{"id":2540,"date":"2008-09-19T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/09\/19\/getting-started-with-a-procurement-transformation\/"},"modified":"2021-07-16T04:13:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T08:13:22","slug":"getting-started-with-a-procurement-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/getting-started-with-a-procurement-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started With A Procurement Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that you have enjoyed the article \u201c10 Step Procurement Transformation, Part I.\u201d Part II is due to come out in about six weeks with a couple of PurchTips articles on other topics in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>In step 1 \u2013 Define the Scope of the Procurement Transformation \u2013 I asked: \u201cWhat is going to be different a year from now? 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