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  2. Procurement - Wikipedia

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    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. [39]

  3. Purchasing process - Wikipedia

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    Purchasing is the formal process of buying goods and services. The purchasing process can vary from one organization to another, but there are some common key elements. The process usually starts with a demand or requirements – this could be for a physical part or a service. [1]

  4. Strategic sourcing - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Purchasing - Wikipedia

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    Purchasing is the procurement process a business or organization uses to acquire goods or services to accomplish its goals. Although there are several organizations that attempt to set standards in the purchasing process, processes can vary greatly between organizations.

  6. Sales and operations planning - Wikipedia

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    S&OP is the result of planning activities and it is composed of 5 main steps: data gathering, demand planning, supply planning, pre-meeting and executive meeting [7] with the addition of a preliminary step at the beginning (event plans), [8] two additional steps at the end of the process in case of a multinational company (global roll-up and ...

  7. Supplier relationship management - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Purchase funnel - Wikipedia

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    Marketing funnel encompasses several strategic approaches designed to engage customers at different stages of the buying and fidelization process. Each subset within the marketing funnel has specific objectives and targets particular interactions with customers, from initial contact to post-purchase follow-up.

  9. Performance-based contracting - Wikipedia

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    Performance-based contracting (PBC) or results-based contracting, is a procurement strategy used to achieve measurable supplier performance. A PBC approach focuses on developing strategic performance metrics and directly relating contracting payment to performance against these metrics.