Procurement Challenges: A Solution Seminar

1-day course that focuses on the various challenges that face Public Procurement Professionals in their daily jobs.

1-day course that focuses on ways the purchaser adds value to the procurement process by enhanced processes & relations with customers and suppliers.

Adding Value to the Procurement Process VIRTUAL CLASS

This course has been converted to Virtual Delivery This workshop focuses on ways the professional purchaser adds value to the procurement process by illustrating how the purchaser can enhance both the process and relations with customers and supplier…

Publications and Research Reports

Browse NIGP's inventory of white papers, position papers, research reports, and global practices on topics relevant to the field of public procurement.

Competency Module: Relationship Management: Internal Customers & Suppliers VIRTUAL CLASS

The ongoing partnership among the procurement professional, stakeholder(s), and supplier communities is essential for the success of the entity as a whole. For Procurement, however, the ability to work strategically with critical parties through the incor…

Debriefing Suppliers and Avoiding Protests

This self-paced mini-course is presented in a pre-recorded webinar format and includes a related text excerpt, quiz, and final assessment to gauge your understanding of the content. This course will explain that by taking the time to debrief your supplier…

Global Best Practice - Stakeholder Relationships

Procurement functions in three critical areas of stakeholder engagement: 1. conducting individualprocurements, 2. participating in entity-wide activities such as budgeting and strategic planning 3. continually improving the effectiveness of Procurement…

Global Best Practice - Supplier Relationship Management

Also called vendor relationship management, supplier relationship management (SRM) is best described as a set of processes and tools that organizations can use to ensure they receive the maximum value out of their relationships with suppliers. The two mai…

Government Procurement Magazine - August/September 2018

The August/September 2018 issue of Government Procurement magazine's in-depth article "Cooperative Procurement's Evolution" focuses on the changing role of cooperative procurement. Public procurement's role within an organization becomes more strategic as…

Government Procurement Magazine - January 2019

The December 2018/January 2019 issue of Government Procurement magazine features the results of a new NIGP benchmark study about public procurement compensation and retention. This in-depth article includes a 14-year salary trend for procurement professio…

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