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Category Chatter: Collaboration, Tata Motors, Pharma & Indirect

August 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · LCCS and trade, Services Procurement, best practices, oil/energy, sourcing, supply management, supply risk

SpendMatters blogger and all around industry guru Jason Busch is back with another round of Category Chatter podcasts. In case you’re not familiar with the series, the podcasts feature Jason interviewing various Ariba Category Managers on hot topics of the day. If the area of spend they’re covering is of interest to you, Jason’s probing [more]

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Conflict in Georgia: What does it mean for Supply Chains & Markets?

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments · LCCS and trade, oil/energy, sourcing, supply management, supply risk

I have received a lot of questions from coworkers and clients about the situation in Georgia. Obviously during a conflict, the hope of nearly everyone is that the fighting will cease and a peaceful resolution will be reached quickly. But from a business perspective, companies in EMEA, the US and around the globe want to [more]

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Take Control of Fuel Surcharges

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments · LCCS and trade, best practices, oil/energy, supply management

The world’s largest airline, Air France-KLM, has had some very ugly headlines in the last few weeks…especially if you are responsible for sourcing air freight transportation.
First, they were among the four major carriers who admitted to being part of an international price-fixing cartel and agreed to pay a $350 million fine to the US Justice [more]

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Hold your Clydesdales: InBev & Anheuser-Busch “synergies” aren’t just layoffs

July 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · LCCS and trade, best practices, oil/energy, sourcing, supply management

The global economy can do a lot of things to a man…but if you threaten to mess with his job AND his beer, that may just be the last straw. By many of the reactions - from TV and barstool talking heads to the 31,000 member Facebook Group protesting the deal - the InBev purchase [more]

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Steel Pulse: What’s the mood among metal suppliers?

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments · LCCS and trade, best practices, events, oil/energy, sourcing, supply management

Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the American Metal Market and World Steel Dynamic’s Steel Success Strategies conference in NYC. Attendance leans very heavily towards suppliers (I’d ballpark it at about 70-80% of the attendees). But for all of us - from buyers and suppliers to consultants and media - the views expressed [more]

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