Procurement


Procurement Principles & Management
The CPO: Transforming Procurement in the Real World
Profit From The Source: Transforming Your Business by Putting Suppliers at the Core
The Purchasing Chessboard: 64 Methods to Reduce Costs and Increase Value with Suppliers
Strategic Sourcing and Category Management: Lessons Learned at IKEA
Sustainable Procurement: A Practical Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility in the Supply Chain
Spend Analysis: The Window into Strategic Sourcing
The Procurement and Supply Manager's Desk Reference
Procurement and Supply Chain Management
101 Models of Procurement and Supply Chain Management
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
Project Procurement Management: A Guide to Structured Procurements
The Category Management in Purchasing: A Strategic Approach to Maximize Business Profitability
The Humanist In the Bathtub
Tony Osborg
Many Nigerians get excited when the government execute such projects as newly constructed schools, roads, health centers and other government funded projects which they tag as developmental projects. They get excited over what they perceive as a performing government carrying out its corporate responsibilities. But they are ignorant of the fact that public funds cannot disappear in a vacuum, it has to be accounted for; therefore contracts must be awarded to make the stealing legal and official. ...more
Tony Osborg, Can Nigeria Bake Her Own Bread?

Buying a product or a service is not procurement, that is purchasing. “Procurement” is more multifaceted! “Procurement” will assess needs, define requirements, comb the market and onboard vendors against set criteria. “Procurement” solicits for proposals in formal fashion and allows for a fair competitive ethical environment. “Procurement” contracts based on value for money and maintains full accountability and transparency. To deliver goods and services in the right quality from the right sourc ...more
Victor Manan Nyambala

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