Remove Procurement Remove Supply Chain Optimization Remove Supply market research
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What Exactly Is Procurement? And What is Purchasing?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out What Exactly Is Supply Chain Management? For his entire career my Father worked in the field of Procurement. But the job titles that he had during his career alternatively included either the word Procurement or the word Purchasing. But was that Procurement or was it Purchasing? Procurement.

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Category management is much more than strategic sourcing

Future Purchasing

Areas to consider would include current performance issues, current and future business requirements, current and future spend, cost structures, suppliers, supply markets, supply chains, technology roadmaps etc. Data gathering focuses on spend analysis and supply market research.