If you're not continuously improving, you're standing still and will soon be passed by your competition. MyPuchasingCenter.com has published a nice article on the subject.

MRO (maintenance, repair, and operational) purchasing is a different animal. See how progressive companies go about taming it.

For those of you who have followed how the procurement function has evolved over the past decade, the article entitled "Rebrand or Remake? ICG Commerce Becomes Procurian, Introduces 'The New Procurement'" on the Spend Matters page should be of interest.