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Direct and Indirect Procurement: Key Differences and How Buyers Use Them

Direct and indirect procurement explained for buyers. Learn the key differences, examples, sourcing tactics, spend analysis connection, and why the distinction matters in procurement.

Third-Party Witnessing and Factory Acceptance Test in Procurement

Third-party witnessing and Factory Acceptance Tests help buyers verify equipment before shipment. Learn how FAT supports RFQs, supplier delivery, risk control, and shipment release decisions.

How Professional Buyers Can Use ChatGPT in Procurement in 2026

Learn how buyers can use ChatGPT in procurement for RFQs, supplier research, negotiation preparation, contract support, and supplier management — with practical governance and risk guidance.

Google Alerts for Procurement: Know Your Suppliers and Stay Informed About Your Market

Learn how Tactical buyers and Category Managers can use Google Alerts to monitor suppliers, markets, risks, and sourcing opportunities in procurement.

Social Sustainability in Procurement: How Buyers Can Move Beyond Audits and Create Real Change

Learn how procurement can support social sustainability by moving beyond audits, managing supplier risks, creating manoeuvring space, and embedding social criteria into the procurement process.

Make or Buy Decision in Procurement: How Buyers Support Strategic Business Choices

Learn how procurement supports make or buy decisions through strategy, risk assessment, supplier market analysis, TCO, and senior buyer judgment.

Liquidated Damages in Procurement: Remedies, Risk and Contract Clauses

Learn what liquidated damages mean in procurement, how they relate to remedies, supplier delay, risk mitigation and contract management.

Spend Under Management vs Addressable Spend: What Procurement Must Understand Before Reporting Savings

Understand the difference between spend, addressable spend, spend under management and spend under contract. Learn why procurement must define these terms before reporting savings, category opportunities or procurement influence.

Business Contingency Planning in Procurement: How Buyers Reduce Supplier Disruption Risk

Business Contingency Planning in procurement helps buyers reduce supplier disruption risk. Learn how BCP connects to RFQ, supplier qualification, contracts, supplier management and procurement policy.

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Procurement Operating Model: The Missing Link Between Procurement Strategy, Policy and Daily Buying Work

A procurement operating model explains how procurement works in practice. Learn how it connects strategy, policy, roles, processes, governance, systems and supplier management — and why it should come before changing the...