How to Prevent Unauthorised Purchases

For many organisations, the purchasing processes that take place are far from ideal. There is often far too much inefficiency, such as, purchases made without proper authorisation, purchases made from non-preferred suppliers, no visibility of purchasing commitments and so on. To add to this, costs can be attributed to the wrong accounts or departments,...

Following on from Linda’s recent post, “Are you too busy to meet your Account Manager?”,  I ask the question, where exactly did the time go?

Staff in many organisations struggle to identify the most appropriate suppliers from whom to purchase the products and services they require. This often leads to ill-informed purchasing decisions being made, which in turn results in higher costs along with an increase in administrative time being spent.