Guides, stories and practical advice for procurement teams, published regularly.
Maha e-procurement is how the Government of Maharashtra runs state tenders online. A plain guide to who bids, registration, DSC, benefits and challenges.
ReadA practical framework for choosing the right invoicing solution: compare generators, apps, accounting suites and AP platforms by needs, cost and scale.
ReadWhat SCM means, the five SCOR processes, how it differs from logistics and procurement, who does it, software categories and a plain-English glossary.
ReadSupplier failures arrive with warnings nobody watched for. A type-by-type guide to supplier risk, the early signals you can observe, and how to respond.
ReadA buyer-side guide to procurement tenders: when to tender rather than quote or call off a framework, how to plan the timetable, run a fair panel and close the award.
ReadHow Indian Oil runs e-procurement: who bids, vendor registration and prequalification, tender types, bid submission and evaluation, and what scale demands.
ReadRFQ means request for quotation. A plain-language guide to the meaning of RFQ in procurement, with a definition, worked example, process and benefits.
ReadLearn what an invoice application is, the desktop, web and mobile types, core features, and how to create, send, track and reconcile invoices end to end.
ReadA pillar guide to supply chain management: what it is, its core processes and flows, objectives, SCM vs logistics vs procurement, KPIs and best practices.
ReadA practical guide to building a supplier risk programme: ownership, register, assessment cycle, risk appetite, mitigation plans, continuity testing and reporting.
ReadA purchase order authorises a purchase before supply; an invoice requests payment after it. Learn how the two documents differ, how the PO number ties them together, and what to do when they disagree.
ReadWho eProcurement Technologies Limited is, what e-tendering and e-auction service providers do, how buyers use them, and how a modern in-house platform compares.
ReadO2C and P2P are the same trade seen from two ends. A stage-by-stage guide to both cycles, how they connect, their KPIs, bottlenecks and how automation compresses them.
ReadWhat an invoice bill is, how it differs from a receipt and a statement, its core elements, the billing cycle and how buyers handle a supplier bill.
ReadA complete guide to vendor invoice management: the AP lifecycle, three-way matching, common problems, manual vs automated processing, KPIs and procurement.
ReadSupplier websites serve two purposes: finding candidates and judging them. Here is how to search the right categories of site, read a company's own pages for evidence, and build a defensible shortlist.
ReadIssuing a PO is the easy part. A practical guide to managing orders after issue: acknowledgements, expediting, partial deliveries, amendments, variances, ageing and closure.
ReadWhich services e-tendering and e-auction providers actually sell, who each one suits, service bureau versus your own platform, and the alternatives.
ReadThe procure-to-pay cycle in SAP, mapped stage by stage: requisition, purchase order, goods receipt, invoice verification and payment, with KPIs and fixes.
ReadFour fully worked invoice examples to recreate in Word: freelance, product, hourly and recurring, each annotated field by field.
ReadWalk through each supply chain process (plan, source, make, deliver, return) and the three flows of goods, information and finance, and how they connect.
ReadSourcing decisions set your lead times, inventory and exposure to disruption. A supply chain view of footprint choices and the trade-offs behind each one.
ReadWhat a purchase order procedure document should contain: scope, exclusions, mandatory PO rules, approval thresholds, no PO no pay and record retention.
ReadThe anatomy of an e-procurement tender, from notice and document pack to submission, corrigenda, evaluation and award publication.
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