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In the spirit of April Fools, I’m going to play a dirty trick on all of the web sites that play a dirty trick on you, by exposing the dirty little secrets they don’t want you to know about. (Why? Because I’m sick and tired of people believing the hype that only “hits” [...]
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Industry week recently ran an article on how to recession proof your business by three authors that had a rather interesting take on how you go about this. According to the article, you start by identifying the tribes that constitute your business and determining where they are in their sociological progression. If they [...]
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For those of you who haven’t noticed, Jason Busch over on Spend Matters has found a new cause - Anti-Dumping Fever. (Much better than the China Fever he had last summer and fall.) And I have to agree with him this time … but what’s really peaked my attention is how fast the [...]
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While scanning Logistics Management, an article by Jeff Berman that said a new approach for sustainable supply chains is needed caught my eye. I’m a big believer in sustainability, but I’m also a strong believer that in their effort to jump on the bandwagon, some companies, governments, and individuals are doing - to be [...]
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Earlier this month, Integrity Interactive announced the formation of a Supplier Ethics Management (SEM) Charter Group with Ryder System, Inc., H. J. Heinz Company, and bioMerieux as founding members. The goal of this initiative, as outlined in the Supply & Demand Chain Executive Article on Combining Forces to Improve Ethics and Compliance in the [...]
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I don’t care what it’s made of - there isn’t a container in existence that won’t explode if filled to a point where the internal pressure exceeds the external pressure by a sufficient amount. Remember the second law of thermodynamics - the entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to [...]
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I’m not sure what the reason for this is, maybe it’s the “Free RFP Templates” for e-Sourcing (RFPs & e-Auctions), Supplier Management, Contract Management, and Spend Analysis brought to you by Procuri & Co., maybe it’s an over-inflated sense of technical knowledge, or maybe it’s just plain stupidity - but more and more I’m hearing [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, I told you the doctor is not an analyst!. This inspired a counter-post from the one and only Jason Busch, which in turn inspired a plethora of comments, including some that argued against what the comment authors hallucinated I said (which, of course, makes for good entertainment value, so [...]
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The elephants in the room and the barney deals aren’t the only problems plaguing our industry. Dangerous myths are constantly infecting the minds of those who will listen to the fear-mongers and the melancholics. Some of these myths are fairly well known, like the myth that once prices are locked in a contract [...]
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I recently stumbled upon an article over on the European Leaders Network that was titled Leadership Crucial in Retention of Talent. Needless to say, I was a little shocked. How much more obvious can you get? Come on! I don’t know about you, but I’ve never heard anyone say “My boss [...]
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