Knowledge Library
Sustainability: A Case Study Example
In order to achieve sustainability, it is important to embed the concept into an organisation’s procurement activities. The Forward ...
Ethical Procurement Case Studies
Two case studies are presented which demonstrate how healthcare organisations are dealing with ethical trading issues.[1] Guy’s and St ...
Why Ethical Procurement Matters Podcast
I talk to Chukwudi R. Uche, a Procurement and Supply Management Expert, who tells us more about why ethical procurement is important ...
Achieving Social Value Through Procurement
INTRODUCTION Social value is the quantification of positive public benefits and outcomes. It originates from a collection of principles ...
Sustainable Procurement
INTRODUCTION Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet ...
Sustainability Practices in Hospitals
Sustainability focuses on the triple bottom line: economic, environmental, and social factors. A meta-analysis of the healthcare sector ...
Introduction to Ethics (interview)
Welcome to Health Procurement Africa. This is where people come together to share their experience of the supply and purchase of the ...
Roles and Responsibilities in Procurement
Our procurement departments are there to make sure our organisation’s have all the products and services they need to deliver orders to ...
Stakeholder Management
A stakeholder is someone who has an interest or concern in the organisation. In procurement a stakeholder is directly or indirectly ...
Strategic Performance Objectives of Operations Management
Operations management helps to make sure that quality products and services are produced in the right quantity at minimum cost with a ...
Procurement Governance
What is it? Procurement governance refers to the rules, policies, systems, processes, structures and controls by which procurement ...
Centralised Versus Devolved Procurement
What is it? An important consideration for organisations is to decide how they should organise their procurement activities. Whether to ...