Julie Young is an experienced financial writer and editor. She specializes in financial analysis in capital planning and investment management. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker.

The supply chain is a critical function in nearly every organization. While the jobs in this sector may not have the ...

Procurement involves identifying and agreeing to terms for the acquisition of goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a competitive bidding process. involving constrained decision ...

Overview: Procurement books help improve buying, negotiation, and supplier management skills.Modern procurement also includes ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

You can improve business performance by aligning the objectives of purchasing management with your business strategies. At the strategic level, purchasing decisions affect profitability and business ...

Even as more organizations recognize the value of automating processes in controlling spend, many are not investing the necessary resources to do so. A recent survey from JAGGAER found that even as 75 ...

Indulge me for a minute, while I lead a cheer for our profession. I wrote my column for the January 2021 issue of SCMR one Sunday morning after watching the first trucks full of vaccine roll out of a ...

From start to finish and everything in between, supply chain management is how business gets done At Rutgers Business School, we know supply chain management. So if you're looking to lead in logistics ...

Procurement and executive teams in the life sciences sector are facing increased pressure to adapt and optimize. Today, ensuring long-term business success requires more than just cost management — it ...

According to Brett Fultz, director of global analytics, global procurement and supply chain at Coca-Cola, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools have become indispensable in order to ...

In the following article, from 2014, I discussed an organization-related issue that limits the overall positive impact the purchasing function can have on company financials. Specifically, the article ...