Top tools - one-hit wonders or lasting classics?
13 September 2012
Some techniques for improving purchasing effectiveness are more popular than others. Andrew Cox and Glyn Watson identify which are top of the profession’s chart and how they got there
Like professionals in any other function, purchasers and supply managers are bombarded with wonder cures for all of their management ailments. Consultants, academics, software developers and industry specialists are all vying to make headlines – and perhaps a few bucks – with a “tool” that will prove useful to their colleagues at the sharp end of business.
But...