Real World Sourcing Series: Making Spend Governance Work

By Alisa Matterson

On Wednesday 22nd October 2014, a diverse mix of the Procurement professionals assembled in the wonderful location of The Don restaurant for the fifth round of the Real World Sourcing Series. This session covered the hot topic of, Making Spend Governance Work.

This series is promoted and supported by BravoSolution, and developed by Peter Smith (Spend Matters) and Guy Allen (Real World Sourcing Limited).

Guy began the session by discussing what does the frequently used term “Governance” actually mean? Ideas were bounced around the room, and then the dictionary definition of was revealed, “The action of governing a state or organisation.”

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By Ian Dawson

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By Warwick Jackson

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