Sam Wrest, Senior Analyst at the SEIC, runs through recent SEIC research on innovation platforms and how they can be used to boost innovation scouting
Samuel Wrest
Principal Analyst
Joined 2017
Samuel has worked as both a journalist and an analyst. He is principal analyst at Procurement Leaders, where he oversees research and advisory on sustainability and innovation. Prior to joining Procurement Leaders, Samuel managed business intelligence projects for a foreign investment firm in China.
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Overcoming SEI’s challenges: takeaways from the SRM & Innovation Summit roundtables
During our 2018 Summit in London, companies discussed how procurement must abandon old practices and adopt new ways of working to make a success of SEI
Segmenting suppliers for innovation
During this Insight Call, Bayer’s Nicolas Limbach explains the structure of the life science company’s Thrive platform and how it segments suppliers for invitation
Working with new suppliers and harnessing external innovation in the automotive sector
The automotive sector is in a state of disruption. To remain competitive, this leading player in the industry is changing how it works to unlock the power of supplier innovation
How procurement is using innovation platforms to access supplier expertise
With a mandate to seek out new sources of innovation, procurement functions are increasingly forging a path to supplier technology through online platforms
Measuring success in supplier innovation
While tracking success around innovation is a complicated process, new research suggests metrics have a significant impact on value creation
Turning procurement into a revenue generator through supplier innovation
SEI can have a major impact on revenue generation in a business. However, unlocking the function’s potential to add revenue hinges on new processes and ways of working
Getting innovation management right: lessons from the Osram Accelerator
Procurement functions that manage innovation will inevitably meet with some failure. During a workshop at our Accelerator in Osram, companies shared what they have learned
SEI in indirects
During this Insight Call, Sofie van den Brandt, Ron Heinen and Robert Vrielink of Philips explain how the company’s procurement function taps into supplier innovation in indirect categories
Can procurement become a key part of startup engagements?
Procurement struggles to play a meaningful role in startup collaborations. To change this, the function must do away with old processes and adapt to the startup ecosystem
Establishing procurement in the startup ecosystem
There is an appetite in procurement to work with startups, but the way in which it does so is often unclear. Download our startup report to discover how the function can be a crucial part of the startup ecosystem
Supplier communication in SEI
Kathrin Aldaya, Senior Manager of Global Strategic Initiatives and Integration at Mars, details how the company’s procurement function developed and implemented its new communications plan for suppliers
Creating an innovation platform: thoughts from the New Jersey Accelerator
Innovation platforms are an increasingly popular means to access supplier innovation. In our workshop in New Jersey, the SEIC discussed how such platforms should be structured
Is solving the IP problem just an organizational issue for Philips?
Intellectual property is a thorny and complicated issue in SEI. At Philips, new processes and ways of working have been developed to ensure IP doesn’t disrupt supplier collaborations
Business partnering in SEI
Maria Brink-Rumyantseva, Category Manager at Shell, explains how procurement in Shell partnered with several key business functions to advance the company’s SEI strategy
Insights into monitoring success in SEI
Tracking success is a complicated process in SEI, but has a positive impact on pipeline, revenue and business-wide support. Download our latest research to learn about the different metrics models that can be adopted
Driving needs identification in Supplier-Enabled Innovation
Innovation is often derived from an internal need not yet met. In SEI, there’s little that’s more important than understanding these needs and linking them to supplier capability
Becoming a customer of choice
Peter Naegelein, Director of Business Development and Scouting at Osram, takes SEIC members through Osram’s strategy for becoming a customer of choice
Takeaways from the SEIC workshop on supplier engagement
Many considerations exist in an effective supplier-engagement strategy. In our workshop in Leverkusen, SEIC members explored how to build a framework to engage innovative suppliers more successfully
Takeaways from the SEIC workshop on stakeholder engagement
Different companies pursue SEI for different reasons – but shared challenges and solutions exist regardless of industry focus. This became apparent during our recent workshop on stakeholder engagement