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Robotic process automation (RPA) is a buzzword swirling around procurement. While the benefits of automated processes to assist humans is understood, how to implement RPA is more difficult. Learn from experts in procurement automation as they highlight the best methodology for implementing automated processes within procurement.

Tail spend management fundamentals takes you through the benefits of managing your tail spend, as well as identifying major risks that can arise if tail spend is left unchecked. Explore the time, cost and operational factors that are influenced by tail spend and the major KPIs to track your success.

Optimizing tail spend is a major area of impact for procurement departments, but for many it seems like an unattainable goal. Learn from Walter Charles and Greg Tennyson, two experts in procurement, as they outline the keys to identifying tail spend and the benefits of having a sound management strategy.

Digital transformation is not just a buzzword and procurement teams are being challenged to tackle change head-on to meet the needs of the modern business. Learn from procurement experts as they discuss the benefits and key learnings of a successful digital transformation.

The value that procurement provides is transforming right along with the technology that supports it. The State of Procurement 2020: Present and Future walks you through the state of procurement, the benefits and pitfalls of automation, and how the procurement leaders of today are navigating a wave of change. This book features exclusive interviews from today's leading procurement experts and more.

The procurement landscape is changing faster than ever with disruption, innovation, and technology. CPOs and procurement leaders are inundated with more technology choices than ever before. If teams don’t embrace disruption and new technologies, they risk being left behind. Despite its challenges, technology allows teams to engage differently, operate more effectively, and respond with more actionable information.

Procurement and supply chain are often considered the same to those outside of the operations department. Although the two share combine goals and tend to act upon one another in inescapable ways, they are two entirely different departments with different key initiatives and target goals. Given this relationship, executive leaders will benefit from learning the principles and processes of supply chain management and procurement to better understand the relationship between the two departments.

Watch our webinar recording of Fairmarkit CEO, Kevin Frechette, and Univision VP of Procurement, Frank Cuomo, discuss achieving greater cost savings through in-house tail spend management.

Want to learn how to build a procurement department and avoid crucial mistakes? Learn from experts in the field including Greg Tennyson, Head of Sourcing and Procurement at VSP Global, Jean Johnson, Head of Global Sourcing and Procurement at LogMeIn and Natalia Graves, VP of Procurement at Veeam Software as they share their backgrounds, experience and knowledge of building out successful procurement departments.

Fairmarkit discusses the challenges of tail spend and how VSP Global is solving this problem with Fairmarkit's tail spend solution.