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

Operating in a decentralized environment presents unique challenges for businesses. With teams spread across numerous locations, maintaining consistency in operations becomes ...

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.

Wendy McMahon is a freelance writer and general tech geek who has been writing about technology for over 10 years. Follower her on Twitter at @wendymcmahon. A mess of IT procurement issues — redundant ...

Who said change is a bad thing? When it comes to supply chain purchasing, healthcare has become the picture of efficiency. A flurry of mergers and acquisitions among U.S. hospitals and health systems ...

Having ample product choice within the healthcare supply chain would seem advantageous on the surface. Yet the sheer number of options available to healthcare workers is reaching a tipping point for ...