Your hardest challenge
April 16, 2007
What is the hardest thing for buyers to purchase? Energy, with its volatile prices and varying contracts, must be somewhere near the top.
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Core decisions
April 13, 2007
The fact that Apple this week sold their 100 millionth iPod this week probably won’t surprise too many.
The biggest myth?
April 12, 2007
You may have glanced at today’s Supply Management cover article listing the top ten myths of purchasing, all of which ring true to some extent.
Collaboration
April 10, 2007
Purchasers are being encouraged to work with suppliers, other parts of the business and even other buyers. And it seems all of this collaboration has one goal, to get a better deal for the buyer and the business.
Rise of the CGO
April 5, 2007
Your CPO may now be redundant.
According to one recent article, companies should now be thinking of appointing a Chief Globalisation Officer instead.
Clear as organic mud
April 4, 2007
The issue of what “sustainability” really means to procurement still seems to be generating a variety of responses in the profession.
Supermarket sweet?
April 3, 2007
“Deplorable” was the word one lettuce farmer used when describing the tactics of one major supermarket’s buyers on last night’s BBC1 programme Shopping the Supermarkets.
Women in procurement
April 2, 2007
The number of female procurement professionals is rising. Anecdotal evidence suggests there are more women in procurement every year.
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