Tomorrow I’m moderating the October LinkedIn Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group member call. This month’s topic is ‘Nuisance Spend’ - that low volume, high SKU count spend that can be the most difficult to bring under management.
As always, we’ll be encouraging participation - questions, insights and discussion - from the audience. These calls are [...]

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Last week on the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group member call, we discussed the relationship and HUGE opportunity for procurement and finance to work together. That internal collaboration can be the 1st step towards increased liquidity that doesn’t come at the expense of supply chain health. Once the procurement/finance working capital management goals are established, [...]

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This Thursday, I’m moderating the September LinkedIn Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group member call. This month, we’re talking about Finance, specifically the relationship between finance and procurement. Helping us navigate this touchy subject huge opportunity for collaboration, efficiency gains and increase cash flow will be:

Charles Dominick, CEO of NextLevelPurchasing, who will share what they’re seeing [...]

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For months now, economic prognosticators have been sending mixed signals on the potential global economic recovery. Recent stock market volatility has only added to this uncertainty. Yet, a new Saugatuck-BusinessWeek study of more than 400 global C-level executives  shows clear signs that most businesses are optimistic about economic growth.
The study, Shifting C-Level Business Priorities as [...]

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Robert Van Brederode of Ryan (a tax strategy firm that is an Ariba partner) shared his insights into the opportunity and risk posed by VAT at Ariba LIVE in Amsterdam. Robert recommends that companies look beyond income tax since there is “too much money involved” in VAT and customs duties to ignore them.

Justin Fogarty is [...]

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