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Zycus: Moving Procurement from Menus and Screens to Conversations and Outcomes

One of the enduring problems with enterprise procurement technology is surprisingly simple: the people expected to use it every day are rarely procurement-system experts. An employ...

Make Freight Sourcing More Efficient!

The Freight sourcing team and procurement are critical components of the whole supply chain and is crucial to the success of the business. Whether you are a BCO (Beneficial Carg...

What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care?

Any of this sound familiar?  Then you need Virtual Procurement! “With recent minimum wage increases, I need to find better ways to control my costs and to stay profitable while sti...

The Reality of Automation in Procurement!

The duties of procurement managers are diverse, ranging from creating solicitations to collaborating with vendors. The importance of digital procurement is increasing rapidly. Alon...

Digital Procurement Improves Supply Chain!

The Hackett GroupВ has recently released their analysis of their procurement benchmarking database. It demonstrates the advantages of working with a digital procurement strategy.В ...

7 Signs of Excellent Procurement Teams!

Excellence, or superiority, is often the goal in corporate organizations. Each and every function, within its own right, including Procurement teams, strives for excellence and ach...

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring!

Procurement bridges the gap between product, internal stakeholders and customers. Elements of that bridge include KPIs. In order to support the weight of internal and external expe...

How to bring near real-time global trade data into procurement, finance, and operations

Picture three moments happening in the same week, in the same company, on completely different floors. Procurement is comparing suppliers … The post How to bring near real-time glo...

What Is Procurement Fraud in Project Management? An Explainer

Procurement fraud isn’t just a back-office accounting issue. It directly damages project scope, destabilizes schedules, undermines stakeholder trust, and derails delivery outcomes....

7 Procurement Challenges Startups Will Face!

The world is evolving rapidly. And so are your procurement responsibilities. Sometimes, unforeseen disruptions, whether a natural disaster or an internal planning issue, can throw...

Manufacturing procurement: Transform sourcing into strategy

Why leading manufacturers are rethinking procurement to boost visibility, control and competitive advantage.

Hey Procurement! It’s Time to SELL!

The Procurement, or Purchasing, function is considered by many to be a necessary but non-strategic part of any organization. But there is a profoundly significant Procurement value...

Cultivating Procurement Excellence Through the Power of Negotiation!

Negotiation skills are highly expected in lots of posts; it’s no wonder modern business finds employees with this ability to be the most valuable ones. Their proficiency in securin...

Vendor Management Frameworks for Optimizing Supplier Performance

Effective vendor management frameworks optimize supplier performance through strategic planning, ongoing assessment, and relationship building. By prioritizing collaboration, lever...

What is Tail Spend and Why Doesn’t it Wag Procurement?

Every Procurement organization is faced with the need to deliver cost savings. But virtually every Procurement organization ignores or gives lip service to an area that promises su...

The RFP Examples Nobody Shows You (But Every Procurement Team Needs)

Search for “RFP examples”, and you’ll find the same handful of templates recycled across a... The post The RFP Examples Nobody Shows You (But Every Procurement Team Needs) appeared...

Government Contract Debriefings- How Contractors Can Get the Most Out of Every Debriefing

For government contractors, a debriefing is much more than a procedural step following an unsuccessful procurement. Although many debriefings are written, agencies often give oral...

Procurement and Supply Chain Challenges Unique to Hotels and Hospitality Operators

A practitioner's guide to hospitality-specific procurement challenges, covering perishable sourcing, vendor scorecards, landed cost volatility, documentation standards, and AI-driv...

Is Your Parts Procurement Process Reactive or Proactive?

Ready to revamp your parts procurement process? Learn how now with “Strategic Parts Purchasing: A Process Checklist”

Agentic AI Is Changing Procurement. Governance Must Keep Up

Agentic AI is transforming procurement, but organizations still bear full responsibility for the decisions autonomous systems make.

Why Procurement Transformation Can Fail!

Over these past 28 years of my career in Procurement (yes I started when I was 12), I’ve had the privilege and pain of seeing, not just procurement, but many different types of Tra...

When a Mentor-Protégé JV Falls Apart Mid-Procurement- What IBSS v. United States Means for Federal Contractors

Procurement Leaders Urged to Manage AI as Its Own Category

Gartner says procurement leaders need a companywide approach to tracking AI spending, suppliers, data rights, risks, and results.

Procurement Has Big AI Plans. Its Data Isn’t Ready.

Sixty-seven percent of procurement teams have AI plans that are moving faster than their data, processes, and oversight, according to Ardent Partners.