You can improve business performance by aligning the objectives of purchasing management with your business strategies. At the strategic level, purchasing decisions affect profitability and business ...

Procurement involves identifying and agreeing to terms for the acquisition of goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a competitive bidding process. involving constrained decision ...

Effective procurement management is crucial for a business to maintain financial health and ensure operational efficiency. In discussing best practice, modern procurement management systems require an ...

Companies are increasingly struggling with procurement — the strategic process of acquiring goods and services to execute tasks across the organization. According to a recent survey from procurement ...

Over the years I have been fortunate to collect a wealth of both academic knowledge and professional experience in sourcing management. I have witnessed how the perception of procurement contribution ...

Governments buy a lot of stuff. Every year, one out of every three dollars governments spend goes toward purchasing something -- from photo copier ink to new vehicle fleets -- to help provide services ...

Monitor the flow of events and tasks among project stakeholders, PMs, the procurement management team and subcontractors. Michael Taylor, a project manager with more than 30 years of experience, ...

It’s easy to neglect the area of purchasing in your business. Of course you buy goods and services, but you don’t always plan the purchases as well as you could. As a result, you may spend more money ...

As Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Administrative Officer since February 2016, Shaolin is responsible for a number of critical functions of the institution including organizational ...

The President of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria, Mr Sikiru Balogun, has called on President Bola Tinubu to rescue the nation’s public procurement and supply ...