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How supply buying actually works.

Short pieces on pricing, approval and ordering — the parts of procurement nobody is given time to learn.

Unit price is the wrong number

The cheapest box is regularly not the cheapest delivery. Why supply buying rewards whoever compares the total (price + shipping), and why almost nobody does.

9 September 2026Read

Trust3 min

What “approved” should mean

Plenty of marketplaces say their vendors are vetted. Far fewer will tell you what was checked, by whom, and what happens when it lapses.

2 September 2026Read

Ordering3 min

One order, four shipments

Buying from several vendors at once used to mean several carts, several checkouts and several invoices. It does not have to.

26 August 2026Read