CHAPTER 7: MARKET TEST
Project definition and project strategy
This book tackles the subject of buying and integrating advanced technology, highlighting that it is within the integration task that so many problems can occur. As this is not a procurement textbook as such, we do not comment on the question of procurement positioning within an organisation, nor strategic versus tactical purchasing. However, the point is validly made that the earlier ‘procurement’ is involved in a sourcing process, the greater the value-add and the more effective will be supply-risk-reduction efforts to an incipient project. Where ‘procurement’ is simply seen as a tactical ‘supply’ function, or an unwelcome administrative task and/or regulatory demand that must be ...
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