NASA has developed an objective-based procurement strategy to advance its ongoing Moon to Mars initiative, according to Karla Jackson, senior procurement executive and deputy chief acquisition officer ...

If you’re a procurement leader, developing improved business strategies should involve advancing technology, increasing digital intelligence, and improving collaboration across in-house teams. Given ...

Local governments are under significant fiscal pressure due to rising inflation, deferred maintenance and infrastructure investments, staffing shortages, and constituent demands for digital services.

Imagine a strategic meeting is in progress inside your organization, focused on speeding up the market release of a product for competitive advantage. The chief procurement officer proposes an ...

Strategic business objectives are an integral part of any strategic plan. Without clear, quantifiable objectives, it's unlikely your organization's plan can succeed. In a strategic plan, objectives ...

In advance of the ANA's upcoming Advertising Financial Management Conference in Orlando, I had a wide-ranging conversation ...

A procurement function that evolves in response to macroeconomic trends is a critical linchpin in the health of any growing business. And midsize companies are taking note, leveling up their internal ...

Once treated as a secondary objective, sustainability has quickly become a central pillar of business strategy. Procurement has quietly become the most powerful lever of this shift — not by policy, ...

Your small business needs objectives -- or goals -- in order to head in the direction you want it to go. However, setting objectives and achieving them are two different matters. In order to take your ...