SupplyChain Magazine May 2015 | Page 16

PROCUREMENT
operating on this scale within the NHS .
Coordinated approach Murphy states the reason procurement , finance and accounting as well as employment services were aligned together was because NHS SBS believed and still believes all are part of the same ecosystem and putting them together would give it real ability as a National Health Service , taking power back from the suppliers .
“ In terms of company goals , we obviously need to remain commercially competitive to exist but really we are here to save the NHS money and to improve its services ; one of the best ways to achieve this is through effective procurement .
“ So for many organisations we operate full procurement , buying , catalogue management ,
Introduction to Tradeshift software
16 May 2015