Purchasing Professionals: Would You Let Yourself Be Ignorant For 30 Years?
Today, I had a great conversation with an attorney I shared an employer with in my early days in the purchasing profession. We recorded a podcast on a topic that the purchasing profession just doesn’t [...]
How To Filter Supplier Selection Advice
In a recent post, Spend Matters addressed a significant issue: handling supplier selection advice from a third party. In that post, editor Jason Busch cautions those in buying roles to be wary of such advice [...]
January 2011’s Dedicated Purchasing Student of the Month Is…
Every month, Next Level Purchasing recognizes a purchasing professional who has made impressive progress in learning more about his/her field. We are excited to announce that the Dedicated Purchasing Student of the Month for January [...]
New Construction Purchasing Book Hits Market
I have been advised that a book entitled “The Construction Purchasing Agent Handbook: The Critical Sourcing Method” has just hit the market. I’ve read a couple of chapters of the book and scanned the rest [...]
The Should Cost Model – An End or a Means To An End?
I hope that you have enjoyed the article “Using A Should Cost Model In Negotiation.” Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe here! This article was based on a podcast interview I did [...]
Does Consignment/VMI/Bailment Reduce Costs Or Merely Shift Them?
An article in today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette revealed that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has altered its system such that their vendors will own the inventory in the PLCB’s warehouses until such inventory is shipped to [...]
New Construction Purchasing Book Hits Market
I have been advised that a book entitled “The Construction Purchasing Agent Handbook: The Critical Sourcing Method” has just hit the market. I’ve read a couple of chapters of the [...]
The Should Cost Model – An End or a Means To An End?
I hope that you have enjoyed the article “Using A Should Cost Model In Negotiation.” Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe here! This article was based on [...]
Does Consignment/VMI/Bailment Reduce Costs Or Merely Shift Them?
An article in today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette revealed that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has altered its system such that their vendors will own the inventory in the PLCB’s warehouses until [...]
How Visible Is Your Procurement Impact?
I smiled today when I walked by the desk of Next Level Purchasing’s Senior Marketing Coordinator, Megan. Here is a photo of what I saw: Don’t miss updates on [...]
Paying A Supplier When There Is No Purchase Order
Back in October, I penned a post entitled “Should You Pay An Invoice That Doesn’t Correspond With A Purchase Order?” Interestingly, that question took on a life of its own [...]
Borders Stops Paying Suppliers, Watches Stock Price Plummet
According to an article on Publisher’s Weekly’s website, the once-powerful Borders bookselling chain has suspended payments to suppliers due to cash flow problems. Of course, its major suppliers have cut [...]
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