{"id":2964,"date":"2010-09-29T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2010\/09\/29\/the-best-of-whitepaper-wednesday-part-i\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T09:36:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T13:36:22","slug":"the-best-of-whitepaper-wednesday-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-best-of-whitepaper-wednesday-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of Whitepaper Wednesday, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started Whitepaper Wednesday on the Purchasing Certification Blog in September of 2008. In the two years since the inception of Whitepaper Wednesday, I\u2019ve reviewed nearly 100 procurement, supply chain, and leadership whitepapers.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>In the coming weeks, I\u2019ll be introducing some of the procurement profession\u2019s newest thought leaders who will be authoring future Whitepaper Wednesday posts. While we\u2019re working out the details, I thought that I\u2019d use this week\u2019s installment to link you to my 10 favorite Whitepaper Wednesday posts of the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t been following Whitepaper Wednesday since 2008, this may be especially valuable to you. So here are the links\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Marketing The Procurement Function (September 22, 2010)<\/p>\n<p>Inventory Optimization (August 25, 2010)<\/p>\n<p>World-Class Procurement (April 28, 2010)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/leverage-the-power-of-spend-analysis\/\">Spend Analysis<\/a> vs. ERP (March 3, 2010)<\/p>\n<p>Contingent Workforce Management (October 14, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>10 Steps To Lower Procurement Costs (September 2, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>How CFO\u2019s Evaluate Big Purchases (June 24, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>Supplier Performance Management (April 1, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>The CFO\u2019s View of Procurement (November 19, 2008)<\/p>\n<p>Developing Purchasing Teams (September 10, 2008)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started Whitepaper Wednesday on the Purchasing Certification Blog in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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