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Regular checkups are something that we are all familiar with, whether it’s taking the car into the garage for an MOT or making sure the kids are excelling at school.

Business is the same. Whichever industry you work in, you’ll be asking for updates from your team on a regular basis to make sure everything is working to its optimum. So, our question is: do you do the same when it comes to your printing?

Outsourcing your print management is undoubtedly an effective solution for businesses looking to improve the quality of their print and reduce their spending.

Knowing this is only half the battle though. If you are trying to significantly reduce the time and money you spend on your printing, you don’t just need a good print management company – you need a great one.

Sometimes, it is the smallest change that starts the landslide of innovation.

This is because innovation begins in the back offices of businesses and is driven by every person looking for new ways to improve their own professional processes.

If one of your responsibilities is sourcing printed materials, reviewing how you do this can lead to the small change your company needs to reach new heights.

With the 2018 awards season underway, we are delighted to have been shortlisted in the National Public Procurement Go Awards for our work with Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. With only one winner and potentially a highly commended award up for grabs in the GO Best Service Award for Micro and Small Businesses and Third Sector Organisations, we have pulled out the stops and gone for gold!

Since the breakthrough of the US and China getting on board with sustainability commitments, it would be difficult for businesses to ignore their own environmental impact or to not consider the sustainability of their practices going forward.

When sourcing suppliers for your supply chain, an important part of any procurement strategy is to identify suppliers have the industry expertise needed to provide the product to you on time, on budget, and to a high quality.

In order to acquire the goods, suppliers, and services that are needed for success, any business must have a solid procurement strategy in place.This procurement strategy needs to be streamlined, efficient, and cost-effective.

It’s understandable that managing suppliers can be difficult. In fact, a recent survey by DeltaBid found that 18% of procurement professionals considered managing supplier relationships to be one of their biggest challenges.

The pursuit of excellence in procurement is, in many ways, a test of commitment – commitment to continually evaluate and critique your systems to identify weaknesses make improvements.

As an industry, procurement provides plenty of opportunity for all of the above. With so many variables in play at any one time, your purchasing never stands still.

Increasingly, procurement is playing a more important role in how a business functions.

The growing focus of companies on improving return on investment (ROI) and sustainability means that procurement is a factor in more and more business departments. As such, procurement leaders are being placed under greater pressure to improve efficiency and reduce costs. The result? A greater drive for utilising innovation.