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How to grow supplier relationships effectively
Naomi Clews, of Millennial Procurement, explores why it’s so important to properly maintain supplier relationships Imagine a garden, low-maintenance and keep reading
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Cutting down waste along the supply chain
Waste is impossible to avoid when you’re procuring large amounts of products for your school – but you can, at keep reading
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What does good school estate management look like?
Drawing on a seminar at ISBL’s 2019 conference by Tim Reade, head of property advisory services at CIPFA, we discuss keep reading
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Price negotiation for SBMs
Are you an expert negotiator – or do you need a little help with your procurement processes? Here is an keep reading
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The six basics of effective procurement
Procurement isn’t rocket science, it’s not brain surgery and it’s not curing illness CREDIT: This is an edited version of keep reading
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Get procurement right – better online procurement process tips and tricks
You’ve spent months designing the perfect online procurement process; you’re clear on what you want to achieve. The only problem keep reading
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The art of negotiation
When streamlining costs it is essential to make sure you’re getting the best deal possible; here are Forbes’ six top keep reading
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‘Comparing products or services to get the best deal’ the greatest procurement challenge, say SBMs
67% of SBMs see ‘comparing products or services to get the best deal’ as the greatest challenge when it comes keep reading
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Smarter procurement part 4: attention to process, streamlining procurement
What are the pinch points faced by SBMs when it comes to procurement? How are schools and academies overcoming these keep reading
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51% of SBMs believe time is the greater challenge to procurement, survey finds
New research sheds light on procurement in schools in England and Wales, identifying some of the ‘pinch points’ that SBMs keep reading