Procurement

Audiobook edition of ‘From Source to Sold’ released

Thursday, February 9, 2023 · Brian Straight "From Source to Sold" offers unique insight into the minds of some of leading global supply chain experts. The book is now available in audiobook version on Audible, Amazon and many more sites.

Spending on diverse suppliers averages 3.6%

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 · Brian Straight A new report finds that just 3.6% of spending is devoted to certified diverse suppliers, with 17% of all spend going to just 10 companies.

Taking Procurement into the Future

Friday, December 23, 2022 · SCMR Staff In this special digital edition from Supply Chain Management Review, we’re bringing together the best of our recent stories on procurement, which we hope you’ll find useful as you take your procurement team into the future.

Who is Arkestro and what is predictive procurement?

Sunday, November 13, 2022 · Bob Trebilcock Optimal22 focused on a new approach to working with suppliers, one that emphasizes transparency and communication.

Global survey shows procurement under pressure

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 · SCMR Staff More than 80% of procurement teams expected by executives to respond more quickly and effectively to supply chain challenges.

Supplier Relationship Management: Supporting a new era for growth

Thursday, October 13, 2022 · Len DeCandia In an unpredictable, customer-driven world, we are painfully learning the impact of ignoring enterprise-wide supplier relationships

E-procurement continues to make gains

Friday, September 30, 2022 · SCMR Staff Amazon Business’ 2022 state of business procurement report shows strong interest in expanding e-procurement along with an increased focus on corporate social responsibility.

High hopes for the circular economy to add to corporate profits

Thursday, September 29, 2022 · SCMR Staff Gartner survey shows 74% of supply chain leaders expect circular economy principles to add to profits between now and 2025.

“It’s all around people, process and technology”

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 · Bob Trebilcock Frank McKay, Jabil’s chief supply chain and procurement officer, reflects on the last two years in supply chain management

RS Group introduces RS Integrated Supply

Monday, September 12, 2022 · SCMR Staff The move consolidates IESA and Synovos in a single, global MRO supply chain solutions business.

Protolabs is Re-thinking Procurement on the Frictionless Podcast

Saturday, September 3, 2022 · SCMR Staff On this Episode of Frictionless, Bernadine Henderson, Director of Strategic Sourcing and Global Procurement at Protolabs talks to Rosemary Coates about procurement in a prototyping and small-lot environment.

Double trouble: Inflation and supply shortages

Thursday, September 1, 2022 · Karen Stansfield and Tony Cape Strategic procurement can help by focusing internal and external stakeholders on transparency, sourcing strategies and seamless execution.

Successful businesses are going direct-to-customer

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 · Christopher G. Caine Technology enables supply chains to be customer present by more tightly integrating demand with supply.

Google joins Billion Dollar Roundtable

Friday, August 12, 2022 · SCMR Staff The global search platform targets 2022 diverse supplier spend of $2.5 billion.

Strategic supply management powers companies through historic crises

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 · SCMR Staff Kearney’s survey found those companies are just six percent of respondents to this 30th annual report.