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One surefire way to derail your procurement digital transformation
- May 11, 2021 12:07 AM | Alpar Kamber, Head of Procurement Services, WNS (personal photo)
A large portion of our Procurement Services business at WNS Denali focuses on helping clients with their procurement digital transformation planning and implementation. Too often, we are required to spend time upfront unraveling past failed attempts before we can dig in and offer workable digital solutions for our clients.
Consider the case of a global retail company. Convinced that the key to their success was to find the right tool with the right functionality, they changed their digital toolset five times in five years. They tried the leading digital tools in the industry, but when one didn’t work, they immediately scrapped it for the next solution.
- May 11, 2021 12:07 AM |
Alpar Kamber, head of Procurement Services at WNS, gives two very good reasons why procurement digital transformation planning and implementation fail. Too often, we are required to spend time upfront unraveling past failed attempts before we can dig in and offer workable digital solutions for our clients, he explains.
Many firms are convinced that the key to their success is to find the right tool with the right functionality. They therefore change their digital toolset frequently, trying out the leading digital tools in the industry. When one doesn t work, they immediately scrap it for the next solution, often resulting in the same unsatisfactory outcomes.
Canada becomes first country to support COVID-19 therapeutics via new UNICEF fund Low- and middle-income countries set to benefit from Canadian contribution in support of global equitable access to lifesaving COVID-19 medical supplies 05 May 2021
NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, 5 May 2021 – The Government of Canada has made the first-ever contribution to the therapeutics pillar of UNICEF’s newly-launched Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Supplies Financing Facility (“ACT-A SFF”). The generous contribution of $230 million CAD ($182 million US) is earmarked specifically for the procurement and delivery of COVID-19 therapeutics for low- and middle-income countries.
This contribution comes in the context of UNICEF’s work with other ACT-A partners to ensure early access to COVID-19 therapeutics. The funds will support the procurement and delivery of supplies for therapeutic interventions, such as Oxygen therapy-related supplies and Dexamethasone. One of the initial
Canada becomes first country to support COVID-19 therapeutics via new UNICEF fund
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Low- and middle-income countries set to benefit from Canadian contribution in support of global equitable access to lifesaving COVID-19 medical supplies
NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, 5 May 2021 – The Government of Canada has made the first-ever contribution to the therapeutics pillar of UNICEF’s newly-launched Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Supplies Financing Facility (“ACT-A SFF”). The generous contribution of $230 million CAD ($182 million US) is earmarked specifically for the procurement and delivery of COVID-19 therapeutics for low- and middle-income countries.
This contribution comes in the context of UNICEF’s work with other ACT-A partners to ensure early access to COVID-19 therapeutics. The funds will support the procurement and delivery of supplies for therapeutic interventions, such as Oxygen therapy-related supplies and Dexamethasone. One of the initial transactions supported