SUPPLY CHAIN
“ The challenge right now is there is so much information out there – how do you bring it all together in a way that is meaningful and easy to use , so that our expensive sourcing managers can spend their time using the data instead of collecting it ?”
– Roger Ambrose , Senior Director , Global Source-to-Pay
the procurement space , you realise that actually paying the invoice is the least thing that you ’ re really worried about from a procurement point of view . You want to be using the right suppliers , have the right supply base , get the right pricing , and have access to accurate analytics .”
Ambrose says that the changes made since 2002 are marked , with BD utilizing technology to drive its supply chain transformation . “ If I think back to what I was doing in 2002 , it ’ s vastly different to what we ’ re trying to do today because of technology , but also because of our maturity as a company . That maturity also shows itself up on what we ’ re doing on the category side .
“ I would say that is true particularly with indirect , but probably across the entire spectrum ; our sourcing managers are much more knowledgeable about what goes on in their market sectors . Their job is to understand their category , and not just what BD wants out of it , but what we can then offer to our users and stakeholders , so that they can really leverage that and make more use of it .
“ The challenge right now is there is so much information out there – how do you bring it all together in a way that is meaningful and easy to use , so that our expensive sourcing managers can spend their time using the data instead of collecting it ? I think that ’ s
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