Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Strategic sourcing is the process of developing channels of supply at the lowest total cost, not just the lowest purchase price.It expands upon traditional organisational purchasing activities to embrace all activities within the procurement cycle, from specification to receipt, payment for goods and services [1] to sourcing production lines where the labor market would increase firms' ROI. [2]
Category management is an approach to the organisation of purchasing within a business organisation, also often referred to as procurement.Applying category management to purchasing activity benefits organisations by providing an approach to reduce the cost of buying goods and services, reduce risk in the supply chain, increase overall value from the supply base and gain access to more ...
Sustainable procurement or green procurement is a process whereby organizations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a life-cycle basis while addressing equity principles for sustainable development, therefore benefiting societies and the environment across time and geographies. [1]
When a government agency buys goods or services through this practice, it is referred to as government procurement or public procurement. [ 2 ] Procurement as an organizational process is intended to ensure that the buyer receives goods, services, or works at the best possible price when aspects such as quality, quantity, time, and location are ...
Government procurement practice impacts on all public works, services and supply contracts entered into by a public authority, and the markets from which these are purchased. Public procurement regulations normally cover all works, services and supply contracts but there may be exceptions.
Global sourcing is often associated with a centralized procurement strategy for a multinational, wherein a central buying organization seeks economies of scale through corporate-wide standardization and benchmarking. A definition focused on this aspect of global sourcing is: "proactively integrating and coordinating common items and materials ...
Supplier relationship management (SRM) is the systematic, enterprise-wide assessment of suppliers' strengths, performance and capabilities with respect to overall business strategy, determination of what activities to engage in with different suppliers, and planning and execution of all interactions with suppliers, in a coordinated fashion across the relationship life cycle, to maximize the ...
E-procurement (electronic procurement, sometimes also known as supplier exchange) is a collective term used to refer to a range of technologies which can be used to automate the internal and external processes associated with procurement, strategic sourcing and purchasing. [1] Examples of e-procurement include e-auctions, e-tendering, automated ...