2025 Procurement Predictions Featuring our Experts

2025 Procurement Predictions Featuring our Experts

Zip’s 25 Procurement Predictions for 2025 include insights from leaders of our Digital team, Mark Ellis and Joe Gibson. The comprehensive, forward-thinking guide, shaped by insights from 25 leading voices, dives into critical industry trends, challenges and...
Mastering the Robot …. Automate > Innovate > Elevate 

Mastering the Robot …. Automate > Innovate > Elevate 

The obliteration of humanity at the hands of robots has been displaced as the largest robot-related threat to mankind. A lack of human-robot amalgamation means a world where efficiency and productivity are put to the side, a far more devastating sight. The modern...
Software Asset Management: Cost Savings & Beyond

Software Asset Management: Cost Savings & Beyond

What do MICROSOFT, ORACLE, SALESFORCE, SAP, ADOBE all have in common… we’ve all been subject to them at some point and we’re all at their mercy when it comes to pricing renewals. The corporate environment has drastically changed, that’s a fact. As employees, we cannot...
Procurement’s Role in Supporting Innovation and Agility: Moving Beyond Traditional Boundaries

Procurement’s Role in Supporting Innovation and Agility: Moving Beyond Traditional Boundaries

Our recent roundtable discussion yielded some key takeaways surrounding procurement and innovation. While procurement has traditionally focused on cost control and risk mitigation, these goals often overshadow opportunities to support transformative initiatives. True...
Podcast: The Importance of Being a BCorp

Podcast: The Importance of Being a BCorp

Our Chief Operating Officer, Suzanna Hinnell featured on the TalentDrive Podcast in November to talk about the importance of being a B Corp. Speaking to  Martin Smith at TalentDrive they covered a range of topics about 4C Associate’s B Corp status – something that we...
Environmental Commitments and Cost Efficiency: One or the Other, or the Best of Both?

Environmental Commitments and Cost Efficiency: One or the Other, or the Best of Both?

‘Procurement for good’ is widely recognised amongst business professionals, like the 3P’s of People, Planet, Profit (which has been enhanced as the 4E’s in a recent blog by my colleague Joe Gibson). Here you’ll find other priorities like sustainability, social value...