Procurement Magazine January 2023 | Page 5

FOREWORD Transformations , Intelligent Procurement , ESG and P2P : Procurement is on the frontlines

“ It will fall to procurement to take the leading role in ESG initiatives ”

This month ’ s Procurement Magazine issue looks at the dilemma of surviving in uncertain times . Most companies will fail to adapt , transform and , therefore , succeed ; but there are those who have been successful , and within these pages is exactly how …
There ’ s an ongoing arms race in procurement . Though the battle is no longer about the acquisition of the greatest number of things – which included tossing aside people and planet amid an insatiable appetite for more – it increasingly tilts instead towards the stockpiling of newly-forged armouries of sustainability .
The future of procurement is today , and the changes that we are seeing are clear . They reveal that , in a flash , the whole world is set to transform . Only the adaptable and agile will survive the vicissitudes .
From shifting work cultures and progressively peoplecentric organisational ethoses to innovations in technology , Procurement Magazine delves into the companies and executives that are making it happen .
ILKHAN OZSEVIM ilkhan . ozsevim @ bizclikmedia . com
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