Centralised Versus Devolved Procurement
What is it? An important consideration for organisations is to decide how they should organise their procurement activities. Whether to ...
Change Management and Implementation
What is it? Procurement managers are often required to implement changes in the organisation. This may be the creation of a new ...
Communication Skills
What is it? Communication is a core business skill for procurement practitioners. Business communication is the process of sharing ...
Conflict Management
What is it? A conflict is an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles. As procurement practitioners deal ...
Conflicts of Interest in Procurement
A conflict of interest exists when a person has multiple interests that could motivate them to think and act in ways that are, or might ...
Contract Administration
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION Once your organisation has agreed and signed a contract with a supplier of products or services, you need to ...
Contracting Strategies for Medical Equipment Procurement
There are three common contracting strategies for procuring medical equipment: purchase; lease; and managed equipment services ...
Corporate & Procurement Strategies
What is it? Strategy is the direction and scope of an organisation over the long-term which achieves advantage in a changing ...
Cost Analysis
A challenge in procurement is knowing the true cost of products and processes. This is important to your understanding of what is good ...
Cross Cultural Negotiation
What is it? Africa does not have a well-developed industry for pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and medical equipment. Healthcare ...
Definitions of Fraud, Bribery and Corruption
Procurement teams are responsible for spending significant amounts of money as a share of an organisation’s total budget. In ...
Developing Evaluation Criteria
Background Establishing evaluation criteria is an important part of many procurement processes. When developed appropriately criteria ...