More Kudos For Kimball
Mary Walker recently included an entry on her blog further expanding on Purchasing Magazine’s article about Kimball International’s procurement transformation. You can check it out here. Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe [...]
Invest In Your People – There Is ROI!
I just saw an interesting article in Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s newsletter where the Hackett Group determined the measurable benefit of having a good “talent management” program in place. The article says that these [...]
Assorted News Involving Purchasing
The low-cost country sourcing backlash is sure to continue on this news that Fisher-Price is recalling 1 million toys due to lead paint used by a Chinese supplier. Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply [...]
Quantifying Purchasing Job Growth
Wow. In the past week, there has been a flurry of blogging activity between the Purchasing Certification Blog, Sourcing Innovation, Supply Excellence, and Spend Matters on the topic of the BLS report about the growth [...]
The Half-Truth Of Inventory Management
Jason over at Spend Matters posted a thought-provoking piece on inventory practices in Cisco’s supply chain. I posted a comment there and thought I’d post it here, too, for your reading pleasure. The half-truth of [...]
The Purchasing Talent Crunch Paradox
Yesterday, I posted a long entry that analyzed the market for purchasing jobs: tactical purchasing jobs are being eliminated while strategic purchasing jobs are being created faster than they can be filled by qualified candidates. [...]
Quantifying Purchasing Job Growth
Wow. In the past week, there has been a flurry of blogging activity between the Purchasing Certification Blog, Sourcing Innovation, Supply Excellence, and Spend Matters on the topic of the [...]
The Half-Truth Of Inventory Management
Jason over at Spend Matters posted a thought-provoking piece on inventory practices in Cisco’s supply chain. I posted a comment there and thought I’d post it here, too, for your [...]
The Purchasing Talent Crunch Paradox
Yesterday, I posted a long entry that analyzed the market for purchasing jobs: tactical purchasing jobs are being eliminated while strategic purchasing jobs are being created faster than they can [...]
Read Yesterday’s Purchasing Blogs? Don’t Panic!
Yesterday, my friend Tim Minahan posted an entry on Supply Excellence about the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ job outlook for purchasing professionals. He rallied other bloggers in the space [...]
Supply Chain Optimization
I hope that you have enjoyed the article “Supply Chain Optimization Simplified.” Don’t miss updates on Procurement & Supply Chain, Subscribe here! I am sure many of you are wondering, [...]
The Best Purchasing Certification? More Evidence…
Since the SPSM Certification was launched in 2004, we’ve seen it rapidly rise in recognition and supplant other certifications as the “best” certification available in the eyes of purchasing professionals [...]
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