Podcast: A recap on the Hackett Group’s Key Issues Study

As we head further into 2023, procurement executives are bracing themselves for yet another challenging year, marked by a unique confluence of unprecedented factors. According to the recently released 2023 […]
Project procurement vs Category management for principal contractors – Felix

Procurement and supply chain management can be incredibly complex and critical for project success, especially in construction – where there are layers of subcontracting parties. Why a procurement strategy? When […]
Inefficient local content policies cause $1.85bn wastage in Australian rail procurement over a decade.

Over the past decade, inefficient local content rail procurement policies across Australia have caused a wasteful loss of $1.85 billion, the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has claimed in a new […]
Video interview: Spend Matters To Reveal Traits Of Top-Performing Procurement Teams at ProcureTech ’23

Exclusive content from Spend Matters’ on top-performing procurement teams will raise the curtain on PASA’s virtual procurement technology event, ProcureTech ‘23 on March 28. Pierre Mithcell, Spend Matters lead of […]
Procurement Professionals Switching Companies are Seeing 10-25% Salary Increases – Pragma Resourcing

Procurement professionals who are changing companies are seeing salary increases of between 10 to 25%, procurement recruiters Pragma Resourcing reveals. The team at Pragma Resourcing released its observations, opinions and […]
SA Government introduces “no brainer” changes to local procurement

The South Australian Government is shaking up procurement to get more public spending “into the pockets” of local businesses. The Australian Associated Press reports spend allocated to SA businesses will […]
Spend Matters: How companies are adapting to changing trends in near-shoring, vertical integration, and top-line growth

A push for more cost-effective near-shoring, an increase in companies buying or investing in part of their supply chain, and more use of procurement to increase top-line sales are among […]
“Sweeping and broad reforms to government procurement” under South Australian public housing plan

“Sweeping and broad reforms to government procurement” have been announced in South Australia under a multi-million dollar plan to build public homes from materials manufactured in its home state. Under […]