Friday, July 1, 2011 · Per Segerberg
Many procurement organizations still have blurred ideas of what their true strategic purpose should be. But a few—the procurement “masters”—do properly understand strategy. And they regularly practice it. The product lifecycle framework presented here provides a useful…
Friday, July 1, 2011 · Paula Tolliver
Dow Purchasing relied on its robust processes, governance and organizational structure—along with some novel change management approaches designed to clarify roles and unify around corporate priorities—to quickly and efficiently integrate the most complex acquisition in…
Monday, May 2, 2011 · Robert Rudzki and Robert Trent
Procurement and supply management personnel are becoming involved in more and more areas of company spend. But one category that to date has largely eluded them is capital expenditure projects. That’s unfortunate because when procurement gets involved early in these capital…
Thursday, March 24, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Ariba, Inc., which recently launched a cloud-based “matching” service allowing buyers to identify and qualify suppliers from a global community, says the time is right for social networking to control more of the supply chain.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Technology prices are set to rise after a chemical plant damaged by the Tsunami has been highlighted as a core producer of a unique resin used by nearly half of the world’s semiiconductor manufacturers.
Monday, March 14, 2011 · Robert A Rudzki
Today’s guest blogger is my colleague James Baehr, who in addition to his broad experience with Strategic Sourcing, heads up the IT Strategic Sourcing practice at Greybeard Advisors LLC. Jim has had management roles in IT sales, IT operations, and IT procurement at major…
Monday, March 14, 2011 · Ram Narasimhan, Joe Sandor and Tobias Schoenherr
Companies recognize that they need to continuously transform themselves to survive and prosper. But they’re finding that traditional, largely internally focused, approaches fall short. Increasingly, the leaders recognize that the real breakthroughs come only with the…
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
CEVA expects approximately 72,000 tons to be carried on the cross border service within the first 12 months, and will be offering Full Truck Load (FTL) and Less Than Truck Load (LTL) services for maximum flexibility in response and delivery times
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Before shippers make too many long-range plans for the Panama Canal expansion, they may wish to consider the threat posed by an alternative “dry canal.”
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 · SCMR Staff
The U.S. Commerce Department’s commerce desk officer for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, said shippers should approach the market with a strategic supply chain goal
Sunday, February 13, 2011 · Robert A Rudzki
The results from our Procurement and Sales Survey are in. And here’s the good news. Opportunity abounds — for implementing even the most basic techniques of strategic procurement
Friday, January 21, 2011 · Robert A Rudzki
For those of you who want a tool to open the door, and minds, of your internal decision makers, here is a suggestion.
Thursday, January 6, 2011 · Andreas Gocke, Nikolaus Lang, David Lee, Arvind Pandey, and Stefan Mauerer
When working with suppliers in developing countries, there is a strong case to be made for turning supplier development into a core discipline. The practice can help create competitive advantage by enabling those lowcost suppliers to eventually perform at worldclass levels.…
Monday, November 1, 2010 · Brad Douglas
Can strategic procurement best practices from the private sector be effectively applied to state government? The State of Georgia’s success with its Procurement Transformation initiative answers that question with a resounding yes. Georgia completely revamped the people,…
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