procurement
noun
pro·cure·ment
prə-ˈkyu̇r-mənt 
prō-
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Slow Decision-Making Outdated reports delay decisions, causing stock shortages, shipment delays and procurement blind spots.
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Viral Hirpara, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The final landing place must be consolidation of the three oversight boards into a single, new governing board with full power over decision-making and planning related to fares, schedules, administration, capital planning, investment, equipment and procurement.
—Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
There are also significant opportunities to join forces across the continent to invest in local manufacturing and joint procurement of medicines, thereby unlocking the economic opportunities in the health economy.
—Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Time, 8 May 2025
While details aren’t yet available, if earlier indications hold true this budget would essentially eliminate NOAA’s research functions for weather, slash funding for next generation satellite procurement and severely limit ocean data observations.
—Louis Uccellini, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2025
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Viral Hirpara, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The final landing place must be consolidation of the three oversight boards into a single, new governing board with full power over decision-making and planning related to fares, schedules, administration, capital planning, investment, equipment and procurement.
—Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
There are also significant opportunities to join forces across the continent to invest in local manufacturing and joint procurement of medicines, thereby unlocking the economic opportunities in the health economy.
—Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Time, 8 May 2025
While details aren’t yet available, if earlier indications hold true this budget would essentially eliminate NOAA’s research functions for weather, slash funding for next generation satellite procurement and severely limit ocean data observations.
—Louis Uccellini, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2025
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“Procurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/procurement. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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