The 7 Core Purchasing Strategies!

• Brief description of different procurement strategies

Buying Green! A Handbook on Green Public Procurement

• Handbook designed to help public authorities successfully plan and implement GPP.

Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)

• A global organisation for procurement professionals

Developing a Procurement Policy Manual

• Looks at the components of a policy manual

Examples of Procurement Compliance Checklists

• Compliance checklists reflect good practice in procurement processes by providing a set of indicators to assess adherence to the agency’s procurement rules and regulations

Five Ways to Measure Procurement Performance

• Five proven ways to measure procurement performance, along with a few tips for improving the metrics

The Four Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management

• A primer on the fundamentals of supply chain management

A Guide to Getting Started in Local Procurement

• A World Bank publication covering the four principle steps you need to follow to create a local procurement policy

Guide to Procurement Strategic Analysis

• Lists the four main components of a procurement strategic analysis

Guidance for Schools on Good Procurement Practices

• A practical guide on public procurement for school personnel and Boards of Management in primary and post-primary schools. It is intended for use as a reference document of best practice,

How to Make Your Procurement Process More Efficient

• Blog post looking at ways of improving the procurement process

Needs Analysis Guideline

• Practical guidance to public authorities on how to undertake a needs analysis and details the benefits that can be achieved and the considerations that are needed to determine a clear and justifiable procurement need

Procurement Analysis – Saving Purchasing Costs

• Procurement analysis is the analysis of what goes on in your purchasing department, are they keeping to the purchasing strategy and are inventories being kept to the optimum levels?

A Procurement Manager’s Guide to a Successful Procurement Strategy

• Short ebook providing a comprehensive guide for you to build an efficient procurement strategy

Procurement Process: A Guide to Modern Procurement

• Document from the Institute of Supply Chain Management looking at procurement

Procurement Quality Assurance: Explained and Process

• Defines and discusses quality assurance in procurement

Supplier Selection

• Explore why supplier selection is a fundamental part of the procurement process

What Is a Supply Chain? (With Definition and Example)

• Explains what a supply chain is and outlines the different types of supply chain that are commonly used