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Maverick buying: challenges and solutions for big business in 2024
In the current economic climate, maverick buying is increasingly becoming an issue for large corporations. This has major implications for both...
spend management
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4 arguments for increasing spend under management
In corporate organizations, the procurement process for direct procurement (direct spend) and indirect procurement (indirect spend) is not on the same...
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Maverick buying gives Finance in particular a headache
At nearly half of corporates, the majority of indirect spending does not take place under management, the Trend Report concludes...
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TU Delft: more grip on spending thanks to intuitive user procurement process
Within most large organizations, the disciplines of Finance and Procurement are still separated. At Delft University of Technology (TU Delft),...
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How the Kraljic matrix improves your supplier management and procurement process
Despite the fact that indirect spend is usually no more than 20% of corporate spending, the ordering frequency is usually much higher than for direct...
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How Lean Six Sigma helps your organization with purchase to pay optimization
The purchase to pay process of corporate organizations consists of several strategic processes (sourcing, contract management) and operational...
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Increase spend under management by further automating your purchase to pay process
Many corporate organizations lack sufficient visibility into their expenses. Particularly with goods and services for secondary activities, the...
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How can corporate organizations prevent maverick buying?
When expenditures are made within a corporate organization without the oversight or control of Purchasing, we speak of maverick buying. This...
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Why Purchasing and Finance should use cross-departmental KPIs for spend under management
In corporate organizations, the Procurement and Finance departments have traditionally been separated; regularly they even reside in other offices....
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Claims are now purchase invoices at Royal Gazelle
Royal Gazelle is continuously professionalizing its Finance department. Recently, the claims process was automated. The...
What does ICreative do
We are purchase-to-pay partner for organizations, institutions and governments. We feel particularly at home in large and complex administrations, such as the use of multiple ERP systems.
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