Seeking Procurement Experts To Be Guests On Our Podcast
One of the more popular free educational resources that we offer on our website is our Purchasing & Supply Management Podcast Series. Currently, we have over two dozen podcasts available for your listening pleasure on [...]
3 Lessons From The Justin Bieber Doll Supply Chain
If you’re like me and have a tween daughter, you know the name “Justin Bieber” all too well. He is the cute little 16-year old pop singer that has young girls going gaga. Not gaga [...]
5 Steps To Cost Savings Webcast
Are you frustrated with your inability to get procurement information that you can actually use to support your cost savings strategy? Then be sure to attend the FREE webcast “Navigate Your Way From Information To [...]
U.S. Tax Policy & Your Supplier Relationships: A Connection?
One of the most annoying things that I’ve been reading is the in-the-press debate over whether the Obama administration should extend Bush-era tax cuts. Specifically, it rubs me the wrong way that the group least [...]
Attention Procurement Vendors: Connect With Next Level Purchasing’s Audience
Next Level Purchasing and the Purchasing Certification Blog will be rolling out various sponsorship opportunities over the next few months. If you are a vendor serving the procurement community and would like to get your [...]
Negotiating & The Impact of Urgency
I’d like to dedicate this post to further dissecting yesterday’s article “Tips For Negotiating With A Sole Source.” Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe here! In the first tip, I emphasized how [...]
U.S. Tax Policy & Your Supplier Relationships: A Connection?
One of the most annoying things that I’ve been reading is the in-the-press debate over whether the Obama administration should extend Bush-era tax cuts. Specifically, it rubs me the wrong [...]
Attention Procurement Vendors: Connect With Next Level Purchasing’s Audience
Next Level Purchasing and the Purchasing Certification Blog will be rolling out various sponsorship opportunities over the next few months. If you are a vendor serving the procurement community and [...]
Negotiating & The Impact of Urgency
I’d like to dedicate this post to further dissecting yesterday’s article “Tips For Negotiating With A Sole Source.” Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe here! In the [...]
Rewards As An Alternative To Penalties In Contracts
This post will expand upon one of the items from the article, “Tips For Negotiating With A Sole Source” specifically on creating tiered risk and rewards scenarios for Service Level [...]
Corporate Procurement Principles For Black Friday Shoppers
Today is “Black Friday” in the USA – the day after the Thanksgiving holiday when many people have the day off of work and, therefore, go shopping for Christmas gifts, [...]
Net 30 Terms: A Thing of the Past?
One of the major, recent shifts in the procurement profession has been how organizations have changed their standard payment terms en masse. Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, [...]
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