{"id":2179,"date":"2006-07-25T19:49:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-25T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2006\/07\/25\/an-it-purchasing-breakthrough\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T06:21:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:21:05","slug":"an-it-purchasing-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/an-it-purchasing-breakthrough\/","title":{"rendered":"An IT Purchasing Breakthrough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The president of our IT vendor passed along an article that mentioned a new IT purchasing standard that has been developed by General Motors and Carnegie Mellon University. Reading the article, left me a little curious: could a purchasing standard written from an IT point of view really achieve adoption among purchasing professionals?<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>I would love to read the standard, but\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 180%\">IT IS FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN PAGES LONG!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I did some searching in the standard, and it did surprisingly seem to address things that are near and dear to purchasing\u2019s heart like procurement negotiation and supplier performance issues. Hmmm\u2026<\/p>\n<p>If you have more time than I, you can read the report here.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to hear a purchasing person\u2019s opinion on this thing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/animal-friendly-purchasing-spreads-like-wildfire\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnimal-Friendly Purchasing Spreads Like Wildfire In The Food Industry; Which Industry Is Next?\u201d (Edit)\">Animal-Friendly Purchasing Spreads Like Wildfire In The Food Industry; Which Industry Is Next?<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/announcing-15-rules-for-ethical-supplier-interaction-a-new-online-course-from-next-level-purchasing\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnnouncing \u201c15 Rules For Ethical Supplier Interaction\u201d \u2013 A New Online Course From Next Level Purchasing!\u201d (Edit)\">Announcing \u201c15 Rules For Ethical Supplier Interaction\u201d \u2013 A New Online Course From Next Level Purchasing!<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/announcing-supply-market-intelligence-101\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnnouncing \u201cSupply Market Intelligence 101!\u201d\u201d (Edit)\">Announcing \u201cSupply Market Intelligence 101!\u201d<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/announcing-a-purchasing-association-thats-new-exciting-free\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnnouncing A Purchasing Association That\u2019s New, Exciting, &amp; FREE\u201d (Edit)\">Announcing A Purchasing Association That\u2019s New, Exciting, &amp; FREE<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/annual-reposting-purchasing-is-not-the-island-of-misfit-toys\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnnual Reposting:  Purchasing Is NOT The Island Of Misfit Toys\u201d (Edit)\">Annual Reposting: Purchasing Is NOT The Island Of Misfit Toys<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of our IT vendor passed along an article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An IT Purchasing Breakthrough? 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