You're possibly thinking that Procurement and all that it demands, is for large organisations (think NHS) spending millions of pounds on thousands of suppliers. You'd be right to think that of course but there inevitably comes a point within every business whereby they need to start thinking about their procurement strategy and the processes involved. You all agree then, that procuring your essential areas of spends, in the right way, is serious. But should you employ someone to manage the purchasing of products and services etc. or outsource? We've compiled a basic purchasing strategy to compare creating a roll v outsourcing your essential business spending needs.