How UMass Leveraged ERM Tools to Improve Procurement

Third-party risk management in a large organization with many suppliers can be unwieldy and challenging. However, coordinating efforts with the organization’s enterprise risk management (ERM) team can generate synergies between the two functions and drive efficiency. In a recent panel during a Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics conference, Christine Packard, the assistant vice president for enterprise risk management at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), and Michael Durkin, chief procurement officer at UMass and head of the unified procurement services team, explained the benefits of their teams working together. See “Understanding and Mitigating Risk of Organizational Conflicts of Interest for Government Vendors” (Mar. 13, 2024).

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