Dual Source: A Panacea?
I hope that you have enjoyed the article “Dual Source vs. Single Source.” Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe here! Being in the profession so many years, I’ve seen preferences for dual [...]
Purchasing Survey
My fellow purchasing blogger, Tim Minahan from the Supply Excellence blog, tipped me off to a survey that Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine is doing. Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe [...]
How To Beat The Price Increase
Since we’ve begun offering online purchasing classes in 2001, we’ve kept our prices the same. But over those same years, we have improved the quality of our purchasing education tremendously. And even though we feel [...]
A Spend Management Development…
Those looking to improve their know-how on Spend Management are in for a treat. Jason Busch over at the Spend Matters blog has today announced the launch of Spend Matters Navigator – what appears to [...]
How Bad Is Golfing With Suppliers?
A huge photo of Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl consumed about 80% of the above-the-fold space on the front page of today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It accompanied an article describing the mini-scandal in which Ravenstahl is embroiled. [...]
Reverse Supplier Scorecarding
Purchasing Magazine’s new cover story “Pop Quiz: How would your suppliers grade you? Ask them.” features some quotes from yours truly. Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe here! Dave Hannon really did [...]
A Spend Management Development…
Those looking to improve their know-how on Spend Management are in for a treat. Jason Busch over at the Spend Matters blog has today announced the launch of Spend Matters [...]
How Bad Is Golfing With Suppliers?
A huge photo of Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl consumed about 80% of the above-the-fold space on the front page of today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It accompanied an article describing the mini-scandal [...]
Reverse Supplier Scorecarding
Purchasing Magazine’s new cover story “Pop Quiz: How would your suppliers grade you? Ask them.” features some quotes from yours truly. Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe [...]
Negotiating A Contract
I hope that you have enjoyed the article Negotiating The Ultimate Contract. Writing this article reminded me of a “war story” from my early purchasing days – not necessarily on [...]
The Purchasing Agent’s Nightmare…
Most ambitious purchasing departments would love to have their CEO’s passionately telling the public about their work in managing supplier relationships. But not when your CEO has to make a [...]
Buyers: Blow Off Some Steam
Tim Minahan over at the Supply Excellence blog borrowed/adapted a fun idea of documenting the top cliches in purchasing and supply management. If you’re a buyer, you are probably currently [...]
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