Businesses choose to outsource in order to reduce operational costs and to focus on core business tasks. According to Think Progress Economy, a 2009 Strategic Outsourcing Conference poll showed that ...

Supplier quality management is a critical business practice for companies that increasingly outsource business processes to strategic partners and have increased reliance on vendor products and ...

In a recent article, we discussed contractual audit provisions that give the buyer of technology goods and services the right to verify that the supplier is meeting its commitments. In this article, ...

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - August 18, 2016) - In the medical device industry, the complexity of supplier-manufacturer relationships poses quality and compliance related risks that could be very ...

The headline of one of my previous articles, “The Most Unenviable Job in Purchasing,” sums up my negative view of a purchasing department’s strategic sourcing function. In my experience, the solitary ...

The National Auto Auction Association sent out an NAAA Update on Thursday afternoon indicating that the International Automobile Remarketers Alliance has implemented a Standardized Auction Audit ...

Ensuring timely availability of medicines has become one of the toughest challenges in pharma today. While current tariffs on US imports have spared the pharma sector for now, ripple effects across ...