Procurement Trends for 2024
Change follows a crisis & we’ve had a couple of biggies since 2020. The World Health Organisation recently downgraded COVID from the highest alert level, but this was followed, in 2022, by Russia’s military action in Ukraine, leading to changes in working patterns, increased skills gaps, escalating fuel costs & food prices and extra pressure […]
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eAuctions: A Path to Procurement Success
Here at Curtis Fitch we take immense pride in providing top-notch procurement software solutions to our clients. Our CF Suite has been specifically designed to revolutionise procurement processes, enabling businesses to gain a competitive edge and achieve remarkable results. We believe in harnessing the power of eAuctions, a powerful tool that has consistently delivered exceptional […]
Read ArticleBenefits of eAuctions
We’re proud here at Curtis Fitch about CF Suite eAuctions. We have years of experience supporting procurement teams in running and managing auctions and tracking the cost benefits. eAuctions offer lots benefits compared to traditional auction methods. Here are our top 3 benefits: 1. Increased efficiency. Streamline the bidding process and reduce the time required […]
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GDPR – Compliance with Contract Management
As we all know, from May 2018 data legislation is changing, with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation coming into play. Organisations will now be required to undergo extra jurisdictional application when processing the data of EU citizens and the implications for businesses are set to be big. Don’t fear – we’re here to […]
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Tail Spend – Look behind you. How turning a blind eye is risky
Tail Spend – What is it? Tail spend is a collection of transactional purchases where the spend not important enough for procurement to handle, but big enough to collectively cause a business some degree of concern. If you liken it to your daily coffee consumption. Each day you buy a slightly overpriced coffee but don’t […]
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5 Ways To Maximise Procurement Savings
Organising procurement across multiple levels of any organisation can be a real challenge, particularly when you have fluctuating budgets and varying demands across your organisation to contend with. To help you keep on top of costs, we’ve put together our top 5 tips for maximising savings when it comes to procurement: Alter Your Order and […]
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