I thought we might try something different this Friday and if it works perhaps turn it into a regular feature here. The news often tells the story of spend management efforts gone awry … or worse yet … a total lack of spend management! Thus is the case with the Air Force’s attempt to award [...]

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Monday the New York Times ran an article on the “new state of normal” in terms of corporate travel. Many companies have tightened their controls over travel spend during the recession and are unlikely to loosen the reigns in the recovery. And according Directravel’s Vince Vitti, who is quoted throughout the article, companies should accomplish [...]

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At the Atlanta Spend Management Day yesterday, Kurt Albertson, Director of Advisory Services with The Hackett Group, examined past predictions and gave some new insight into 2010 predictions and beyond.
According to Hackett’s forecasts from July 2008, the 2009  economy was going to create the “perfect storm.” It was a time to secure up supply, highlight [...]

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The DonorsChoose.org Social Media Challenge is in its final week and it’s been a huge success thus far. All together, over 300k has been raised from nearly 4,000 donors. Best of all, due to DonorsChoose.org’s model - where donors give directly to individual projects posted by teachers - we know that 94,609 students have been [...]

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After his presentation in Boston last week, Chris Sawchuk expanded on his recommendation that procurement departments focus on becoming the “customer of choice” in anticipation of the economic recovery and tightened supply.

I’m very curious to hear from Supply Excellence readers. Do you feel the need to mend fences with key suppliers due to your cost [...]

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