Business Chief Europe Magazine February 2020 | Page 123

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123 blocks around health and safety , purpose and inspiring our people ,” he explains . “ When I first joined , our staff decided to renovate the house , took ownership and transformed it by changing some of the themes . It ’ s great when people feel that the whole SCM organisation is their house and they own it .”
Vodafone Procurement Company oversees its procurement operations in Luxembourg via a centralised procurement model . The organisation manages 83 % of Vodafone ’ s overall spend and supports all 24 of Vodafone ’ s operating companies .
With technology beginning to take a firm hold in the supply chain industry , Vodafone Procurement Company has become more data-focused , building inconsiderable digital visibility into supply chain operations . “ We ’ ve built a procurement control centre here in Luxembourg that gives us a view of every single purchase order from the operating companies in near real-time . We can then map all of our performance metrics into that near real-time platform ,” says Wilson . “ We ’ ve added a tremendous amount of digital visibility into our supply chain operations , AND
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