Whilst it may have come as no surprise Vietnam has emerged as the new LCCS for manufacturing over China. United Arab Emirates is the new location for the service sector over India.
A new emerging-market index launched by PWC last week looks at “reward†factors with LCCS decisions including factors like production costs, size of market, […]
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There was an interesting article last month in SDCExec regarding the profile of your Average Joe CPO. This was a study that CAPS developed and had some interesting facts within.
According to the study, the CPO community is predominately male (87 percent) and the average age is 49 years old. Total annual compensation is $366,000 […]
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Purchasing Magazine has just released its second annual series of podcasts which are now available. Of the featured speakers included are:
Rick Jacobs, vice president, supply chain management at Eaton Corp
Greg Shoemaker, vice president of procurement and procurement services at Hewlett-Packard
Gregg Brandyberry, vice president of global procurement systems and operations at GlaxoSmithKline
Brad Holcomb, senior vice […]
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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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I went through the Aberdeen research library last week and found an older study on Contract Management in the Mid-Market which had some interesting findings. At the high level, Aberdeen states:
Mid-sized companies tend to lag in terms of technology adoption; with regards to contract management this is certainly the case. Aberdeen research found that […]
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Aberdeen just released its report on Supplier Enablement, Connecting with Suppliers to Build Lasting Relationships which found that supplier enablement continues to be one of the top three challenges for procurement professionals looking to transform their procurement organizations, gain better visibility into their supplier enablement processes and supplier relationships, and increase spend under management. […]
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Reprinting from Spend Matters comments, which was pointing out a comment I made about Aberdeen, last week:
Well, did one of those emails announce any analyst/coverage changes? Vance got smart and escaped out of here — Aberdeen’s going to be a non-player in Supply Management. So you can just remove yourself from their email list. Don’t […]
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Reprinting from Spend Matters comments, which was pointing out a comment I made about Aberdeen, last week:
Well, did one of those emails announce any analyst/coverage changes? Vance got smart and escaped out of here — Aberdeen’s going to be a non-player in Supply Management. So you can just remove yourself from their email list. Don’t […]
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CAPS Research has published a new report, which is available on the ISM website, titled Succeeding in A Dynamic World. The mission of the study is described as,
forces and changes will cause CEOs to ask supply management leaders to take on a broader, more strategic mission, to be evaluated on a more comprehensive set […]
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CAPS Research has published a new report, which is available on the ISM website, titled Succeeding in A Dynamic World. The mission of the study is described as,
forces and changes will cause CEOs to ask supply management leaders to take on a broader, more strategic mission, to be evaluated on a more comprehensive set […]
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