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Procurement 101: Your Essential Guide to Strategic Sourcing

World of Procurement blog

Procurement differs from purchasing in a few key ways: Strategic focus : Procurement has a strategic, long-term focus on analyzing spend, reducing costs, managing supplier relationships, and mitigating risk. Purchasing is more transactional and tactical. Purchasing focuses specifically on the buying transaction.

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How Do ERP Systems Help Reduce the Bullwhip Effect?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Bullwhip Effect is a pretty popular phenomenon and conversational topic in supply chain management. In most cases, it refers to inventory problems that occur due to miscommunication between organizations in a supply chain. Planning and purchasing.