Evocurement

Have you considered hiring the cleaning service for your office? Why did you choose to outsource this task? However, if you work in a restaurant and hotel industry, cleaning service outsource is a smart choice, isn’t it? So what is the problem here? First, in different industries, cleaning task may be important or not to your organisation’s competitive advantages. Customers choose to have dinner at your restaurant over your competitors because of the important reason which is the clean and…

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You may have known very well about performance and conformance specifications. While the former informs the supplier about the outcome/output that they must deliver, the latter tells them the technical aspects of the product: dimensions, materials, etc. But are they enough for a contractor to construct a building? Look at this design. The drawing alone can be considered as a conformance specification for the contractor. Can they send you a detailed quotation solely based on this drawing? I think they…

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As procurement professionals, we hear a lot about supply chain and supply chain mapping. But not everyone is lucky enough to see the whole supply network on a map. The following picture illustrates a single supply chain to make a Zara’s dress.