Even though the analysts (Aberdeen and AMR) and vendors (Andy Monin and Greg Holt) are still recovering from ISM and other conferences, Tim Minahan and Vinnie Mirchandani are still globe-trotting, and Jason Busch is still catching up on ISM posts, I’m going to do an initial wrap-up. When more posts hit, I’ll update this […]
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Today I’m thrilled to bring you a guest post from The Blogging Thunder From Down Under. It’s been a while since the MacQuarie Bank let him out of the vault, so I hope you enjoy Doug Hudgeon’s guest post - as it might be a while before they let him out of the […]
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Chris Jacob Abraham of @ Supply Chain Management posted his forward piece on Supply Chain Management 2.0 in anticipation of his pieces on the top three issues in Supply Chain Management and gave us his first post on supply chain talent.
Randy Littleson of Kinaxis on Response Management posted his piece on strategy, strategy, […]
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More posts hit the blogsphere yesterday. David Bush of eSourcing Forum posted his contribution on Adoption, Adoption, Adoption and Jean-Philippe Massin of Strategic Sourcing Europe posted his entry on Enabling Live Spend-Analysis, Sourcing Best-in-Class Supplier, and Managing Change and Cultures.
And now that the week is half over, I expect a few other bloggers […]
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Dave Stephens was the first of the well-known sourcing samurai to enter the ring this week with his post The Three C’s - Cost, Complexity, and Compartmentalization. Makes one even more anxious to see what the other regulars, or should I say irregulars, of the sourcing space have to offer. Guess I’ll have […]
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As I indicated in a recent post, I have lined up a number of leading bloggers to bring you their top three. In anticipation of the great posts to come, here is a partial list of bloggers lined up for next week, in addition to the sourcing and procurement regulars (and possibly a few […]
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Today I’m thrilled to bring you a guest post from Doug Smock, editorial director of GlobalCPO.com and co-author of On-Demand Supply Management and Straight to the Bottom Line.
First I’d like to thank Michael for the invitation to participate in the blogathan. I’ve spent most of the last three years since I left Purchasing magazine writing […]
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As indicated in my last post, here is Kevin Brooks contribution to the Top Three. He takes a different spin, focussed on internal communication, but it is valuable insight nonetheless.
3 Ways To Get Buy-In
As a marketing guy, you’re required to be something of a corporate voyeur in
order to put your finger on the […]
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Never give a blogger two weeks if you want some of them to post in one week. Being perfectionists, they’ll all wait until the second week given the choice. Considering I have commitments from about twenty bloggers, I was hoping that the two week window combined with the law of averages would result […]
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With at least eighteen confirmed bloggers and guest bloggers, the big question was, who will go first? Well, I’m happy to report that Lisa Reisman, Managing Director of Aptium Global Inc, has volunteered to go first. Today, I’m pleased to present her “Top Three”.
Maximizing the Savings Potential of Global Sourcing Strategies
In the […]
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