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No, this post isn’t about molecular diagnostics, feminist activists, or Toffler’s vision, but instead about Blinco System’s Global Commerce Management (GCM) solution or, more precisely, their approach to Global Commerce Management. Billed as a solution that seamlessly fills the gaps left by SAP, Oracle and other enterprise IT solutions, and allows companies to [...]
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During my last Toronto trip, I had the chance to sit down with Wayne Burgess, Head2Head’s Supply Chain practice lead and discuss Head2Head’s rather unique supply chain recruitment solution. Head2Head was founded in 2000 by two guys in a basement who thought an innovative approach was required in recruitment. Today, they have roughly 30 employees [...]
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I know this isn’t a management blog, but since the success of a sourcing team is considerably influenced by the quality of the manager running it, I don’t feel too bad about pointing out a recent article from The McKinsey Quarterly on The halo effect, and other managerial delusions. I [...]
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Hopefully after reading yesterday’s post which pointed out that only 49% of organizations have bothered to implement a supplier performance measurement and risk management program, you’ll want to do something about it. If you do, you might want to take advantage of Procuri’s well-timed webinar on Jumpstarting a Supplier Performance Management Program. Moderated [...]
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Your supply chain will be disrupted. Bet on it. You’ll win. The only two things more absolute in this world are death and taxes. I’ve told you that there is Real Risk in your supply chain. I’ve reviewed the basics of Managing Business Risk. I’ve even went so far [...]
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Procuri’s Supply Strategy #3 Webinar:
Advanced Sourcing Strategies: Expanding Sourcing Success
February 15, 2007: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm EST
Strategic sourcing provides the greatest and most direct lever for controlling costs and managing performance across the supply chain. With globalization and outsourcing on the rise and supply markets tightening, strategic sourcing has become a must-have competency for [...]
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Unfortunately, Emptoris was not among the companies I was able to meet with during my whirlwind tour of Boston, but that didn’t stop me from trying to find out why they were all so busy. Apparently, those days were filled with meetings and company events to kick off the new year.
The official report I [...]
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Next Level Purchasing’s Annual Purchasing Survey is now available. Sourcing and Procurement professionals who complete the survey will receive Strategic Sourcing Questions & Answers, a document that answers questions about the most common issues related to implementing a strategic sourcing initiative, from how to build a cross-functional sourcing team to what some of the pitfalls [...]
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Perusing the CFO Research Services site, I came across the Corporate Performance Management: How Committed Leaders Drive Results Report, consisting of conclusions papers from the CFO executive conference held earlier this year in New York, New York.
The second mini-paper in the report was Aligning the finance function to strategy execution based on a presentation by [...]
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Tim Minahan of Supply Excellence offered us a great post on How to Assess Your Net Worth back in June IF you were a purchaser in the US, leaving Canadian purchasers out in the cold. Fear not, as reported in this month’s Frasers/PMAC NewsLetter, the 2006 Purchasing b2b/PMAC Salary survey was recently released and here’s [...]
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