Today’s post is from a contributor, who’s a buyer and not a cutter, who wishes to remain anonymous.The Canadian medical and healthcare landscape is a patchwork of publicly funded services (which, for the most part, operate as a legal monopoly) and privately funded services. With some exceptions, the traditional, physician-based, services are generally provided […]
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Today I’d like to thank Dave Stephens of Coupa for letting me re-post his thoughts on efficiency vs. cost in health-care providers. Coupa has been working with a number of healthcare organizations lately, and so we thought we’d share some of the e-procurement challenges that we see as unique to that industry.We’ll start with […]
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Having trouble getting approval for that brand new e-Sourcing system you want to buy? Even though you know the return is there, if your CFO has not yet seen the light, then you’ll need to start small and get some quick wins. How do you do that? Eric Strovink of BIQ has […]
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Today I’d like to welcome Don Dougherty, a Partner with SupplyStaff and Denali Consulting.In today’s global economy, hiring and retaining top talent is a driving concern of corporate and human capital management professionals. Escalating retirement rates are looming, fewer resources are entering the job market than in previous generations, and required skills sets are […]
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Today I’d like to welcome Charles Dominick of Next Level Purchasing with his post on Procurement Transformation.Procurement transformation. It’s a buzzphrase. It’s a goal. And it’s a reality for some organizations.But what does it take? What are the necessary ingredients to take a purchasing and supply management department from a state […]
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Today I’d like to welcome Jon Hansen of Procurement Insights.In 2006 CPO Agenda’s London-based editor chaired a panel discussion asking the question “are there any limits to procurement’s role?” The panel which included senior procurement personnel from organizations such as Nestle, Danone, British Airways and Merrill Lynch provided some interesting insights into the prevailing […]
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Today I’d like to welcome Dick Locke from Global Procurement Group.Thank you to the doctor for the opportunity to contribute. Here are my thoughts from the perspective of someone involved in the training aspects of globalizing supply management.I’m optimistic overall. The caliber of people attending my seminars has improved, and the caliber of commentary […]
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Today I’m pleased to welcome John Martin of IQ Navigator and Building SaaS.Sustainability and social responsibility aren’t often associated with services purchasing, as most people tend to think of social responsibility in conjunction with the performance of manufacturing and resource extraction in lower-impact and more-sustainable ways. However, especially with the recent trend toward low-cost-country […]
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Today I’d like to welcome Paul Martyn of Track Management Group with his thoughts on the sustainability debate. Friedrich Nietzsche loves sustainability. I feel safe in saying this because sustainability is inline with Nietzsche’s philosophy of perspectivism. Not to bore you to death, but, according to Wikipedia, the basic idea of perspectivism “is […]
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Today I’m welcoming Jason Rushin of Nextance who is focussing on the importance of sustainability throughout the ecosystem.What is sustainability? As the doctor mentioned in the kickoff post for this series, there are many definitions. But, I like the UN’s view that it is the intersection of social, environmental, and economic concerns. […]
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