As many of you know, the Category Managers who contribute to Supply Excellence also create a quarterly report called SupplyWatch. The Q2 issue is posted and includes detailed category breakdowns for…
Metals
Plastics, Rubber & Raw Materials
Transportation
Electronics, Electrical & IT Hardware
Paper & Packaging
Services & Capital Goods, Construction & Engineering
This quarter’s feature article is on Working Capital [...]
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I recently posted about the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement LinkedIn group member call on commodities that’ll be conducted this Friday, but wanted to provide a couple updates for those who’d like to listen or participate. Below are the details, format and experts we have lined up.
First, the 1-hour call is this Friday, April 30th at [...]
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Corrugated packaging has seen prices rising due to a host of factors, including winter weather, raw material prices and a rise in manufacturing activity.
In the recent Top 5 Categories to Source Now webinar, Kimbely Davis explained why this category is still among the most active right now, despite rising prices (full webinar replay here).
Kimberly’s four [...]
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Many companies negotiate small package programs to cover the documents in small packages, but how much consideration is given to those shipments with weights between 200 and 300 pounds.
Normally a shipper will tender those shipments directly to an LTL carrier along with other shipments. These shipments are known as minimums in the LTL industry and [...]
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Supply Watch report subscribers likely know about this (and have hopefully registered already), but the Category Management team is holding one of their Top 5 Categories to Source Now webinars tomorrow. The details:
Thursday April 1st at 11am Eastern Time (3:00 GMT)
Register here.
On the agenda tomorrow are:
Mike Petro, Lead Category Manager, North America
Loriann Andersen, Category Manager, [...]
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As many of you know, the Category Managers who contribute to Supply Excellence also create a quarterly report called SupplyWatch. The Q1 issue is up and includes detailed category breakdowns for…
Metals
Plastics, Rubber & Raw Materials
Transportation
Electronics, Electrical & IT Hardware
Paper & Packaging
Services & Capital Goods, Construction & Engineering
In addition, there is a feature article on Cutting [...]
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We’ve posted a great deal of analysis on the buyer’s market conditions that currently exist in direct and indirect spend categories. This Thursday, members of our category management team will host a webinar where they’ll identify the top sourcing opportunities and strategies for each of them. You can register for the Top 5 Categories to [...]
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