Tuesday, May 5, 2015 · Bob Trebilcock
Two words are driving procurement and supply chains, says ISM CEO Tom Derry: Innovation and sustainability. There are opportunities in a flat economy for the organizations that get them right.
Monday, March 23, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
When assessing areas of risk facing their departments, nearly half (45%) of Chief Procurement Officers named supplier risk as a top concern, according to a new survey by Consero Group.
Monday, March 23, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
For 2015, the top priority of procurement organizations is to elevate their role to more of a trusted advisor in support of improved enterprise agility, according to new Procurement Key Issues research from The Hackett Group.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
Working with research partner, The Economist Intelligence Unit, the IBM Institute for Business Value surveyed 1,023 global procurement executives from 41 countries in North America, Europe and Asia.
Sunday, January 4, 2015 · Bob Trebilcock
In a technology- and process-driven world, we sometimes forget that people do business with people, says author Sigi Osagie. Organizations would do well to focus on the soft issues that can enhance their activities, or hold them back.
Sunday, January 4, 2015 · Sigi Osagie
In this excerpt from Procurement Mojo, author Sigi Osagie writes that effectiveness is not a requirement that is peculiar to procurement. Rather, it is central to success in any realm of life.
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Bob Trebilcock
As organizations cope with a myriad of changes, procurement is becoming more strategic and even more important. Authors Gerard Chick and Robert Handfield discuss how purchasing strategies, and the role of procurement professionals, must change to deliver real value and not…
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Gerard Chick & Robert Handfield
For years, procurement was boxed into a corner. Its function was limited to negotiating with suppliers to get a better price. Even today, much of procurement is about leveraging an organization's scale to obtain quantity discounts. At the same time, we are seeing the…
Monday, December 1, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
Within the next three years, most global companies are expected to take up the massive project of centralizing their shared services and outsourcing operations within a single global business services (GBS) organization.
Monday, December 1, 2014 · Robert A Rudzki
How to get the resources you need, to achieve the results that you know (or suspect) can be produced? Readers of this column should know the answer: “it’s the business case, stupid!”
Sunday, November 30, 2014 · Bob Trebilcock
A.T. Kearney's 2014 AEP Study finds that the best procurement organizations are at the top of their game. Meanwhile, the rest of the pack is treading water and wondering what's next for procurement.
Monday, November 17, 2014 · Robert A Rudzki
Management guru C.K. Prahalad always told executives to think big.
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