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KPI discussion with your peers tomorrow

August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · best practices, sourcing, supply market dynamics

Tomorrow, I am moderating the monthly member call for the LinkedIn Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group. This month’s topic is KPIs. So please join us if you have KPI questions or insights, or if you’d just like to hear your peers engaged in a lively discussion of the subject.
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Private Equity ready for the Commerce Cloud?

August 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · best practices, spend analysis, supply market dynamics

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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Open Discussion this Friday on Indirect Spend

July 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Services Procurement, sourcing, supply management, supply market dynamics

When I asked the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement LinkedIn group members to suggest topics for upcoming calls, there were a lot of requests pertaining to indirect spend. So, this Friday, the group’s July member conference call will be an open discussion on indirect categories (marketing and consulting will definitely be covered - if you have [...]

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Collaborate w/ peers: “How is the Gulf Oil Spill Impacting Supply Chains?”

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · enviro/social sustainability, oil/energy, supply management, supply market dynamics, supply risk

I recently asked my fellow Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group members on LinkedIn for topics they’d like to cover on our monthly conference calls this summer. Lots of great ideas, but the one that caught my eye as an opportunity to have an immediate impact was the suggestion by a Supply Chain Analyst at a [...]

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Digesting the June ISM Non-Manufacturing Index

July 6th, 2010 · No Comments · AribaLIVE, Services Procurement, sourcing, supply management, supply market dynamics

The ISM NMI (Non-Manufacturing Index) came in at 53.8, which is down from 55.4 in May. The Business Activity Index was 58.1, down from 61.1 in May, and New Orders was 54.4, down from 57.1 in May. The employment index came in at 49.7, slightly below the growth threshold of 50. Here are some bullet points about [...]

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