Value Based Procurement
Over recent years, healthcare stakeholders have begun to address the challenges of unacceptable patient outcomes, unsustainable cost ...
PPE Supply During the Covid-19 Pandemic [1]
INTRODUCTION Personal protective equipment (PPE) protects the wearer against health or safety risks at work. In health and social care, ...
Triple Bottom Line and Sustainability
The decisions you take when you buy products and services can have an impact outside your organisation. Communities and the environment ...
Lotting Strategy
INTRODUCTION Public procurement authorities are obliged to consider whether requirements are to be acquired by using one contract or by ...
Procurement Value for Money
Value for money (VFM) is the optimum balance between the cost of a procurement (input) and the value achieved (output). The following ...
E-Procurement Systems
INTRODUCTION E-procurement is the combined use of electronic information and communications technology in order to enhance the links ...
Pharmaceuticals Pricing
Medicines account for 20-60% of health spending in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), compared with 18% in countries of the ...
Sourcing Strategies
Strategic sourcing is a systematic, long term and holistic approach to acquiring the current and future needs of an organisation. It ...
Introduction to Sourcing
In this podcast we are providing an overview and an introduction to the sourcing process, and how vital it is to your business. Mo is ...
The Benefits of Category Management
Lucy Mason, Strategic Procurement Manager for the Department of Health and Social Care in the UK, talks us through the benefits of ...
Introduction to Category Management
An organisation may spend a substantial part of its budget to fund the acquisition of supplies, IT services, equipment and transport. ...
Supply markets and competition [Porter’s 5 Forces & Market Knowledge]
Supply markets and competition [Porter’s 5 Forces & Market Knowledge] When you are buying products and services on behalf of your ...