M&A activity has left these and many of their peers with catalogs of products that sell at low volumes. This creates a lot of complexity internally and in how these companies manage supply-chain risk.

Centralizing purchasing becomes increasingly more important the larger a small business grows. Most importantly, a decentralized purchasing structure in which individual departments are responsible ...

For chief procurement officers and other procurement leaders, centralizing operations is often the preferred strategy. And it’s not difficult to see why: A centralized approach allows procurement to ...

Fifty-five drug varieties have been included in the latest round of national centralized drug procurement, according to the National Healthcare Security Administration. The administration has ...