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Can strategic procurement be a catalyst of change in business? Two enterprise practitioners believe it can, and they have seen how enabling and embracing data-driven procurement with a strategic ...

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 ...

Local governments are under significant fiscal pressure due to rising inflation, deferred maintenance and infrastructure investments, staffing shortages, and constituent demands for digital services.

If you’re a procurement leader, developing improved business strategies should involve advancing technology, increasing digital intelligence, and improving collaboration across in-house teams. Given ...

Many business leaders are being forced to reimagine their organizations' supply chain strategies. In my view, procurement is no longer regarded as a back-office cost center—rather, it's a strategic ...

Bob Kirby is vice president of sales for CDW·G, a leading technology provider to government and education. Procurement often serves as the critical link between great ideas for IT innovation and ...

Since 2020 and the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all experienced how an unexpected event can have long-lasting impacts on operations worldwide. One of the biggest ongoing impacts of the ...

Against the backdrop of a major U.S. naval deployment to the South Atlantic and a dramatic name change from the Department of Defense to the Department of War; most Americans would think the technical ...

Procurement is a complex discipline that goes beyond selecting the right products for the right applications. Buyers also have to balance budgets, value, product quality, and delivery times when ...

If your business has been trying to make its mark in the higher education market, understanding how procurement works can be a game-changer. That’s why we’re diving into the purchasing landscape of ...

Mega-events such as the Olympics, the World Cup or music festivals are fixed-duration occasions with global outreach and ...