A month or so ago, AMR Research released their Supply Chain Management Applications Report 2005-2010. Considered one of the cornerstone reports of the space (with a price tag to match), it’s always worth a read – if you can afford it.
If you can not afford it, you can settle for the highlights, which SupplyChainBrain [...]
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Recently, I asked my friend, Eric Strovink, to help out with a series devoted to Spend Analysis/Visibility. This week we will be putting out a group posts which will educate and illuminate readers on a nuances of this type of technology. Truth be told, Eric did most of the writing and I am [...]
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Last week, I highlighted some of IACCM’s recommendations for defining contracting principles. In this post, IACCM President and CEO reveals additional excerpts from IACCM conference calls on this issue. (A reminder, the full audio transcript of these discussions is available in IACCM’s member library.)
It seems like all the discussion is about the development of the [...]
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As you know, at least once a month, I like to talk about green – green suppliers, green strategies, green best practices, and any other green you can think of that benefits your business as well as the environment. And I’m not alone. This also appears to be a favorite topic of David Bush’s over [...]
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This week, a number of bloggers responded to my suggestion and offered up some great posts on closing the talent gap. Tim wrote a great post on Attracting Great Talent the Jack Welch Way, Doug reminded us of Five Leadership Behaviors Correlated to Performance, Matthew responded to my post with his own on Procurement Succession [...]
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Earlier in the year, Tim and Jason had the great supply management vs spend management debate where they tried to promote the value of the relative terms and why one should win out over the other. This prompted a number of bloggers to try and determine the best term for our space based on public [...]
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Matthew Grant of Purchase Realm had a great idea yesterday on how to take the talent series even further – by asking former and current buyers to write guest blog entries on A Day in the Life of a Buyer, which he is willing to guest post (anonymously if you prefer) on his blog!
I [...]
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 A recent study at Harvard Business School identifies 5 leadership behaviours that are correlated with increased motivation, creativity and performance of team members. There’s nothing ground-breaking or even surprising in the results, but it serves as a useful validation of the importance of day-to-day management activities.
“The team leader’s behavior is critical. I found that there [...]
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In a previous post, IACCM, the leading industry association for contract management professionals and research, triggered a debate on the need for companies to have a common set of contracting principles or “rules of engagement” as well as how to define these. IACCM President and CEO Tim Cummins hosted two conference calls on the subject, [...]
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According to Aberdeen interviews, the reasons for the prominence of optimization in the use of sourcing are:
Price inflation of key commodities such as energy, base metals, resins and other raw materials that suppliers procure. Optimization can help an enterprise understand a supplier’s economics, cost structures and analyze the increase in the amount of data [...]
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