Regular readers of Spend Matters who take the time to check out the comments on a regular basis will know that of all the idiosyncratic irregulars who allow themselves to be drawn into dizzying, debaucherous, delirious debates, the wisdom and wit of the SpendFool is second to none. In an effort to insure that you [...]
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The historically quiet week between Christmas and New Years has turned out not to be so quiet from a supply risk perspective. And that’s because the recent earthquake around Taiwan has proven to the world how vulnerable our voice and data network infrastructure is to disasters — natural and otherwise. A long-time colleague and business [...]
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Supply management may finally be getting its due. Not only is the function being recognized as a strategic corporate initiative, but supply managers are also getting pay hikes.
Results of Purchasing Magazine’s 26th annual salary survey show average compensation for the supply management field rising to $83,205, a 6% boost over last year. (Read Purchasing’s synopsis [...]
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Over on Supply and Demand Chain Executive you can find Ben Trowbridge’s predictions on the state of outsourcing for 2007. Given that Trowbridge runs the offshore advisory specialist Alsbridge, you can bet that he would have quite a lot to say on the subject. And that he does. But while most of his predictions are [...]
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Michael Lamoureux’s blog Sourcing Innovation has had a number of very creative and detailed posts lately that are good reading. Last week, he had a very “innovative” take on the 12 days of Christmas which is one of the better series of posts I have seen in the blogosphere. I recommend reading it [...]
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Most readers of Spend Matters who do not know me personally — or professionally, for that matter — would probably think I’m more of a process and strategy person than a technology one. But I must confess, ever since I starting programming in Basic when I could barely propel the pedals and training wheels on [...]
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This morning, I’d like to again welcome Jim Lawton to Spend Matters. Jim is vice president and general manager at Open Ratings, a D&B company with a range of supply risk management solutions for automotive, aerospace and industrial manufacturers.
In my view, New Year’s resolutions often seem destined to fail from the start. Consider how [...]
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Lean Sourcing is important, and I am quite pleased to see that the blogs are not the only medium extolling its virtues. Recently, the IACCM, Supply & Demand Chain Executive, and Industry Week have tackled lean and its impacts on the supply chain.
According to Supply and Demand Chain Executive, lean within your four walls [...]
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While the Bush Administration and civil rights groups debate the balance between national security and racial screening, one type of profiling that is without controversy is category segmentation. In fact, it’s encouraged by everyone — except maybe commodity suppliers in a highly competitive marketplace.
I came across a compelling framework on the Strategic Sourcing Europe blog [...]
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Looking back, it would appear that this is one topic that I have not really tackled yet. Back in week one, I made an initial post on Contract Management, but although I have mentioned the importance of good contract management in a number of posts here and over in my summer series on eSourcing Forum, [...]
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