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Navigating Economic Recovery: Strategies for Food & Beverage Companies in a Changing Consumer Landscape

Drawing on insights from the 4C 2024 F&B Survey, we’re examining how changing economic conditions are reshaping consumer choices in food and drink purchases. We explore how easing inflationary pressures have influenced shoppers' price sensitivity, and how factors such as product range and sustainability now play an increasingly important role in purchasing decisions. Furthermore, this analysis provides actionable strategies...

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

This guide introduces the key activities in strategic sourcing and focuses on the key steps to follow to ensure it can be successfully implemented within organisations.

Procurement Vs Strategic Sourcing

This guide introduces the key activities in strategic sourcing and focuses on the key steps to follow to ensure it can be successfully implemented within organisations.

Effective Partnering for Competitive Advantage

How will sponsors and CROs achieve competitive advantage in todays clinical development environment? Be the first to make hybrid outsourcing models work with much greater efficiency and effectiveness.

The Nexus of Healthcare Policies and Supply Chain Challenges

The upcoming general election and new government’s policies will undoubtedly have some impact on the landscape of supply chains and logistics for the next four years. How will the efficiency and resilience of supply chains influence the new government's ability to deliver on its policy promises? In particular in the NHS?

The Generation Game

The workplace environment is changing and our expectations of each other, our services, products and suppliers with it. As the generational mix of workers starts to evolve towards those born into a technology enabled world, what does that mean for our working relationships?

Analogue to Algorithm: Pioneering Change in a Digital Frontier

Delve into the importance of change in the procurement domain, how diverse approaches to change management can impact outcomes and how a harmonious blend of change management principles and technology can drive successful transformation.

Seven Steps of Strategic Sourcing

This guide introduces the key activities in strategic sourcing and focuses on the key steps to follow to ensure it can be successfully implemented within organisations.

Facing the Facts – It’s Time to Rethink Clinical Outsourcing

Recently Will Sillar and Rob Aitchison have spent many enjoyable hours talking with some of the most experienced clinical sourcing professionals in the industry about our approach to clinical development sourcing and procurement. We’d like to hear your thoughts and opinions on what’s right, wrong or plain broken within the life science industry’s approach to clinical development outsourcing.

Why Is This the Right Time for a Radical Rethink of the Clinical Outsourcing Model and Approach?

It is two decades since the Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group (PCMG) first highlighted how the approach to outsourcing of the biopharmaceutical industry compared to others, such as IT, automotive, or construction. It concluded that pharma was at least 10 years behind in terms of maturity, vendor relationships, contracting and pricing. Find our why it's time for a radical rethink of...

The Blockchain Revolution: Cutting Through the Chain of Uncertainty

In a world where transparency is of utmost importance, trust is the most valuable currency, and middlemen are becoming obsolete. It may seem utopian, but it’s happening now, and all sector and industry leaders are quickly adopting it. Blockchain is here.

Aligned with Success: Why a Fully Developed Procurement Vision and Strategy Could be Your Key to Growth

Our research in the Transformative Procurement Survey demonstrated that only 6% of organisations had a developed procurement vision and strategy which was fully aligned to all short and long-term business objectives. This may seem alarmingly low, but when you separate functional objectives from those specific to the business, think about your business – do you actually have procurement functional...

Can Pan-Enterprise Procurement Category Strategies Drive Innovation and Market Leadership?

Pan-enterprise procurement category strategies hold immense potential for organisations aiming to drive innovation, optimise efficiency and achieve cost savings. However, addressing challenges related to data management, organisational complexity and change management is crucial for successful implementation. In this blog, we will explore the innovations pan-enterprise procurement category strategies can bring, as well as effective solutions to overcome implementation hurdles.

What does the future hold for R&D outsourcing in 2024 and the years to come?

Speed, cost and productivity have forever been the key areas of focus for biopharma sponsors and CROs, but the intensity of their demand has significantly risen. Read more about whether current outsourcing models are adequate to meet current and future demands.

Retaining Customers and Revenue in Times of High Inflation: Key Strategies for Food & Beverage Companies

Inflation is having a significant impact on the food and beverage sector, with consumers becoming more price-conscious and demanding products with health and sustainability benefits at a price parity to standard alternatives. Food and beverage companies need to adapt to these changing dynamics by finding innovative ways to reduce costs and invest in omnichannel to meet evolving consumer preferences.