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 article I pointed out possible downsides to consolidating control of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) purchasing into a corporate group. The message there wasn’t meant to be that ...

For decades, businesses across industries have faced a particularly thorny problem: the disconnect between demand, procurement and supply chain management. Many companies have trouble delivering goods ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpendEdge, a leading provider of procurement market intelligence solutions, has announced the completion of their tail spend management study for a global consumer goods ...

Procurement jumped to the forefront of every business leader’s mind during the pandemic. Images of container ships lined up at the Port of Long Beach and run aground in the Suez Canal were a stark ...

Sabrina Castiglione is CFO at Omnea.co (formerly COO at Pento & CFO of Tessian), running G&A functions, and driving operational excellence. Effective spend management can transform a company’s ...

Businesses typically buy products or services from multiple vendors. Procurement professionals handle the details of procuring these purchases at optimal prices. Establishing consistent procurement ...

The Issue: A broader view of supply management can yield tantalizing returns, but while groundbreaking new tools are showing merit, technology market confusion has muddied the pathway; a proper ...

Governments around the globe spend approximately $9.5 trillion each year in the procurement of goods, services and works. Unfortunately, a good percentage of this money is lost to procurement ...