Business & Decision’s approach (with four fundamental principles) is to establish an efficient purchasing management system as follows:

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1. Purchasing performance management systems have four complementary levels, based on the maturity level of the organisation’s structure.
2. Data quality must be ensured by a series of steps that go beyond mere data cleaning.
3. Purchasing management projects must be supported by an appropriate structure to help buyers make the most of analyses and KPIs provided by the management system.
4. Depending on the required management level and customers’ needs, Business & Decision offers specific approaches. Usually, an iterative approach will be used to improve the purchasing function’s performance.