I am pleased to welcome back Supply Excellence guest blogger, Tim Cummins, President and CEO of the International Association of Contract and Commerical Management (IACCM), the preeminent industry association for contract management professionals and research. Today, Tim tackles a subject that has become a touchstone in corporate America: compliance management.
With increasing regulatory pressures, compliance control has [more]

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If skyrocketing energy and raw material prices weren’t painful enough, supply managers may soon need to grapple with another nemesis: higher tariffs on key imports. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last week parted with his party’s free-trade ways and threatened to boost tariffs on materials and goods coming from some of the most [more]

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Last week, I shared my contribution to Michael Lamourex’s pet project to get industry thought leaders to predict the future of strategic sourcing and supply management. Other contributors to the initiative include Michael, who is blog master for Sourcing Innovation, Procurement Central master Dave Stephens, David Bush, author of the e-Sourcing Forum. But it was [more]

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A month ago, I was approached by Charles Dominick, president and founder of Next Level Purchasing and author of the Purchasing Certification Blog, about participating in a audio podcast on the future of supply management strategy and technology.
I am a fan of Charles’ blog, particularly its insights into supply management talent recruitment, development, and retention. [more]

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Supply Excellence has closely followed the proposed alliance between General Motors, Nissan, and Renault and the potential benefits it would have for GM’s supply management operations. In previous posts, I assesed the likelihood that these suggested synergies would materialize. I also examined the advanced supply management approaches GM is using to shave an additional $2 [more]

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