Organizations Using Category Management Need Fewer Procurement Employees

Published On:

November 02, 2015

Authored By:

APQC

Public Content:

APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations with category management programs have greater efficiency among procurement employees and thus need fewer full-time equivalent (FTE) procurement employees to order materials and services.

Type:

Articles

Topics:

Supply Chain Management, Procurement

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