Anyone familiar with LinkedIn Groups know that their “features” up until this point consisted of you getting a nifty little icon for your profile. So, they did about as much good for connecting with colleagues and facilitating discussions as a bumper sticker on your car. But finally, last Friday they rolled out some legitimate Discussion [more]
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LinkedIn Groups: New Discussion Features (Finally) Facilitate Communication
September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · contract management, events, financial value chain, sourcing, supply management
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Supplier Site Visits Part #3: Post Analysis
August 5th, 2008 · No Comments · best practices, contract management, supplier management, supply management
You did your Prework before going onsite and then had an enlightening, informative supplier site visit. Now what? Clearly you gained some insights into cost drivers, potential process efficiencies and even personalities. But a lack of follow through at this stage in the game could make all that hard work for naught.
The “Post Analysis” phase [more]
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Supplier Site Visits Part #2: Going Onsite
July 31st, 2008 · No Comments · best practices, contract management, supplier management, supply management
Last week, we looked at some of the benefits of supplier site visits and the Prework steps you should take before going onsite. Whether you are truly looking for greater collaborative effort or evaluating the relationship from a cost/value standpoint, there’s nothing as effective as seeing the operation in person, meeting key people face to [more]
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Supplier Site Visits Part #1: Do your Prework
July 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments · best practices, contract management, supplier management, supply management
No matter how good your relationship may be with your suppliers, there’s always room for improvement. That improvement may be in the form of greater process efficiency, product development collaboration, minimizing supply risks, or a host of other areas. But at the end of the day, what you’re really looking to do is reduce costs [more]
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Top 5 Categories to Source Now: #5 Direct Materials
June 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments · best practices, contract management, oil/energy, sourcing, supply management
Based on market conditions, research and their real-time visibility into sourcing events, Category Managers in our GSO group identified the Top 5 Categories to Source Now and presented their findings in a Sourcing Interest Group (SIG) webinar yesterday. I’ll highlight some of their key findings and recommended strategies for each of the categories here over [more]

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