Thursday, February 20, 2025 · Norman Katz
The Right Cost is not the lowest cost but is the necessary cost to ensure that the order is perfectly conveyed for use or sale based on the customer’s requirements and expectations.
Monday, May 20, 2024 · Bob Wooten, C.P.M., CEP; Mark Trowbridge, CPSM, C.P.M. MCIPS; and Claudette Calder, MBA, CPSM
Electricity and natural gas costs are major factors in the profitability of companies in all industries, but especially in key parts of the supply chain. There are strategies to better control these costs.
Sunday, May 19, 2024 · Bob Wooten, C.P.M., CEP; Mark Trowbridge, CPSM, C.P.M. MCIPS; and Claudette Calder, MBA, CPSM
Electricity and natural gas costs are major factors in the profitability of companies in all industries, but especially in key parts of the supply chain. There are strategies to better control these costs.
Thursday, April 4, 2024 · Brian Straight
Many procurement professionals are ignoring sustainability initiatives as they battle pressure to control spend.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 · Brian Straight
As supply chains have become more complex, so too have the decisions necessary to maintain performance, and that is causing ripple effects throughout organizations as companies seek to reimagine their supply chains.
Thursday, March 28, 2024 · Brian Straight
Cost reduction supplants supply continuity as the top issue facing procurement professionals in The Hackett Group's annual Key Issues survey.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 · Bruce C. Arntzen
Ten years after the Great Recession, maybe it is time to ask: Are supply chains better prepared for the next recession now than in 2007?
Thursday, December 5, 2019 · Michael Zimmerman, Balika Sonthalia, Korhan Acar and Josh Brogan
After several years of explosive growth, logistics may have crested the hill, with a potential slowdown on the horizon.
Monday, July 15, 2019 · DHL Supply Chain
The capacity crunch won't be solved by incremental changes or small thinking. The solution will come from a fundamental shift in transportation management.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 · Bob Trebilcock
Procurement is being asked to innovate and transform its processes. But the profession is still measured on cost reduction. Can we have it all?
