Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

Here’s a breakdown of the shifts over this period: 2011: Procurement as a Tactical Function Primary Focus on Cost Savings : In 2011, CFOs largely viewed procurement as a cost-control function , tasked with negotiating contracts, reducing spend, and maintaining compliance with budgets.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Supply chains are particularly vulnerable during recessions. Economic downturns can disrupt the flow of goods, increase operational costs, and reduce profit margins. Consequently, it is imperative to develop a recession-proof supply chain to make them more resilient and adaptable.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Procurement Insights

MAY 31, 2025

Patterns repeat , especially when traced across supply chains, political risk, economic policy, and procurement cycles. Why / Why Not COVID-19 Pandemic (2020) Partially Predictable (Gray Swan) SARS, MERS, and H1N1 had already exposed vulnerabilities in global health supply chains and just-in-time logistics.

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