Anyone who have met him knows he is a positive and engaging leader. Eager to meet peers and to exchange ideas and experiences. Welcome to Daniel Johansson, Global Head Procurement Strategy & Excellence at CSL is joining CPO Outlook 2024! On October 15th & 16th you who join the summit can learn from his keynote […]
EBG | Webinars
EBG | Webinar: Optimizing Spend Management challenging existing processes?
Hands up how many have or have tried a “No Po No Pay policy”? EBG have enabled discussions around it several times since 2010. One of the main challenges – how do you actually get stakeholders to comply with set up processes? In a day and age where technology is evolving rapidly – is there […]
EBG | Webinar: Learn from the finance digitization and automation journey at Billerud
Improving efficiency, considering end to end processes and making sure doing so in an adjustable way. This is what Billerud have set out to achieve and you can learn more about it! Three years ago Billerud started a journey towards automation and harmonization of systems, processes and working methods within finance. The new strategy meant […]
EBG | Summit News
CSL join CPO Outlook 2024
Anyone who have met him knows he is a positive and engaging leader. Eager to meet peers and to exchange ideas and experiences. Welcome to Daniel Johansson, Global Head Procurement Strategy & Excellence at CSL is joining CPO Outlook 2024! On October 15th & 16th you who join the summit can learn from his keynote […]
Zycus join CPO Outlook 2024
A warm welcome to Zycus joining CPO Outlook 2024 as an Expert Organization. They were founded in 1998 and in 2001, they filed their first patent for AutoClass, an AI-driven spend classification engine. On October 15th & 16th in Stockholm you who join CPO Outlook 2024 can choose to take part in their round table […]
Fortum join CPO Outlook 2024
The importance of contingent work management is increasing. During CPO Outlook 2024 you will learn from how Fortum have developed strategic procurement processes for contingent workers across Europe. EBG give a warm welcome to Anette McCarthy, Senior Manager of Indirect Procurement at Fortum sharing her and their experiences! Anette will share; Keynote | Achieving Full […]
KPMG & PwC join CPO Outlook 2024
It is valid to turn to some of the most experienced consultancy firms when wanting an overview over what is true and what is not when it comes to all things Artificial Intelligence. While some claim it will solve everything. Take many jobs and be included in all things business related (perhaps somewhat exaggerated but […]
EBG | Insights
EBG | Insight: If all is about change – how can we make change more strategic
The art of change. The art of managing change. The art of managing strategic change. The art of change in a strategic way. Ask anyone and change management is on the top list of what is perceived the biggest challenge in any large organization. Why is it so hard to realize strategies? Strategies followed by […]
CFO Talk with Nuno Guerreiro at Sonae about touchless processes and the need for stakeholder management
As downstream Shared Service Centers find themselves managing numerous errors, realizing the need for upstream process development, the question is – how do you enforce that? If touchless processes are the goal – in what ways do you influence metrics and behavior in sourcing and procurement departments? Nuno Guerreiro, Head of Accounts Payable at Sonae […]
EBG | Insight: EFFSO about the development in category management BPO in the Nordics
Outsourcing has been a part of strategies in a number of business areas due to different reasons. One main reason being to focus on core business processes and let other professionals take care of manual and transactional processes and flows. One, perhaps even bigger reason, has been to reduce cost – cutting wage arbitrage has […]
EBG | Insight: Swedish government taking public sector e-procurement one step further
The Swedish National Financial Management Authority are recommending the use of PEPPOL infrastructure and message formats being used in future procurement and finance operations to and from public sector. The PEPPOL structure is aimed at cross border business and cross border transactions being sent. It can be used – as it is to some […]
EBG | Play Interviews & Recorded webinar sessions
EBG | Play: Procurement AI: From Promise To Realization
End September great minds met online to discuss digitalization in general and Artificial Intelligence impact on procurement specifically. Why so? On April 10th 2018, 25 European countries signed a Declaration of cooperation on Artificial Intelligence. It builds further on the achievements and investments of the European research and business community in AI. Given this announcement, […]
EBG | Play: International trade and compliance in 2020 – what is new?
Companies with global operations must comply with new and changing trade agreements and regulations. This ensures ethical practices in international trade around the world. In most of Europe, trade is governed by the EU standard, which defines policies based on EU’s founding principle of free trade among its members. Changing landscape of international trade and […]
EBG | Play: The Journey to Smarter Business Spend Management
Organizations have had to “react and respond” by immediately pivoting and adapting to fast-changing government advice and regulations, as well as navigating to a “new normal” of greater supplier risk management and more agile investment decision-making. One of the most remarkable aspects of the Covid crisis is seeing how communities have come together to face […]
EBG Play | How data driven are you?
