National Procurement Month is celebrated throughout the month of March and is dedicated to honoring purchasing professionals. This is a great time to show your appreciation for the dedication of your procurement team and all the hard work they do throughout the year. There are several ways to prepare for National Procurement Month, but this […]
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The procurement realm is often placed under one big umbrella. If you’re purchasing goods and services for your business in a way that minimizes risk and maximizes value, you’re in procurement. This makes it so that when you search for knowledge and resources relevant to your job function, it’s easy to find basic information, but
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Procurement departments are challenged in a myriad of ways. One of the most obvious is the sheer volume of incoming data that they are responsible for. Take university procurement for example (though this certainly applies to procurement departments at large corporations and government administrations as well). A typical mid-sized university may have around 430 cards
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Many organizations are facing staffing shortages. Here’s how you can continue to grow your card program despite low staff.
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Procurement professionals are increasingly responsible for focusing on managing spend and often want to find the best ways for the department to add value to the organization. By leveraging expense data, procurement can find better ways to manage spend. This will add value that stakeholders and other departments will quickly come to appreciate in the
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Sustainability is a growing social movement with a noble cause. Prioritizing the environment and society as a whole to ensure that resources are available for the future is something procurement departments can do well. Sustainable procurement can start with a policy or certain processes to implement consistently over time. The result is an organization that
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