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 ...

Your manufacturing process depends on raw materials, as well as supplies. In a small business, your need to keep costs down may always seem to be at war with your need to produce the best quality. You ...

Social procurement, integrating socio‐economic and environmental objectives into conventional procurement processes, is increasingly recognised as a vital lever in addressing systemic challenges in ...

Supply chain professionals have long known that sustainability must be a key piece of their strategy. After the last three years of disruptions, shortages, and instability, the capacity for supply ...