As the subject of last week’s Sunday Independent ‘Company Focus’, SourceDogg was profiled as ‘a unique procurement solution for businesses in both the SME and the large corporate sectors’ that’s fast making a global sales footprint in a number of industries.
Continue readingWe practise the procurement we preach
Here at SourceDogg HQ we use our software to seek best value on goods and services as we implement best practice procurement. You could say it comes naturally.
Continue readingTransparent procurement: exclusively a public sector concern?
The short answer is ‘no’. Transparent procurement makes business sense for all firms, irrespective of sector or size.
Continue readingWelcome to the boardroom: the emergence of procurement as a strategic function
The value-adding potential of procurement is now widely recognised. It was not always so. In previous times, procurement occupied a peripheral position within most organisations.
Continue readingWhat is spend analysis?
The concept of spend analysis is fundamental to procurement. But what does it mean in practice?
Continue readingWhat is indirect spend?
‘Indirect spend’ is expenditure not immediately related to production, as opposed to ‘direct spend’ which covers materials directly involved in product development.
Continue readingSourcing goods and services: should bottom price be top priority?
As highlighted this week in an RTÉ News article on the awarding of Irish public sector contracts, procurement can play a powerful role in supporting the domestic economy.
Continue readingSourceDogg at ProcureTECH
A few snaps of a very successful couple of days for SourceDogg partner ADR Australia at the ProcureTECH conference in Sydney on 26 and 27 March.
Continue readingProcurement as boardroom strategy: free white paper
The value-adding potential of procurement is now widely recognised. It was not always so. In previous times procurement occupied a peripheral position within most organisations. It was viewed in operational or tactical terms, but rarely as a strategic, value-adding activity. Trends in global business, industry, organisational management, and business education have all contributed to a new perspective.
Continue readingMarket research: crucial preparation for buyers and suppliers
Finding out what the market can provide is essential to the role of a procurer. Indeed, the term ‘reverse marketing’ has been used to capture the role of procurers in proactively identifying who can offer them what in the marketplace.
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