Knowledge Library

Influencing Tactics
What is it? Procurement managers often need to propose changes to the organisation’s procurement processes and systems in order to ...

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. ...

Introduction to Ethical Considerations
It’s very clear to me that fraud, bribery and corruption have no place in business. From your first communication with a supplier, make ...

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 ...

Introduction to Managing The Bid Process
Our suppliers are there to make sure our organisations always have the products and services needed to do what we do well. I know that ...

Introduction to Planning & Specifying Procurement
When we are deciding what to buy and when, it is called “procurement planning”. We all have a better chance of getting the result that ...

Introduction to Procurement and Supply
“Procurement is the process of acquiring goods, works and services, covering both acquisition from third parties and from in-house ...

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 ...

Introduction to Value for Money
Value for money is about the total cost to your organisation, not just the price you agree to pay for a product or service. Sometimes ...

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Key performance indicators or KPIs often feature in procurement contracts. They are used to monitor the performance of a supplier and ...

Key Performance Indicators: A Case Study Example
Key performance indicators, as their name suggests, define the core measures which determine the success of contract performance. Some ...

Leadership Styles
What is it? Leadership style is the way in which the functions of a leader are carried out and the way the leader typically behaves in ...