Part1 Shared Learning · In-Depth Discussion · Case Workshops

As the company continues to grow and market conditions become increasingly complex, effective cross-functional collaboration has emerged as a key determinant of overall competitiveness.

As core functions within the company’s value chain, the collaboration efficiency between the Procurement Department and the Business Department directly impacts cost control, customer satisfaction, and overall business performance.
Accordingly, the Corporate University’s School of Marketing—through the joint enrollment of the Procurement Program and the Business Program—successfully launched the course at Nanjing Quanguan on November 14–15, with a total of 40 participants from 13 companies attending the program.

Part2 Deep Exploration · Unlocking Potential

1、Enhancing Mutual Understanding

To promote a deeper understanding between procurement and business teams of each other’s roles, workflows, core objectives, and the pressures and challenges they face, fostering empathy and perspective-taking, and laying a solid foundation for effective collaboration.

2、Enhancing Communication Efficiency

To review and clarify the interaction points, communication protocols, and expected standards within key business processes—such as demand submission, order processing, supplier selection, and customer requirement response—thereby improving communication efficiency and accuracy.

3、Enhancing Collaboration Skills

To learn and master effective methods, tools, and techniques for cross-departmental communication and collaboration, and through simulations and case analyses, enhance the ability to jointly solve real-world problems.

4、Unlocking Collaborative Value

To jointly explore how procurement’s supply-side market intelligence and cost insights can be integrated with business teams’ demand-side market information and customer insights, thereby creating greater value for group-wide product cost optimization, product innovation, risk mitigation, and strategic decision-making.

5、Enhancing Mutual Understanding

To establish a regular platform for communication and collaboration, foster a strong spirit of teamwork, reinforce a customer-centric mindset with the company’s overall interests as the priority, and achieve win-win outcomes.