Corporate Procurement
Across many entities, public, corporate, non-profits etc. the procurement function is treated more a sub-division of other sections or departments, such as finance, stores or administration. While there is close relationship between these and procurement, de-emphasising procurement continues to lead many entities to unaccounted for expenditure, disappearance of some inventory in stores, escalating costs, and to a great extend cronyism in the conduct of business. This is problematic!