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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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Business process management (BPM) examples

IBM Supply Chain Blog

A purchasing agreement between a client and vendor, for example, needs to evolve and go through different rounds of approval and be organized, accessible and compliant with regulations. Automating specific tasks such as order processing, picking, packing and shipping reduces cycle times and improves order accuracy.