Did you know that retail packaging as a spend category can cover a wide range of products and services? Examples include store bags, gift boxes, ecommerce boxes and bags, receipt wallets, labels and invoicing. Packaging spend often falls under the ‘consumables’...
Freight Logistics covers the movement of purchased goods across a company’s supply chain. Goods are transported from the place of manufacture to the supplier’s warehousing depot to arrive when needed. These goods can travel by air, sea, road or rail, or a combination...
Gemma Bridle joined Ebit in December 2021. Working as a procurement specialist for Ebit’s clients, Gemma provides expert procurement knowledge and efficiency advice as well as delivering cost savings. What do you enjoy most about working for Ebit? It’s early days but...
What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)? SCM is the process by which elements of a supply chain are centrally managed to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources. It refers to the entire end-to-end procurement cycle and represents a holistic approach to the...
Understanding your supply chain The term “Supply Chain” encompasses the entire system of resources, processes and suppliers required to produce and sell a product, from raw materials through to the end customer’s purchase. In order to plan effectively, it is important...
Hot Topic: Budgeting in the midst of a pandemic – with Brexit thrown in for some extra fun! Budgeting is a challenging task for all involved at the best of times, taking weeks if not months of hard work to agree a final set of assumptions. Many budgets have been...
