When I sit down with procurement leaders, they are often facing the same challenge: Their departments are stuck in a tactical data processing mode with limited resources and increasing ...

Procurement department organizational structures often -- but not always -- reflect the organizational structure of your business. Additional factors, such as communication patterns, the size of your ...

Editor’s note: Bill Shawver is the chief procurement officer for Miami University of Ohio. Jim Bard is a principal with Accenture Management Consulting’s operations practice With the challenge to ...

In the world of purchasing and procurement, it’s tough to teach the old guard new tricks. Coughlin knows a thing or two about negotiating contracts. On average, he negotiates 50 contracts a year with ...

Explore the pros and cons of central purchasing, a strategy to consolidate procurement for cost savings and efficiency, and ...

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 ...

A word cloud of the phrases most commonly associated with marketing procurement services might quite likely feature “doomed”, “off to the tower” and “bad reputation” writ large. Procurement’s delicate ...