In today's complex government contracting landscape, the role of a procurement specialist is essential to ensure that agencies acquire the necessary goods and services while adhering to regulations.

More than half of corporate meeting buyers said their company's procurement department has not recently increased its involvement in meetings management over the past two years, according to an ...

In the last 50 years, purchasing has transformed from a transactional role into one that’s more strategic, aligned with long-term business requirements. Until mid-1970, the purchasing function played ...

For decades, buyers of industrial-machinery components focused mainly on price. Today, procurement patterns are gravitating toward best value and total cost of ownership (TCO). Yet even as this ...

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute’s blog. It is being reprinted with permission. You can read the original post here.

Barbara Allen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The General Services Administration’s work to lead the overhaul of how federal agencies acquire goods and services has included much discussion around the role of artificial intelligence in that ...

Procurement was once seen as just a link in the chain of business operations. It was the process by which operators secured their products and services. While consistency was desired and affordability ...

Travel and tourism are frequently categorized as discretionary or leisure-oriented sectors, yet economic data increasingly reveal their deeper structural role in supply-chain continuity. According to ...

For many years, the role of the procurement department in creating competitive advantage was overlooked. Rarely was it considered a significant source of cost savings or a driver of organizational ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services March 11 issued guidance to state survey agency directors clarifying and reinforcing the roles and responsibilities of organ procurement organizations and ...