Your purchasing and supply department keeps your other departments supplied with everything from paper clips to manufacturing materials. Purchasing staff build relationships and coordinate schedules ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today the results of the second edition of the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) “barometer,” a survey which investigates the role ...

The scope of procurement extends throughout the entire supply chain, influencing everything from raw material sourcing to final product delivery. Large manufacturers might employ dedicated procurement ...

A functional and cohesive procurement policy is vital to improving profitability. While clear standard operating procedures are important, it takes more to create efficiencies. The procurement ...

Eldar Tuvey, is CEO and cofounder of Vertice, a spend optimization platform that saves companies up to 25% on their SaaS and cloud costs. The turbulence of recent years has underscored the critical ...

The COVID-19 pandemic brings about a remote work order to comply with social distancing requirements. The changes brought about by the pandemic are here to stay and will manifest into a new normal in ...

According to Deloitte’s Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey, 61 percent of procurement leaders delivered a better year-over-year savings performance in 2017, yet only one in four believe they’re ...

How can your company improve its supply chain by streamlining procurement through digitalization and automation? What steps are needed to get started? Most importantly, what’s the payoff? Driven by ...

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 ...

METHUEN — Saying there is "overlapping of management functions between the city and the School Department," city councilors want to consider consolidating the city's and schools' purchasing ...