Kinaxis on Response Management, on its 21st Century Supply Chain blog, recently published it’s anti-trends for the down economy. Procurement practices will become more adversarial in 2009 as cash-strapped buyers try to force suppliers to accept longer payment terms (instead of adopting good supply chain finance) [...]
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February 25th, 2009 | Posted in Anti-Trends, Finance, Manufacturing, Technology
The Strategic Sourceror was first to the plate with a trio of home-run anti-trends for 2009. Strategic Sourcing Outsourcing Finally Gets a Good Rap The Sourceror notes that even though the list of anti-outsourced strategic sourcing excuses (just like the list of excuses for why we don’t need no consultants) [...]
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February 20th, 2009 | Posted in Anti-Trends, Outsourcing, Services, Technology
A week and a half ago I alerted you to Vince Kellen’s Technology Duds for 2009 which highlighted five “anti-trends” for 2009 that stand out as a brilliant counterpoint to the rose-colored predictions of the laissez-fair wannabe analysts that tend to dominate the technology landscape. After writing the post I started [...]
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February 17th, 2009 | Posted in Anti-Trends, Sourcing Innovation, Spend Analysis, Technology, sustainability