The Value of Indirect Procurement (and How We Help)
The Value of Indirect Procurement The value of indirect procurement is overlooked by many. Indirect procurement is the sourcing of goods and services not related to manufacturing for a business to enable it to maintain and develop its operations. Indirect procurement...
Procurement Service: Virtual Procurement
Procurement Services: Virtual Procurement Does this sound like you? “we are too small and can’t afford a full-time procurement person” What about “the departments handle that themselves” or “our buyers are focussing on our direct spend”? We understand that there are...
Spend category highlight: Courier services
Spend category highlight: Courier services Courier services are essential for any business offering home delivery to customers. During the COVID-19 lockdowns the volume of deliveries and couriers increased dramatically. Whilst there has been some regression towards pre-pandemic levels, courier services rema
Meet The Team: Matthew Ely
Meet The Team: Matthew Ely Matt has recently joined the Ebit team as a Procurement Consultant. Working as part of our team of consultants to deliver expert procurement knowledge and advice and ensuring our clients achieve the best outcomes with their...
Meet The Team: Dan Hetherington
Meet the Team: Dan Hetherington Dan Hetherington has recently joined the Ebit team as a Senior Consultant. Dan works alongside our team of consultants to deliver expert procurement knowledge and advice, ensuring our clients achieve the best outcomes with their procurement...
Green Shoots New Store
Green Shoots & New Stores Is it possible to see the first green shoots of recovery for retailers in the UK? The recent better-than-expected news around increased footfall and sales figures have increased optimism. The news of planned new store openings...
Meet the Team: Alaine Harman
Meet the Team: Alaine Harman Alaine Harman has recently joined the Ebit team as a Business Support Assistant. Alaine works across the entire business, from assisting our team of consultants delivering projects to helping our software and service team upload and...
Budgets & Resilience
Making your Budget Resilient in 2023 As we move towards the end of the year executives are renewing their focus and plan for their budgets in the coming year. In these uncertain times there is a focus on cost control and...
Keeping Control of your Contracts
Keeping Control of your Contracts We’ve worked with several businesses over the last few years, helping to identify opportunities to drive savings and service improvements. By identifying and implementing procurement strategies and policies we are able to ensure that their business...
Tail Spend Management
Tail Spend Management Focussing time and resource on tail spend management can often appear daunting and to offer limited returns. When it comes to optimising value, it often makes sense to focus on the largest contracts. However, Tail spend – or...
Indirect Procurement
What Is Indirect Procurement? Understanding & defining the difference between direct and indirect procurement is essential.. Typically, direct procurement is seen in industries such as retail, food and beverage, and manufacturing. In essence it is any industry where there is a...
The Cost of Doing Nothing?
Virtual Procurement v the cost of doing nothing? At a time when all businesses are keenly focused on cost, have you asked yourself what the cost of doing nothing is? Can you imagine the difference having a highly experienced procurement team...