Acquisition 360 report explores the differing views the C-Suite, HR, the business and procurement have on talent priorities, effectiveness, technology, and measures of success. Aligning these stakeholders is critical to the success of your talent strategy for 2019 and beyond.

Unsteady Ground: Health and safety risk in the supply chain

Over the past 18 months the UK’s health and safety landscape has experienced seismic changes as fines established by the Health and Safety Executive, and imposed by the courts, have dramatically increased following the introduction of new sentencing guidelines.

Read this report, written in partnership with Alcumus, to discover how these risks relate to the supply chain.