Lourdes Slater gave a webinar to the members of Buying Legal Council on ways to improve the legal procurement process. Specifically, she discussed the different types of DOWNTIME (waste) present in procurement and which Lean tools can be used by buying professionals in order to:
1- take costs out of the supply chain;
2- minimize contract modifications (or T&C excursions);
3- benchmark and cost model; and
4- achieve “win-win”
A power point presentation is available here:
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