Cost savings are a bigger concern to procurement
professionals working for UK social landlords and other public sector
organisations than quality of work as pressure on budgets intensifies. A survey
carried out by procurement company Fusion 21 found that while 39% of
respondents said quality was an “extremely important” consideration during
procurement activity, a larger proportion (47%) identified cost savings as
being the most significant. The survey results represent the views of 100
procurement professionals who work for organisations such as housing
associations and stock-owning local authorities, which collectively own more
than one million homes. Read more on Inside Housing.
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