What Is Category Management in Procurement?
Category management organises procurement around supply markets rather than individual purchases. This guide explains how it works, what Australian frameworks require and why it matters for strategic sourcing.
What Is Spend Analysis and Why Does It Matter?
Spend analysis is the process of cleaning, classifying and examining expenditure data to understand where money goes, who it goes to and whether the organisation is getting value. This guide covers why it matters and how to do it.
What is Cost Benefit Analysis and How Do You Do It?
Cost benefit analysis (CBA) compares everything a decision will cost against everything it will deliver, expressed in monetary terms. This guide covers what CBA is, how to do it step by step, what makes one credible, and how Australian frameworks
False Economy: The Problem of Underinvestment in Contract Management Skills
While procurement receives significant attention and resources, contract management is chronically underfunded and treated as a downstream administrative task. Discover how this capability gap leads to lost value, poor record-keeping and unmonitored supplier performance, requiring organisations to recognise contract management
Value Left on the Table: Why Disconnected Procurement and Contract Management Undermine Outcomes
Procurement and contract management are two halves of a single commercial lifecycle, where upfront sourcing decisions directly dictate delivery success. Failing to integrate both phases brings repeated design flaws, risk escalation, and significant value loss. Explore why viewing them as
What is Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)?
Supplier relationship management (SRM) is the practice of segmenting suppliers by value and risk, then matching governance to each segment. This guide covers how SRM differs from contract and category management, what segmentation looks like in practice, and how it
Strategic Risk Management for Procurement and Supply Professionals
Strategic risk management workshop for procurement and supply professionals. Delivered with ISRM. Covers ISO 31000, PESTEL, scenario planning. Includes joint certificate and ISRM membership.
What is Procurement?
What is procurement? Learn how the procurement lifecycle works, from sourcing to contract management, with a focus on Australian public sector best practice.
Governance in Sustainable Procurement: An Interview with Mat Langley Part 3
Governance in Sustainable Procurement, Part 3 of 3: Sustainability and Procurement Series | Interview with Mat Langley, by AcademyGlobal Managing Director and University of New South Wales Faculty, Paul Vorbach: In the final part of the Sustainability and
The Link Between Procurement and Contract Management
Procurement and contract management are two phases of one commercial lifecycle — and value leaks wherever they are managed as separate functions. Drawing on ANAO audit evidence, this article shows how sourcing decisions shape contract outcomes and why lessons from