Getting the right materials at the right time and price is incredibly important for any successful business. Material procurement affects everything from product quality to company profits. Smart ...

The procurement process is composed of symbiotic moving parts. When components don’t communicate efficiently, breaks in the supply chain occur, causing costly errors, lost time and missed ...

Stefan Pollack is president of The Pollack Group and an adjunct professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. The request for proposal (RFP) process is designed to ensure ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Guy Yehiav The ...

Most procurement professionals during challenging times would file the procurement procedure book in the round file cabinet and resort to a more “hand-to-mouth” strategy, but your procurement process ...

Procurement remains a primarily manual process, with eight in 10 requests for proposals still taking place via emails and spreadsheets, according to Globality. The enterprise artificial intelligence ...

Artificial intelligence is a hot commodity, but government agencies need to be cautious about buying it, experts say. The biggest consideration is security. “It’s a challenge. There’s no other way to ...

While the Payment Request process is appropriate for the payment of invoices for some services, and the Corporate Card is an appropriate alternatives for some purchases, this is a reminder that most ...

Humans have been fascinated with automation since the Dark Ages. The first major step toward automation in human history was the invention of the wheel, which enhanced transportation in a way that was ...

Government of Alberta departments adhere to the principles of the Procurement Accountability Framework, which reinforces fairness, transparency and integrity in the procurement process. For more ...