A lot of people don’t like the military and do their best to find and pen disparaging articles on it. And that’s okay, it’s a free country. But every now and then you find an article like this one that really is quite disparaging. Army food is “cheaper than a dog’s dinner”. [...]
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Cadbury, who we know is making grandiose efforts to become synonymous with the color purple, is being hit with hard times. In addition to announcing job-cuts in the 7,500 range, it has also announced that it is planning to sell its US beverage unit (that makes Dr. Pepper, Snapple, and 7-Up) because, unlike Coca [...]
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Last week, I discussed the impact of the supplier-funded model on suppliers and overall spend coverage. What’s really interesting, though, is how the supplier-funded model actually affects customers.
Without skin in the game, customers seem less inclined to be as involved as they should be in pushing the program forward. Without any (obvious) cash outlay, there’s [...]
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SupplyManagement.com recently ran an interesting article entitled the foundation of local growth that examined how purchasers in South Africa are tackling the problems caused by the absence of a strong supply base and lack of training that provides some insights that we all can benefit from.
The article quotes Alec Erwin, the minister for public [...]
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In Part I, we defined Supply (Chain) Network Optimization as the optimization of your global distribution network to minimize costs while controlling risk to an acceptable level, discussed the various costs involved in a supply chain network, outlined some of the questions you should be asking, and outlined some of the complexities associated with Supply [...]
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During our user conference – Iasta reSource – we spent some time in break out sessions where users of different industries and disciplines could exchange best practice experiences. One that I moderated, and was very interesting, was regarding the concept of supplier communication for reverse auctions. This is an especially important topic in [...]
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I spent all of last week in the San Francisco Bay Area (and a little beyond), and besides attending the EyeForProcurement Technology for Procurement Forum, which had some really good presentations that I’ll start blogging about in about a week (playing catch up at the moment), I also met with ten different companies (with follow-up [...]
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Reading a recent white-paper by ESYNC entitled Strategic Assessments (registration required), I realized that even though I blog regularly about the different aspects of supply chain optimization, including supply chain network optimization (SCNO, or SNO, but either way us northerners will think you’re talking about the cold wet white stuff [different from The White Stuff] [...]
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Those who know me (and those who have taken the time to read the about posts) know I worked at MindFlow where Jay Reddy was CEO for most of its existence and that I had my fair share (ok, more than fair share) of quarrels with Jay Reddy, but these were almost always centered around, [...]
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From a small story on Supply Management (UK) which outlines findings from CFO Research Services:
A third of CFOs say their procurement functions are poor at producing timely and accurate information from their activities. Over half rank their performance as merely adequate in this area. The survey of 214 senior finance executives from across North [...]
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