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 ...

In my last post, I talked about three key areas of the procure-to pay-process. Now I would like to dig a little deeper into the first of those Ps — the procuring part. Your procuring/purchasing ...

Question: What are some good metrics to measure the effectiveness and performance of the purchasing department? Answer: This is a great question that I plan to answer in what will likely become a ...

A context-aware approach to international purchasing may drive double-digit improvements in business performance. Ask any manager at a large organisation why the purchasing department matters, and the ...