Logistics Conversations #4: Importance of procurement in supply chain, Serhiy Palamar, Sourcify
Learn more about procurement and its role in logistics with Sourcify. “Procurement is important because it has a direct impact on your bottom line but it can also damage the reputation of your company!”, says Managing Partner of Sourcify, Serhiy Palamar.
1’ How is the impact of Corona on a supply chain consultant, also from private perspective?
2’ Why do companies combine supply chain and procurement?
2’30’’ What brought Serhiy as a professional from Ukraine via UK to Luxembourg with a project of central procurement for Lufthansa?
4’45’ Why do companies need support on procurement? “Procurement is important because for the bottom line and can increase or decrease the risk in your supply chain but can also damage the reputation of your company. Topics that need to be covered by procurement include environment, child labour, …
6’41’’ Description supra-regional large catering change-management project
8’00’ Looking for reasons to locate in a country in the European Union, where everybody would agree to live, speak the same international language and where stability for the family was available.
10’ Perceived perspective to mature, prosper and achieve the expected expectations.
10’49’’ Purchasers do not always have the best reputation with sales people, but sales team sometimes ignores the innovation power that procurement can deliver”
11’ Skills that procurement people need to have, it can be a strong partner and influence
12’26 Digitization has diversified and requires procurement to be smarter.
13’26’’ Digital procurement and intelligent tender management platforms
14’07’’ There is a demand for artificial intelligence to analyse large data and modern technology like BOT in supply chain.
15’26’’ There are attempts to facilitate negotiation processes, example
16’00’’ Activity in PPE and antigen tests as procurement specialist. “If you know how to procure you procure everything”
16’26” How to address urgent crisis procurement?
18’00’’ How to address quality/environmental aspects in sourcing when you optimize costs?
18’46’’ What we observe today is environment plays in significant role in procurement decisions”
19’ Need to include capabilities to deliver products by environmental vehicles clauses in contracts and tenders.
20’00’’ What is the price to pay for success?
22’00 Why coming to Luxembourg? Using techniques developed by children in procurement.
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