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It’s that time of year again where everyone gets conference fever - and the time of year where I recluse myself in the dark corners of my basement in the hopes that I can again avoid the annual malady that infects so many of us. But alas, although I’ve managed to escape the worst strains [...]
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In case you forgot, the doctor is going to remind you that he also maintains a free resource site, that is always accessible as the first link on the right-hand sidebar, that happens to include, among other things, the largest event guide for the sourcing, procurement, and supply chain space that you are going to [...]
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This is a quick reminder that the Green Purchasing Summit is close at hand. Taking place at the end of the month in Miami, Florida on the 29th and 30th of November, the conference promises to tell you about green benefits, green purchasing initiatives, becoming lean and green, greening your suppliers, and procuring [...]
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As I indicated back in March and again in August, the 5th PMAC / MeRC / ORNEC International Supply Chain Management Symposium is coming up next month in Toronto, Ontario. With keynotes from David C. Swiggum from IBM, Jim Mikell from Everest Group, Kevin Costello from Ariba, and Robert C. Johnson from Purolater as well [...]
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PMAC (Purchasing Management Association of Canada), MeRC (McMaster eBusiness Research Centre), and ORNEC (Ontario Research Network for Electronic Commerce) recently announced the keynote addresses that will be headlining the 5th Annual International Supply Chain Management Symposium that will be taking place from October 15 to 17 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - and the line-up is [...]
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In advance of the upcoming Green Purchasing Summit in November in Miami, Florida, EyeForProcurement has released their Green Purchasing Report that summarizes the results of the Green Purchasing Survey they conducted in June - July 2007. The survey, which polled 188 procurement professionals primarily across North America, Europe, and Asia across the automative, [...]
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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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Have you ever wondered …? How effective are your global trade operations? Is there a way to effectively measure its performance? How much does it contribute to the company’s bottom line? What are your [...]
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About an hour ago, the webinar by the same name, hosted by MFG.com and Aptium Global, and moderated by none other than Spend Matters own Jason Busch, wrapped up. This webinar had some fascinating insights into the current state of China sourcing, which has many people in a frenzy due to the massive VAT [...]
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John LaPorta’s (Procurement, IBM) presentation on “It’s not just about the technology: How to accelerate procurement skills and gain a real competitive advantage” was one of the best presentations at the Technology for Procurement Forum in San Francisco, put on by EyeForProcurement last month, and my favorite. In this [...]
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