Continuing in my effort to overview the smaller specialty service firms in the sourcing and procurement space in addition to the product companies with some of the more innovative offerings, even though I wasn’t able to connect with Archstone in their San Francisco office last month, I made a point to track Bob Derocher, partner [...]
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Last October, while discussing Global Trade Data Management, I introduced you to Global Data Mining, a company that specializes in helping high-volume, high-value global trade businesses build effective trade databases for extensive trade reporting and comprehensive auditing to significantly improve their processes, reduce their error rates, and save time and money in their global trade [...]
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As a good follow up to last week’s piece on Managerial Delusions, Knowledge @ Wharton recently ran a piece titled on To Marshall Goldsmith: Thank You for Writing This Book that reviewed Marshall’s Goldsmith new book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. The article states that the power of the approach, [...]
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Before we get started, Hat Tips to Tony Poshek, The Cynical Sorcerer. Oops! And you thought it was sickening when the USDA paid farmers not to farm! Well check out this doozy: “The Agriculture Department sent $1.1 billion in farm payments to more than 170,000 dead people over a seven-year [...]
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In a call with Purchasing magazine Editor-in-Chief Paul Teague earlier this week, the discussion inevitably turned to the big issues facing purchasing and supply management executives today. Top of mind for the CPOs Teague’s been talking to: supply risk.
“The role of purchasing has transitioned to become one of risk portfolio manager,” said Teague. “Low-cost country [...]
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To follow from yesterdays post, there is this article from Supply Management in the UK. Although not nearly as comprehensive about the subject, it does have a few interesting tidbits.
“The predominant source is our own knowledge and that of our colleagues,” said Shaun Evans, supplier relationship manager at Britannia building society.
References were also said [...]
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Astute readers will have noticed a comment yesterday by one Ron Holland of FreedomFest News, regarding the creation of the Free Market Hall of Fame where members of the Freedom Movement (not clearly defined or referenced on the site) will have the opportunity to initially vote on individuals contributing most to the success and advancement [...]
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As you may have noticed, there have been some minor changes to the blog as a result of the site maintenance performed by the hosting provider last night, including the default template(s). I have been informed by a few readers that their RSS feeds have not been working today. Mine have, but if [...]
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Inquiring minds at the Aberdeen Group want to know.
The industry analyst cum new-age benchmarking firm has launched its latest investigation into how supply management organizations are aggregating, classifying, and analyzing spend data. Andrew Bartolini, head of Aberdeen’s Supply Management research practice, says the study will:
Assess major drivers for spend analysis
Examine successful strategies, and
Provide quantifiable benchmarks [...]
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Recently, Purchasing Magazine has been running a series on how procurement departments at a variety of companies organize their strategic-sourcing activities. Fellow blogger Michael Lamoureux, one of our semi-regular contributors, picked up on the second installment on Sourcing Strategy Selection over on the Sourcing Innovation blog.
Even though I find that some Purchasing articles can [...]
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