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 ...

Your manufacturing process depends on raw materials, as well as supplies. In a small business, your need to keep costs down may always seem to be at war with your need to produce the best quality. You ...

Procurement is the conduit with which goods and services are acquired within public and private organisations. Public procurement, therefore, is the interface of the public institutions and the ...

Like other strategic functions in the enterprise, procurement’s role continues to evolve, and procurement leaders and organizations are now tasked with increasing responsibilities from addressing more ...

Social procurement, integrating socio‐economic and environmental objectives into conventional procurement processes, is increasingly recognised as a vital lever in addressing systemic challenges in ...

A procurement function that evolves in response to macroeconomic trends is a critical linchpin in the health of any growing business. And midsize companies are taking note, leveling up their internal ...

Both now and in the future, an essential strategy for hospitality companies to achieve business growth is through procurement transformation. The digital realm offers a wholesale shift in how ...

Understanding the perspective of the procurement department can save money, lead to better decisions and enhance working relationships. Companies take different approaches to the engagement of fleet ...

The 2014 National Budget and ZimAsset are demanding value-for-money public procurement. The Finance minister reported that the public procurement process was affecting project implementation in ...