Presence of mind
13 September 2012
Most purchasers won’t physically make it into the boardroom, says John Matthews, so they need to focus on shaping the debate from outside
Does purchasing, as a discipline, have a seat at the boardroom table in your organisation? I thought not. Probably less than a quarter of all organisations view procurement as so fundamental to their business that they give it a seat on the board. This may not accord with your view of the importance of purchasing, and it may not be objectively true, but it’s the...