Should you be requiring certain Purchasing and Procurement employees to sign specialized “Love Contracts”?
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Tags: procurement, purchasing
To a certain extent, transaction security is a concern for everyone, regardless of the size or sophistication of your Purchasing & Procurement operation.
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Tags: procurement, purchasing, security, transactions
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To really achieve lean operation, timing is everything.
Tags: managers, procurement, purchasing, supply chain
Do Purchasing & Procurement staffers understand your ground rules for getting along with the boss?
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Tags: boss, procurement, purchasing
How sweet it wasn’t. An Ohio entrepreneur’s scheme to scam a truckload of chocolate ended up in a meltdown.
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Tags: purchasing
It’s a fact of life in this business: Every major move you make has to be cleared by someone further up the food chain in your company.
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Tags: CFO, procurement, purchasing
It’s always smart to have a back-up plan in mind, especially when it comes to your vendors.
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Tags: inactive vendors, procurement, purchasing, vendors
Chances are, you’re feeling the heat from top management to bargain your suppliers down in price.
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Tags: costs, procurement, purchasing, suppliers
Goal-setting is usually is a key element of sound business practices. So it figures that much of what you do is about aiming for and fulfilling goals, from your budget to on-time deliveries to customer satisfaction.
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Tags: budget, customer, deliveries, metrics, procurement, purchasing, suppliers
Your company works hard every day to meet 21st century challenges — but it may be trying to do it still using 19th century A/P practices.
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Tags: A/P, automate, automation, invoice, invoice processing, purchasing
