Best of PurchTips 2016
PurchTips edition #365
What Procurement Ideas Did You Implement This Year?
As we come to the close of the year, now is the perfect time to review the past 12 months and the improvements & changes you’ve made. It’s also never too early to start thinking about what impact you want to make next year! PurchTips is designed to provide you with procurement ideas that you can implement to make a real difference. If you didn’t implement all of our procurement ideas in 2016, here are links to our top seven editions of PurchTips from the past year to help you plan for 2017:
- Rating A Buyer’s Negotiation Effectiveness
- Supplier Identification Lessons Learned
- Buyers Beware of Auto-Renewing Contracts!
- Supplier Discrimination: Are You Guilty?
- The Vendor Onboarding Process, Simplified
- A 12-Point Procurement Policy Checklist
- A Sole Source Supplier Negotiation Strategy
The entire NLPA team would like to wish you a Happy New Year! We look forward to continuing to help you prove your procurement value in 2017! Please contact us if we can provide the training, certification, or other educational resources to help you succeed.
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