Why should procurement be a big deal in business? Isn’t it just the act of obtaining the raw materials that go into our products and offering our services? Procurement isn’t about getting stuff. It’s ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpendEdge, a leading provider of procurement market intelligence solutions, has announced the completion of their latest article on key steps involved in the public ...

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 ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpendEdge, a leading provider of procurement market intelligence solutions, has announced the completion of their latest article on the steps involved in the procurement ...

Getting the right materials at the right time and price is incredibly important for any successful business. Material procurement affects everything from product quality to company profits. Smart ...

Procurement operations are vital to building a resilient supply chain, and sourcing is critical to that success. Disruptions, shortages and unforeseen circumstances like natural disasters and war are ...

Innovative procurement may sound like an oxymoron given the industry's nose dive in late 2000 and the crushing inventory problems that followed, but executives and analysts say that changes being ...

Bid protests against a procurement process often center around claims of bias that result in flawed selection decisions. For example, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) put out a report in ...

The reason for automation initiative failure is usually not because the technology is inadequate but because the organization was not prepared for the initiative and its results. Insufficient ...

Reactive parts procurement: A part fails, and you buy a new one. This approach feels like a safe bet. Proactive parts procurement: Before failures happen, a cross-functional team strategically builds ...

Editor’s note: Procurement Pulse is a monthly look at a topic or trend that is impacting the procurement function at organizations of all sizes. If you are interested in future topics, you can see a ...