Getting back to basics
29 August 2012
Academic theories and new technologies have helped to give procurement a higher profile within business. But simplicity is at the heart of successful processes, says Dale Stokes
Over the past 10 years, an endless stream of purchasing and supply publications have found their way to the business sections of bookstores.
As our profession has elevated itself from a back-office operational function to a significant contributor to the strategic leadership of enterprises, the appetite to study such texts has grown with equal enthusiasm. Each...