Indirect procurement requires a different balance of disciplined processes and technology, engagement with stakeholders and diverse expertise across a range of suppliers. Overall: Within the indirect supply market there are hundreds of categories, all of which require deep knowledge to procure effectively.
Sociologists use the term social stratification to describe the system of social standing. Social stratification refers to a societyâs categorization of its people into rankings of socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, race, education, and power. You may remember the word âstratificationâ from geology class.
Once men and women are polarized, they are then ranked. Gender stratification refers to the ranking of the sexes in such a way that women are unequal in power, resources, prestige, or presumed worth. At the same time, both women and men are denied the full range of human and social possibilities. The social inequalities created by gender differentiation have far-reaching consequences for society at large (Eitzen, 2000:247).