I caught up with Procurement Leaders‘ Mark Perera at Ariba LIVE in Amsterdam earlier this month. A year after our first 2 interviews (Part 1 and 2) on working capital management, Mark gave us an update on managing cash trends, priorities and success stories.
All of the interviews with attendees and speakers (about 40 videos) from Ariba [...]
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The Reverse Auction celebrates its 15th birthday this year (I know, they grow up so fast don’t they). At Ariba LIVE in Orlando recently, Harikrishnan Shankaranarayanan of Aegis Limited shared how their approach and results have evolved over the 10 years the company has been doing reverse auctions.
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Long-time readers may remember a year ago when we interviewed Chris Stockwell, VP of Procurement at Heinz, on their efforts to really go after the company’s indirect spend and bring it under management. No doubt a major opportunity for Heinz and one which required careful planning and execution.
So, it was great to speak with Mauricio [...]
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We’re just a few weeks out from this year’s Ariba LIVE events in Orlando and Amsterdam. And since many of you Supply Excellence readers are Ariba customers or industry experts, I was able to get the powers that be to provide a promo code for a registration discount.
If you are attending, use the code – [...]
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C-SPAN has never been known for their riveting programming line-up. Even die hard political junkies like myself shun the channel these days in favor of alternative sources of news and analysis. But C-SPAN’s value changes dramatically if you can cut out the bloviating and get to the meat of what you would like to see. [...]
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This week, we posted on early signs indicating some manufacturing jobs are returning to the US in select sectors and regions. I still think the evidence is anecdotal at this point. But if manufacturing jobs are truly to return to the United States, it will take a convergence of conditions to happen in any significant, sustainable way. A combination of politics, labor costs, currency rates, consumer demand, and a host of other variables will need to be favorable in order for more companies to scale up or shift their operations stateside.
Some of those factors are beyond the control of individual companies, manufacturing trade groups and even the industry as a whole. But … they can help to drive consumer demand with a combination of good products (at competitive prices that people want to buy!) AND marketing/advertising. So on the marketing front, it’s great to see the manufacturing industry getting creative and making use of social media to help get their message across:
Hat Tip to Mojo for sharing this gem.
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Senior Category Manager and SupplyExcellence contributor Pat Furey shared his analysis of the October ISM data for manufacturing and services.
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Metals Category Manager Mike Petro makes the case for why “right now is the time to source direct materials”…
If you’d like a closer look at the facts and figures Mike cited – as well as information on other categories that provide immediate strategic opportunities – you can find them in the mid-quarter SupplyWatch update here. [...]
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