Global Impact Sourcing Coalition Annual Member Meeting

Join the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition – a global network of leading companies working towards more inclusive supply chains – for an evening of Impact Sourcing on September 5 in NYC.
 
We welcome procurement and CSR professionals together with partners in advancing more inclusive economies to join us to learn from participants in the Impact Sourcing Challenge and to connect over a cocktail hour with GISC members.
 

Innovations in Sustainability: EcoVadis & Avery Dennison

Posted: 08/26/2019 - 06:18
Author: Future of Sourcing Awards
Innovations in Sustainability: EcoVadis & Avery Dennison

Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?

Avery Dennison recognizes that its environmental and social impacts extend beyond its own walls. Led by Mitch Butier, President and CEO, Avery Dennison sets high standards and goals for responsible purchasing practices as part of its overall sustainability vision. Its business philosophy originally started with “first, do no harm,” but then quickly evolved to “become a force for good.”
 

How to Increase Sales and Loyalty with Omnichannel Payments

Posted: 08/24/2019 - 02:42
Author: Gary E. Barnett
Once upon a time, call centers only needed to support one channel: the telephone. Fast forward to today and customers have many more channels to engage with an organization, from phone to email, websites, web chat, social media platforms, SMS and more. Call centers and customer service representatives (CSRs) within an organization are often expected to support all these engagement channels, and consumers expect a seamless customer experience no matter which they use.  

The Shift to a Seller’s Market

Posted: 08/22/2019 - 06:49
Author: Amanda Prochaska
Everyone is talking about change. Transformation. Millennials. Digital. Continuous Improvement. There are likely many more words that are tossed around to explain the change everyone is either experiencing or are being told we need to do. A lot of time and effort has been spent on transforming procurement – but what about the change occurring within your supply base? 
 

Innovations in Digitization: Fannie Mae & Ivalua

Posted: 08/22/2019 - 03:16
Author: Future of Sourcing Awards

Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?

We needed a fully integrated end-to-end Source to Procure system. This allowed us to effectively connect supplier risk management with sourcing, contracting and purchasing activities. This also fulfilled the need for Fannie Mae to provide an automated accurate HERA (the Housing Economic Recovery Act of 2008) Report to FHFA (the Federal Housing Finance Agency).
 

Innovations in Talent Management: FedEx

Posted: 08/21/2019 - 06:41
Author: Future of Sourcing Awards
Innovations in Talent Management: FedEx

Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?

The Sourcing Playbook is a set of flexible, standardized templates with accompanying training for certain critical deliverables within FedEx Services Sourcing & Procurement’s Sourcing Methodology (sourcing process).
 

Innovations in Third Party Management: Fannie Mae

Posted: 08/16/2019 - 03:33
Author: Future of Sourcing Awards

Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?

Fannie Mae has traditionally engaged a broad range of third-party suppliers across different channels for advice, expertise, production support, development, governance and other services. The demand for professional services has ranged from single freelance experts to hundreds of resources for development to firms with methodologies and benches to deliver significant changes to our accounting and governance systems.    
 

Big Ideas Summit

The Big Ideas Summit is the world's first digitally-led procurement event. With a global reputation as the most innovative leadership event for the profession, Big Ideas 2019 once again promises to light up social media, spark vigorous discussions and crowd-source ideas for the future of the profession. SIG's CPO and President, Dawn Tiura, 

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