Sourcing

Bangladesh Factory Audits – Preempting Corruption Risks and Compliance Violations

Monday, February 24, 2014 · Manu Gopeendran & Keri Dawson This guest paper was co-authored by Manu Gopeendran, Senior Product Marketing Manager, MetricStream and Keri Dawson - Vice President of Industry Solutions and Advisory Services, MetricStream

Tiananmen Square vs. Red Square

Monday, September 30, 2013 · Rosemary Coates The message seems to be tops-down with leadership and power at the pinnacle and the people at the bottom.

Consero Survey Reveals 67 Percent of Procurement Departments Focused on Collaboration

Monday, September 23, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Sixty-seven percent of surveyed Chief Procurement Officers say their departments are more focused on building collaborative relationships with suppliers than on obtaining the lowest costs, according to a new survey by Consero Group

Conflict Minerals Issue Becomes More Complex For Supply Chain Managers

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Resistence to the Securities and Exchange Commission ruling that requires publicly traded companies to disclose the origins of conflict minerals contained in their products is breaking down rapidly, say compliance experts

Look Inside Your Own Company for Know - How

Monday, August 26, 2013 · Robert A Rudzki Recently, a major sourcing initiative, worth nearly $100 million in products and services, was launched by a company new to the strategic approach.

Christmas Trees in December and Bloomsday T-Shirts in May – Difficult Supply Chain Challenges

Monday, May 6, 2013 · Rosemary Coates These are major logistics challenges of a huge event like this, and the Bloomsday logisticians did a remarkable job.

Being an Expert Witness

Friday, November 2, 2012 · Rosemary Coates This work is fascinating and often takes me to Chinese factories to review their manufacturing processes

Where’s the Creativity?

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 · Robert A Rudzki One of the most overworked and misused phrases is “Think Out of the Box.”

What Five Great Economists Can Tell Us about Outsourcing

Monday, July 2, 2012 · Kate Vitasek and Karl Manrodt Want to improve your outsourcing efforts? This article unpacks the lessons of five “Big Thinkers” in the world of economics and shares how their insights can help you improve the way you outsource.

Embracing Green in China ... with an NGO Nudge

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 · Hau Lee, Erica Plambeck, and Pamela Yatsko To date, more than 200 corporate giants have explained to the seven-person Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs why their manufacturing facilities or suppliers in China violated the country’s air and water laws. At least 50 companies have taken corrective actions…

Spend Analysis: Lessons from the Best-in-Class

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 · Constantine G. Limberakis New research from the Aberdeen Group underscores the criticality of spend analysis to overall spend management. The findings also show, however, that many companies struggle with putting together an effective spend analysis program. The insight and guidelines offered here can…

Quality Fade

Thursday, March 1, 2012 · Rosemary Coates Quality Fade, the process of quality degradation over time, is the single biggest issue in low cost manufacturing countries.

Showing Value (Part VI)

Friday, February 10, 2012 · Robert A Rudzki All too often, after a long and productive sourcing initiative, the team celebrates success when the new contract is finalized. The best efforts don’t end there.

“Showing Value (Part V)”

Monday, January 30, 2012 · Robert A Rudzki A simple and powerful best practice is to obtain stakeholder signoff regarding the sourcing strategy as well as the methodology for calculating results.

Gartner says worldwide software as a service revenue Is forecast to grow 21 percent in 2011

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 · Patrick Burnson Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue is forecast to reach $12.1 billion in 2011, a 20.7 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $10 billion, according to Gartner, Inc.