In a recent survey carried out by Supply Management 61% of the respondents were not against the idea of sourcing from Ebay.
The benefits listed were:
• Speed of Service
• Diversity of product
• Good market research capability
I can just visualise the Corporate Head of Purchasing waiting until just before 8pm with 30 seconds to go to place a killer bid […]
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If you’re curious to examine China sourcing and global trade issues from a wholesale/distributer perspective, I’d strongly recommend checking out Adam Fein’s blog on the subject. Adam runs a boutique consultancy that focuses downstream of much of the…
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In the industry analyst world, there’s not enough good research and opinion that straddles the technology and business line. AMR Research is probably the best at this, in my opinion, but there needs to be more. Given this, you can guess that I was pl…
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Tomes have been written on how technology has streamlined and improved existing supply management processes — from ordering paper clips via a Web-based catalog to sourcing complex assemblies via highly competitive online negotiation methods with suppliers from all corners of the globe.
Yet, little ink has been shed on the real value technology will bring to […]
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A couple of weeks back, Embedded Computing published a fascinating article that examined
how the lean practices of a player at the top of a supply chain can spell disaster for those under it. In this case the sector in discussion was the contract m…
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As a follow up to my recent post on Good People First, Good Systems Second, I’m going to highlight a recent article in Supply and Demand Chain Executive: e-Sourcing Tools - Means to an End. This article points out that in addition to good people, you also need effective process definitions and process integration […]
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In our last post, we covered the issues surrounding working hours, corresponding to section G of the report. In today’s post, we cover section H of The John Lewis Partnership’s Responsible Sourcing Supplier Workbook which covers equality of treatment. All workers should be paid the same for the same job and have access […]
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Continuing with the impromptu delusions theme, that started with Managerial Delusions two weeks ago and continued with What Got You Here Won’t Get You There last week, this week we discuss another recent article from Knowledge @ Wharton, The Impact of Good Governance on International Investing: The ‘Home Bias’ Effect and Other Issues. […]
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The European Leaders Network recently ran an interesting article entitled The Key Trends in Sourcing Impacting Procurement Today that summarized the key trends in the Sourcing Industry for 2007/8. According to the author, the following market trends are currently impacting the way procurement professionals source goods and services. Increased […]
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Green Purchasing or Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) refers to the procurement of products and services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. Global warming is an (essentially) indisputable fact*. Although one can dispute how bad […]
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