The glory days of the Private Equity (PE) world are certainly not over but they are changing. Firms today are struggling to attract new investments and to manage the portfolio companies they own.
The days of the quick buy and sell are long gone. The PE firms today are faced with attempting to figure out how [...]

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Following hot on heels of a great April group member call on Commodities (replay available here), our Strategic Sourcing & Procurement discussion this month will be led by Murillo Xavier. Murillo is a Supply Chain Project Manager at Nestle Waters North America as well as the author of ‘Strategic Sourcing - Suppliers Are From Mars, [...]

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Lead Category Manager Mike Petro explains how non-price factors indicate a shift from buyer’s to seller’s market conditions.

This segment is a clip from the LinkedIn Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group member conference call on commodities. You can stream the full replay here (embedded player top center). Request to join the group here.
Justin Fogarty is Managing [...]

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Category Manager Bob Zieger discusses the shift in supplier risk focus away from financial and towards operational.

This segment is a clip from the LinkedIn Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group member conference call on commodities. You can stream the full replay here (embedded player top center). Request to join the group here.
Justin Fogarty is Managing Editor [...]

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As many of you know, the Category Managers who contribute to Supply Excellence also create a quarterly report called SupplyWatch. The Q2 issue is posted and includes detailed category breakdowns for…

Metals
Plastics, Rubber & Raw Materials
Transportation
Electronics, Electrical & IT Hardware
Paper & Packaging
Services & Capital Goods, Construction & Engineering

This quarter’s feature article is on Working Capital [...]

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