{"id":2203,"date":"2006-09-05T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2006\/09\/05\/tactical-vs-strategic-purchasing\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T03:54:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:54:19","slug":"tactical-vs-strategic-purchasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/tactical-vs-strategic-purchasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactical vs Strategic Purchasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that you have enjoyed the article \u201cTactical vs Strategic Purchasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>What I hope to accomplish with articles such as this one and \u201c10 Signs of a Modern Purchasing Department\u201d is to help purchasing managers develop a road map \u2013 a road map that they can use to transform their purchasing departments from what they are today to what they aspire to be.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I\u2019d like to see a purchasing manager say \u201cYep, we\u2019re active in strategic tasks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/leverage-the-power-of-spend-analysis\/\">spend analysis<\/a>, supplier relationship management, and development of productivity tools. 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