Technologies have, are and will change the way we live and do business. While according toKPMG (2016) one of the future scenarios of purchasing shows that this might mean the ‘death’ ofthe procurement function, less pessimistic views outline the potential that technology has to facilitate operational tasks so that purchasers can focus on their key roles and responsibilities.
Services are increasingly taking up a larger part of organisation’s purchasing expenditures [Axelsson and Wynstra, 2002; Murray and Kotabe, 1999; Van Weele, 2005]. At the same time, most of the literature in the field of purchasing and supply management has traditionally focused on goods.
Purchasing management (PM) is a not a new research field, but still relatively young compared to established scientific fields. In this chapter we investigate the question what the current scientific status of PM research is.
This study deals with creating corporate advantage in purchasing through managing intra-company co-operation between two or more business units in the area of purchasing and supply management, or, as we refer to it, purchasing synergy. It discusses how purchasing synergy can be defined and which different approaches can be used to manage purchasing synergy.
To deal with today’s high demands on the purchasing function, sourcing teams have become an increasingly popular form of organization in large corporations. Sourcing teams have been installed widely with high expectations. Success, however, is not guaranteed.
Value Creation – A New Role for Procurement! All over the world, organizations increasingly rely on procurement to deal with the impact of globalization, including supply market volatility, supply chain disruption, and rising costs of raw materials (Accenture 2011). Times could not be better for procurement to prove its worth to the business.
Invoering van Bouw Informatie Modellen (BIM) is op dit moment de belangrijkste ICT-gerelateerde ontwikkeling in de Bouw. Toepassing van BIM ondersteunt het samenwerken van betrokken partijen over de gehele levenscyclus van bouwprojecten.
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