Anders Lillevik

Nov 5, 2024 | supplychainbrain.com | Anders Lillevik

Harley Davidson, John Deere, and Lowe’s: three companies among many that have publicly pulled back on their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives this year, particularly their commitments to supplier diversity. In today’s fast-moving and saturated business landscape, it’s easy for companies to get caught in the tide of passing trends and polarizing media cycles. Many companies react quickly to external pressures, from political pushback to customer sentiment.

May 7, 2024 | builtin.com | Anders Lillevik

Image: Shutterstock / Built In For early-stage B2B SaaS startups, your first hurdle is to establish product-market fit and sign your first customer. But if you’ve done all that, the next hurdle comes when you begin to scale, move up market, and sign your first Fortune 500 customer. Selling to larger enterprises requires an entirely different skill set than smaller ones. Your product often needs to be tweaked and tailored to suit the needs of these larger organizations.

May 3, 2024 | forbes.com | Anders Lillevik

CEO and Founder of Focal Point. SaaS solutions have transformed how companies function. The thornier the challenge, the greater the opportunity for founders and their teams to help customers transform critical operations. Last year, KPMG and ServiceNow announced a collaboration to “reimagine finance, supply, chain and procurement operations” and seize their share of an estimated $11 billion total addressable market by 2025.

Feb 2, 2024 | sgvoice.net | Anders Lillevik |Felicia Jackson

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Feb 1, 2024 | rtinsights.com | Anders Lillevik

One way for businesses to minimize procurement risks is to develop a data-driven mindset to identify potential hotspots in their supply chains. In late 2022, a former Apple employee admitted that while acting as a buyer for the company’s Global Service Supply Chain, he “took kickbacks, inflated invoices, stole parts, and caused Apple to pay for items and services never received.” Over a ten-year period, it was estimated that the company was bilked out of more than $17 million.