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Knowledge Paper - Co-published with CIPS.org
We’re very proud to announce, that we recently co-published a knowledge paper about Lean-Agile Procurement together with cips.org - The largest global association for supply management- and procurement professionals.
Case Study with Amnesty International France - Talk-show Video
Talk-show style interview of the very first LAP initiative in France involving Amnesty International France (the client), Troopers Web Republic (the winning Partner) and Goood (the LAP trainer and coach)The interview focuses on how all 3 parties (Amnesty, Troopers and Goood) lived the experience.
Keynote Article in THE PROCUREMENT MAGAZINE - This is the dawning of the age of agility
This Article has got published in THE PROCUREMENT MAGAZINE 2019-05 as lead article. It was also hand-out at their procurement awards. A big thanks goes to Micol Barba, Editorial Manager - Editor in chief at THE PROCUREMENT ITALIA, who is a strong supporter of our movement Lean-Agile Procurement!
In a fast changing world is the team the main asset!
Côte d’Azure in France, April 25+26 2019 - Together with guests from Air France KLM and David Kershaw from the UK Cabinet office we spent 2 days on our first LAP Retreat 2019, exchanging, challenging, developing Lean-Agile Procurement (short LAP) and most important had some fun & beers!-This blog post is a short summary about and why our concussing was valid for us as well: „In a fast changing world the team is the main asset!“
Media Release: CKW & FLOWDAYS WIN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT AWARD 2018 EUROPE
CKW and flowdays won the most important European award in the procurement industry with the Supply Management Award. The award honors the innovative and agile procurement process for a new intranet from CKW in weeks instead of months.
Case Study - CKW Group: Sourcing of a group Intranet Solution in 2 days via Lean-Agile Procurement
Procurement so far has shown that CKW must move faster and closer to customers in order to better meet their needs. So they decided to try Lean Agile Procurement (LAP) for the first time in order to procure a group intranet solution. With fantastic results, e.g. 400% increased time-to-market!
Thought leaders like Dr. Jeff Sutherland promotes Agile in his book “Doing twice the work in half of the time“ (1). Wouldn’t it be cool to increase time-to-market in procurement as well?-Free Download of our Article in “THE PROCUREMENT MAGAZINE”
1st purchaser of the book: lean-agile procurement
It feels awesome, the book is in a very early state and the first purchaser decided to buy the book. Thanks a lot!-This motivates us to continue our journey
Interview (German): «Agile as Enabler for effective IT-Procurement»
Mirko shows with Lean-Agile Procurement a more agile Alternative to the current procurement Approach. In the Interview with Netzwoche he explains, why a more agile procurement is a win-win for the customer and the vendor.
The Interview was published in German in the print magazine and online.