Practical intelligence on P2P transformation, indirect procurement, SAP/Ariba, GBS, ESG, vendor management, retail marketing, AI in the workforce, and personal leadership reflections.
Most organisations don't choose their vendor base — it grows chaotically. This playbook shows how to consolidate strategically from 50+ vendors to 12 preferred suppliers and unlock pricing advantages fragmented bases never can.
GBS is sold as the ultimate efficiency play. This executive edition reveals what big consulting firms gloss over: change management challenges, hidden costs, and what separates GBS implementations that deliver from those that don't.
Every rupee saved in procurement is a rupee earned in profit. The deep dive edition — expanded with research, frameworks, and the 2030 outlook for procurement professionals globally.
SAP Ariba implementation failure rates remain stubbornly high — not because the technology is wrong, but because organisations treat it as a tech project. The data-driven analysis and proven change management framework.
ESG is no longer a checkbox. Organisations embedding Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria into sourcing decisions are outperforming peers on cost, risk, and reputation.
The most comprehensive white paper on VM as a strategic commercial function — covering global benchmarks, India market dynamics, procurement governance, and the path from cost centre to revenue driver.
A personal memoir of responsibility, fatherhood, burden, survival, and quiet courage. Some struggles never announce themselves loudly.
In India's fiercely competitive retail, the battle is won at the store counter. The real answer lies in a complex ecosystem of motivations, relationships, and commercial forces.
Every rupee saved in procurement is a rupee earned in profit. The original deep-dive covering indirect procurement, technology, AI, and the path to 2030.
The retail industry is undergoing massive transformation powered by AI and automation. A practitioner's guide to what actually works.
AI is not simply replacing humans — it is changing what value humans create. What I am seeing on the ground, backed by data.
Articles on P2P, indirect procurement, SAP/Ariba, GBS, ESG, AI, and leadership.
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