Making Procurement Smarter
Over the past few decades, procurement has consistently evolved – beginning as a clerical, back-office task, and growing into a strategic, intelligent business function that has the power to not […]
SAP Ariba Brings Greater Visibility, Control & Efficiency To Procurement
Author: PASA Procurement Operations Desk now available in SAP Ariba solutions empowers procurement teams to manage service requests more quickly, efficiently, and transparently Procurement professionals manage a massive volume of […]
Embracing Digital Disruption
Author: Tom Cosgrove Procurement executives may understand how key technologies like data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can significantly improve their processes, but they don’t always turn that […]
Big Data, Personalisation & Corporate Travel
Author: David Newington, Commercial Director APAC, AirPlus International Travel companies have a wealth of data at their fingertips on each individual customer who has approached them for bookings. However, it’s only […]
Sustainable Budgets
Author: PASA CEDA report: rebalance the tax base and boost transparency to balance future federal budgets The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) – is an independent, not-for-profit membership […]
Finance & Shifts In The Global Economy
Author: Lauri Palokangas Is finance ready for the coming shifts in the global economy? “The future is like a corridor into which we can see only by the light coming from […]
85% Of Business Executives Prefer Face-to-Face Meetings
Author: PASA A new survey has found 85% of Australian businesspeople prefer meeting in-person to using technology-enabled communications such as video-conferencing. The survey consisted of over 1,100 business executives across several […]
Leading The Digital Revolution
Author: think Procurement Procurement departments are an unlikely place to start a business revolution. Ask anyone outside the procurement department about what they do and generally the response is: “They make […]
Coles Optimise Operations With SAP
Author: PASA SAP SE has announced that Coles Group has selected SAP to help transform its digital operations across procurement, human resources (HR) and its business processes. Coles is implementing intelligent enterprise resource […]
The Problem With Airline Tendering
Author: Tony O’Connor If you spend more than around $350,000 on air travel you can get a discount deal from the two major carriers covering domestic and international travel. However, […]