Publications

The fifth edition of the World Class Purchasing Survey provides a detailed overview of the qualitative degree of professionalism of the purchasing function in the Netherlands. This is a co-production of Berenschot and the Computer Science Department at the University of Utrecht. The World Class Purchasing Survey is sent biannually to approx. 5,000 companies and non-profit organisations and provides an overview of the purchasing function within the Netherlands.

Overhead is a charged subject that often solicits an angry response. The conjecture is that there is too much overhead. Or in reverse, the cutbacks are too severe. But how do you determine the optimal level of overhead? And how does the overhead of your organisation compare with that of others in your sector? Heeft iemand de overhead gezien?(Has Anyone Seen Our Overhead?)is based on a seven-year research and consulting programme in which a total of 1,048 organisations participated.