SupplyChain Magazine August 2018 | Page 189

Driving growth
MIDDLE EAST
Click to watch : Middle East Broadcasting video : Studio City 189 tions , it is critical to keep our costs under control . That makes Procurement strategic to our long-term profitability and success . Their support has been essential to our migration from in-house systems to outsourced cloud services as part of our digital transformation efforts .”
Driving growth
As part of its effort to shift attitudes about the role of procurement , the team at MBC carried out detailed analysis of key strategic activities to
understand and drive forward efforts to grow the business sustainably . These included : spend analysis across the group , encompassing various categories , supplier segmentation using the Krajlic Model , assessment of procurement technologies and the alignment of MBC ’ s corporate and business strategy with that of the procurement department .
On the benefits of the thorough research and planning that has been undertaken , Black comments : “ With the development of the procurement techwww . supplychaindigital . com