Procurement Governance and Strategic Sourcing

This week’s topics

Procurement Governance and Strategic Sourcing

1. Ethical and sustainable procurement policies
2. Regulatory compliance
3. End-to-end sourcing process models
4. Category management strategies
5. #25 Sustainability in Supply Management | Part 1 | Strategic Sourcing
6. #8 Purchasing & Supply Process | Part 1 | Strategic Sourcing

What you will be able to do

• 1.2 Explain the main aspects of sourcing processes.
• 1.3 Analyse the impact of organisational policies and procedures on procurement.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the main aspects of sourcing processes.

Study materials

Videos

• Strategic Sourcing in Supply Chain: Elevating Procurement for Business Success · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 50 min · for registered students
• Sustainable public procurement in the midst of the climate crisis · YouTube · OECD · 20 min · for registered students

Further resources

• The Sourcing Playbook (UK Government Commercial Function) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 78 pages · for registered students
• Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement, 2nd ed. (UN Global Compact & BSR, 2015) · PDF · Un, guidance; 76 pages · for registered students
• Procurement in the Supply Chain World, ch.: Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainability · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 125–132 · for registered students