{"id":2845,"date":"2010-02-19T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2010\/02\/19\/procurement-compliance-problems-try-this-time-tested-tool\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T08:00:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T12:00:34","slug":"procurement-compliance-problems-try-this-time-tested-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procurement-compliance-problems-try-this-time-tested-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement Compliance Problems?  Try This Time-Tested Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not sure why it is, but people generally hate to fill out forms. They hate it so badly, that they would rather follow a corporate policy that they don\u2019t like than fill out a form.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>An internal customer wants to buy an item from a supplier other than the contracted supplier of that item? 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