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Spend Management Jobs: Connecting talent seekers with the talented

March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · events, sourcing, supply management

On a recent call to discuss top trends in 2010, Chris Sawchuk of the Hackett Group said that procurement departments in many companies are looking to beef up their talent this year. It seems that the value of strategic-minded, savvy procurement pros became more clear during this brutal recession, where extracting value for every penny [...]

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RFPs for Magicians and Exploding Pirate Ships?

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · best practices, contract management, costing, sourcing, spend analysis, supplier management, supply management, supply market dynamics, supply risk

When I say “casino”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
Probably for most of you, it’s money. Actually more like MONEY. Money being spent, won and lost at breakneck speed. And although you’ve possibly had trips to Vegas where you were up against The House (and ask a gambler, and they’ll always tell you [...]

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Vested Outsourcing: Incentivize results, not tasks

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Services Procurement, best practices, contract management, outsourcing, sourcing, supply management

Friday’s group discussion on Vested Outsourcing led by University of Tennessee faculty member Kate Vitasek went very well. For anyone unfamiliar with her work, Kate literally wrote the book on Vested Outsourcing, a model that utilizes incentives to create more strategic relationships between buying organizations and their outsourcing vendors. So when she stepped up and [...]

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Multi-functional devices market ripe for savings

February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · sourcing, supply management, supply market dynamics

Office equipment is expected to remain a buyer’s market for the next few quarters as a result of macroeconomic conditions, which are reducing the demand for devices such as printers, copiers, fax machines, and multi-functional devices (MFDs). These conditions have caused office equipment sales to deteriorate throughout 2008 and 2009, with no upturn anticipated [...]

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New SupplyWatch Issue is Up

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · sourcing, supply management, supply market dynamics

As many of you know, the Category Managers who contribute to Supply Excellence also create a quarterly report called SupplyWatch. The Q1 issue is up and includes detailed category breakdowns for…

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

In addition, there is a feature article on Cutting [...]

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