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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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4 Predictions on Procurement’s Top Trends in 2023

Arkestro

But if there’s one advantage, it’s that crisis creates change and the potential for innovation. At the same time, they’ll need to watch and prepare for future economic downturns and supply chain disruption. scenario-driven demand plans. As Winston Churchill once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

It also requires a clear understanding of the environment in which the organization operates, so scenario planning must go extend beyond the enterprise to encompass value-chain dynamics and end-to-end supply chain resilience.