Have you ever been in a meeting with an internal stakeholder who doesn’t want any help on their category because it’s too complex, or is the creative service that can’t be effectively sourced or managed by anybody but the supplier and that stakeholder himself? Then this story is for you…
In the Business Week article “The [more]

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In the analyst industry, we used have a saying that “when the mainstream press catches on to a trend, it is certainly almost over.” I’d like to think that is the case with the automotive supply chain dilemma, but I’m afraid I would be wrong.
While Supply Excellence has been tracking the ongoing instability and decline [more]

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While the economy has become the top issue for business and supply management executives alike, there remains some debate on how best to address it. Recent research of over 160 global procurement, finance, and supply chain executives offers some answers.
As its title suggests, the third-annual Spend Management Priorities and Challenges study reveals strategies and approaches [more]

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With the outcome of what some are calling “the most important U.S. Presidential race ever” still uncertain, many business executives are fretting over the economic, tax, and trade policies of the eventual President No. 44.
Yet, savvy procurement and supply management professionals aren’t waiting for the election outcome. They know that, regardless of who wins the [more]

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The massive run up in commodity prices followed by last week’s sudden sell off has everyone wondering … are commodities the next bubble to burst? In fact, typically cool headed coverage in journals like the Financial Times warned of a looming “big fall” in commodities. But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves here.
Relatively [more]

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