Procurement literature is filled with helpful tips on generating reports to convince C-level executives of the relevance of procurement. Whilst it’s important to feel relevant, a more critical use of this information is to ensure that your procurement team can see that it’s making progress toward some clearly defined objectives.
Savings is of course the big […]
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 A recent study at Harvard Business School identifies 5 leadership behaviours that are correlated with increased motivation, creativity and performance of team members. There’s nothing ground-breaking or even surprising in the results, but it serves as a useful validation of the importance of day-to-day management activities.
“The team leader’s behavior is critical. I found that there […]
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AMR’s Supply Chain Executive Conference last month gave me the opportunity to reconnect with my old pal, Julie Murphree, founder and editorial advisor at Supply and Demand Chain Executive. While AMR’s theme of environmentally and socially sustainable supply management practices renewed my focus on these issues, Julie had been embracing the “do better by doing good” mantra […]
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There must be something in the mental ether. On Friday, I penned a post examining how supply management could add value through alternative payment management practices. I was set to post it today (under the title, “Brother Should You Spare a Dime?”) when I came across a rant from my friend and Spend Matters master Jason […]
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