Dear Pure Procurement readers,

I hope you had time to rest, replenish and reflect during the holiday period... I know I needed it! Q4 2021 kicked my butt...A healthy, scattered 25 days of daycare strikes in Quebec spanning Oct-Dec and not very many other babysitting options meant my wife and I sharpened our juggling skills this autumn. It also meant less time and energy for reading and newsletters... How was your 2021? (Reply back. I genuinely want to know!)

So, now you know why I am available for all your corporate event entertainment needs (juggling...) AND why you did not get my delectable top 5 S2P articles to read the last few months...But, the good news is I'm silly enough to get going again in 2022 so stay tuned... In the meantime, here's a summary of the top content from 2021 to hold you over.

Wishing you and yours the very best 2022,

Joël

2021 Content At-A-Glance

Authored Articles: 3

• Evergreen Articles

  • Without Quality Data, Artificial Intelligence Is a Shriveled-up Prune

• Spend Matters Articles

  • Digitally upgrading procurement: How to build a business case for the transformation

  • A look at middleware — the technology that bridges S2P systems as procurement organizations digitally transform

Podcasts Released: 1

• Episode #6 - Gathering Market Intelligence With a Single Click with Embry Davis

Newsletters Sent: 8/12 (So close!)

Top 5 Articles of the Year

(Based on total number of clicks over all 2021 newsletters)

• #5 - Get Your Statement of Works Right or Pay the Price

• #4 - Procure-to-Pay Transformation Checklist

• #3 - Why Source-To-Pay Technology Needs to Support ‘Plan to Pay’ for Better Planning in Spend and Supply Management

• #2 - Digitally Upgrading Procurement: How to Build a Business Case for the Transformation

• #1 - Is Procurement Moving Away from Category Management?

Happy New Year!