Data is every where and data is everything yet if you ask most organizations they would probably state that still a lot of information “sit” in excel sheets and that much work is still managed manually. So how do you know to what extent increased automation and data insights can help improve efficiency and bottom […]
EBG | Play: Supply Chain Risk Management – tips and insights from Husqvarna Group
Before Easter, EBG | Network hosted a webinar enabled by riskmethods featuring Husqvarna Group focusing on how they have been and are developing ways to manage risk in their supply chain. Benjamin A Sutherland at Husqvarna group and Heiko Schwarz at riskmethods share their insights. Below is the recorded webinar session for you to view. […]
EBG | Play: Structuring global procurement
It is no easy task creating and managing global organizations. It is no easy task managing global procurement organizations – end-to-end. This is why it is extra inspiring to listen to Tamara Braun, CPO at SAP sharing how they have chosen to structure their global procurement organization. How they have chosen to set up their […]
Focus Area: Source to Pay
EBG | Insight: What is procurement transformation?
Gathering different type professionals in a room – real or virtual – and allowing the group to share experiences is what EBG is all about. At Source to Pay Summit 2015 Andreas Bivall at Boliden moderated Theme Discussions about transforming procurement and below is a recorded summary interview about what was said. Next Source to […]
Beyond trends from industry experts | II
Leading up to the upcoming Beyond trends for procurement webinar March 12th, Jon Hansen at Procurement Insights asked his network of experts about their thoughts. In certain instances, I received brief yet insightful commentaries from industry thought leaders as well as practitioners via email. Other times, I had the opportunity to talk with these individuals […]
EBG | Play: Procurement AI: From Promise To Realization
End September great minds met online to discuss digitalization in general and Artificial Intelligence impact on procurement specifically. Why so? On April 10th 2018, 25 European countries signed a Declaration of cooperation on Artificial Intelligence. It builds further on the achievements and investments of the European research and business community in AI. Given this announcement, […]
EBG | Insight: The promise in “e” is the promise of any future strategy
First published in May 2013 – this interview is still valid and we’d like to push it again. Quite often discussions about e-procurement and e-invoicing tends to focus around – the e – rather than the process itself. E as in electronic as in systems and IT. It is however clear that “e” is more […]
Focus Area: Procurement
EBG | Insight: Change ahead at Statoil Fuel & Retail
EBG interviewed Knut Olav Irgens Høeg, Head of Procurement Europe at Statoil Fuel & Retail AS (SFR) about his long experience from procurement in different industries and the work being done in SFR. Statoil Fuel & Retail is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. since 2012 and in 2016 all gas stations will change […]
EBG | Play: How do you re-build an anti-fragile supply chain?
Since the COVID-19 pandemic is not a Black Swan – i.e we should have predicted and prepared for it. One may wonder if disruption is or will be the new normal? We may say “hopefully not” and the question still remain – what can we learn from disruptions like the ones we are currently facing? […]
Time to gather for Source to Pay Summit 2015!
Every year for the past four years, EBG | Network have created a cross functional, cross organizational conference day based upon the fact that in order to take control over both the physical and financial supply chain – an end to end approach is needed. This is not rocket science but take a look at […]
Focus Area: Sourcing
EBG | Play: How do you re-build an anti-fragile supply chain?
Since the COVID-19 pandemic is not a Black Swan – i.e we should have predicted and prepared for it. One may wonder if disruption is or will be the new normal? We may say “hopefully not” and the question still remain – what can we learn from disruptions like the ones we are currently facing? […]
EBG | Insight: What is your contract management status?
EBG | Network continuously ask “the market” questions to try to learn more about what are prioritized areas and what the challenges are. Managing contract life cycles is such an area. Consider the amount of time spent and the trust built with numerous suppliers and still it has been really challenging enabling contract usage and […]
Sourcing Outlook recap and Post Summit Report
The first Sourcing Outlook took place in Stockholm end October 2017. Creating and hosting a second annual conference wasn’t an easy decision – it had to be with a focus that felt fresh and to-the-point. Sourcing success due to business – buyer and supplier collaboration EBG decided from the get go that one aspect had […]
Focus Area: Risk Management & Sustainability
EBG | Play: Deploying supplier CSR monitoring across a global purchasing organization
What do you think are sourcing and procurement key focus areas today and going ahead? Risk management is probably in the top areas as are reducing cost. If you ask where CSR and sustainability come in – how do you think those aspects rate? In a recent study made by Silf in Sweden, the number […]
EBG | Play: Global CSR Risk & Performance: Insights From The 2017 Index
What happens if you decide to take a deep look into years of quality data based on thousands and thousands of companies actual performances? Great insights of course. EcoVadis did just that and gathered the data into a first Global CSR Risk & Performance index. EBG | Network are happy to share the recorded webinar […]
EBG | Play: Resilience and Sustainable Procurement
Is there a correlation? Between being resilient and sustainable? EBG | Network had the pleasure of hosting a webinar where Pete Rau, Operations Manager at EcoVadis shared his view in the matter. What did the audience think? As always with live poll questions there are additional questions and reflections coming up after poll results are […]
EBG | Play: Global CSR Risk & Performance: Insights From The 2017 Index
What happens if you decide to take a deep look into years of quality data based on thousands and thousands of companies actual performances? Great insights of course. EcoVadis did just that and gathered the data into a first Global CSR Risk & Performance index. EBG | Network are happy to share the recorded webinar […]