Over the past 25 years, the role of procurement within companies
has changed dramatically from that of simply buying goods and
services to overseeing an integrated set of management functions.
Procurement has crept into every aspect of management, from
category management to managing supplier relationships, contracts
and payments, and strategy. As companies look beyond short-term
costs and the scope of procurement-related issues has grown,
procurement professionals are paying more attention not just to
what they spend on goods and services...