Supply Excellence is pleased to welcome back Sarah Pfaff. A long-time consultant to the world’s leading companies, Sarah now heads Ariant Consulting Group (www.ariant.com), which specializes in strategic sourcing, procurement transformation, and outsourcing strategy.
Last week, Sarah advised readers to get their internal processes and protocols in place before outsourcing. This week, Sarah cautions supply managers [more]

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I once knew of a guy who was unrealistically terrified of the Year 2000. Certain that the Y2K computer glitch would bring commerce to a halt and turn the city into a post-apocolyptic Waterworld, he bought a safehouse in the mountains, stocked it with food, and converted most of his wealth into gold bullion bricks.
True [more]

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When anyone asks me to recommend the most knowledgeable supply management experts, Sarah Pfaff always makes my list. A long-time consultant to the world’s leading companies, Sarah now heads Ariant Consulting Group (www.ariant.com), which specializes in strategic sourcing, procurement transformatino, and outsourcing strategy.
So when Supply Excellence readers began asking for tips on outsourcing advice, [more]

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If the news yesterday that oil prices topped $69 a barrel seemed like the same old story, you’re right. And it market factors suggest that fuel prices will remain high for years to come.
Oil supplies to the West will continue to be strained by:

an unstable workforce, such as the current strike by Nigerian oil unions
artificial supply [more]

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Risk management was the topic du jour at AMR Research’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. earlier this month. Keynoter Colin Powell set the tone by bluntly stating that, when it comes to risk, we are our own worst enemy.
The retired General and Former Secretary of State told a rapt audience of 800 supply [more]

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