Risk management was the topic du jour at AMR Research’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. earlier this month. Keynoter Colin Powell set the tone by bluntly stating that, when it comes to risk, we are our own worst enemy.
The retired General and Former Secretary of State told a rapt audience of 800 supply […]
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I regret to report that I’ve recently had a number of disturbing conversations with supply management executives from around the globe. Their comments clearly indicate that, despite all the blustering of bloggers, analysts, and even CPOs, the harsh truth is that, on the whole, the supply management discipline still has a long way to go:
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Congratulations. And thank you for responding to my request to share your favorite approaches for driving supply and contract management improvements.
Supply Excellence reader input — coupled with personal meetings with supply management teams around the globe — serve as the foundation of a new electronic book:
The 100 Greatest Supply Management Tips of All Time!
Practical […]
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Concerns over finding, training, and keeping the best talent have reached an all-time high among supply management executives. On the spot to deliver continuous improvements in supply costs and performance and to contribute to corporate value in the form of improved risk management and innovation capture, supply execs report that their teams lack the skills […]
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It’s not surprising that last week’s SupplyNow podcast featuring Arizona State University Professor Joseph Carter’s take on the supply management talent crunch has generated tremendous feedback. In a spate of recent studies, supply executives rank recruiting and maintaining talent among their most pressing challenges.
I’m happy to invite Charles Dominick, Charles Dominick, president and founder of Next Level Purchasing […]
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Monday, I provided ballast for recent findings from Spend Matters that insufficient (and, at times, non-existent) supply management capabilities are putting mid-market firms at cost and operational disadvantages.
But such reports only tell part of the story. They provide an historical perspective and overlook the telling trend that mid-market firms are now hiring and investing for […]
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We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you the latest episode of the SupplyNow podcast series. Brought to you through a partnership between Supply Exellence and Spend Matters, this third episode delves into some of the hottest supply management topics:
The Talent Crunch: World-reknowned supply management guru Professor Joseph Carter of Arizona State University examines […]
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When investigating global sourcing strategies, I was surprised by the admission of a handful of supply management executives that their initiatives to source more from emerging markets was not driven by a strategic plan or analysis. Instead, these execs confessed, “This whole thing got started because our CEO heard about it from another CEO on […]
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I realize that I’ve been banging the drum loudly lately about the pending supply management talent crisis. And, at the risk of sounding too much like an Al Gore the-sky-has-a-hole-in-it sensationalist, the evidence that there is a huge fissure in the supply management talent pool continues to mount.
In recent weeks, Aberdeen Group cited recruiting and retaining top talent as the #1 challenge […]
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‘Tis the season for prognosticators to peer into their crystal balls and tell the world what they see. I tried to curb the urge to add my own two-cents on what the coming year holds for supply management. But Sourcing Innovation blogmaster Michael Lamoureux literally threw me on the bandwagon.
I’m embarassed to say he coaxed me […]
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