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• “Procure” for a Worthy Cause: A call to action! 0
• Countering Commodity Increases - While Still Letting the Little Guys Eat Their Lobster 0
• Outsourcing Supply Doesn’t Outsource Risk 0
• Credit Crisis Collaboration: The Best Cash Flow Alternative 0
• “Greening” the US Ports 0
• Failing Profits or Profitably Failing?: Supply Chain Risk in the Credit Freeze 1
• Sustainability: One Stock That’s Rising 1
• Wal-Mart: The “Gold Standard” in Immigration Compliance 1
• Cut Travel Costs by 75% (and other Tales from the Road) 0
• Bailout: Reverse Auctions & True Market Price (aka Strategic Sourcing to the Rescue) 0
• Travel Spend Tightens Further in ‘09 1
• Risky Business in India? 0
• Bank Credit Market Freeze: Are your suppliers being left in the cold? 2
• Spend Management 3.0 and Beyond… 2
• Rock-Tenn Rocks their Spend Management 0
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): How Companies Can Melt 1
• Hurricane Ike’s Impact on Transportation & Logistics 0
• Merck’s Indirect Spend Success Story 0
• Procurement Poll Results 0
• Supplier Performance Management: Keeping Score 0
• Telecommuting leads to Outsourcing? 0
• Airbus Adjusts to Weather the Storm 0
• Tyco takes on a Purchasing “Sacred Cow” 0
• Calculating Transportation Costs in Central & Eastern Europe 1
• Regulators vs Profitability: How can Buyers help? 0
• Steel Industry Trends in 2009 (Part #3): Steel Futures 0
• Category Chatter: Sourcing “Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients” from China 2
• Steel Industry Trends in 2009 (Part #2): Vertical Integration 1
• LinkedIn Groups: New Discussion Features (Finally) Facilitate Communication 0
• Steel Industry Trends in 2009 (Part #1): Industry Consolidation 2
• Who will win Gold in the Purch-lympics? 0
• On Demand: What Software Companies Don’t Want You to Know 4
• International Purchasing Office: Open for business…but now what? 0
• Tata Motors: Leveraging their Suppliers for Innovation 1
• Category Chatter: Collaboration, Tata Motors, Pharma & Indirect 1
• Global Category Management: Go it alone? Or get help? 1
• What if your Transportation Network goes down? 1
• PPG’s Procurement Success Story 0
• Conflict in Georgia: What does it mean for Supply Chains & Markets? 0
• Sole Source Events: How to Keep them ‘Competitive’ 2
• Currency Exchange Impacts on Central & Eastern Europe 1
• Take Control of Fuel Surcharges 0
• Hedging Your Bets: Currency Fluctuations & the Supply Chain 1
• Inflation Antidote: Be the Low Cost Customer 0
• PPG’s Procurement Visionary Shares the Wealth…of Knowledge 1
• Strategies for Coping with Current Steel Prices 1
• Green Business: “Do as I say, not as I do” 1
• Supplier Site Visits Part #3: Post Analysis 0
• Dear Commodity Buyers, Don’t give up! 2
• Central & Eastern Europe: Finding the “Sweet Spot” 1
• Supplier Site Visits Part #2: Going Onsite 0
• Steel Industry: Preparing for the future? Or just raking in $? 2
• Higher Education: Coping with costs through Spend Management 0
• Make vs Buy: The age old dilemma 0
• Supplier Site Visits Part #1: Do your Prework 3
• LCCS: Focus on Who, What, Where and How 0
• Hold your Clydesdales: InBev & Anheuser-Busch “synergies” aren’t just layoffs 2
• Supplier Performance Management: How to start, measure & deliver 3
• Top 5 Categories to Source Now: #1 IT 0
• Consortium Buying Best Practices 0
• Steel Pulse: What’s the mood among metal suppliers? 0
• Top 5 Categories to Source Now: #2 Temporary Labor 2
• If water is the ‘next oil’…your Water Co better shape up 3
• Can Procurement keep hospitals stocked & profitable? 0
• Dynamic Supply Networks: What You Need to Know 0
• Building Category Credibility 0
• Top 5 Categories to Source Now: #3 Transportation 3
• Supply Networks: Get Dynamic or Die 2
• Change Management is key to successful software upgrades 0
• Spend Management: Time for Alternative Medicine 5
• Supply Risks to Defuse 4th of July Celebrations 0
• Making the Case for Spend Management 1
• Top 5 Categories to Source Now: #4 Travel Management 3
• WSJ Pushes Spend Management as a Recession Remedy 4
• Mid-Market: Treading (procurement) water 0
• Top 5 Categories to Source Now: #5 Direct Materials 5
• Dynamic Pricing: Even parking meters are unpredictable 0
• Speculating on Oil Regulation 0
• Category Chatter: Podcasts with the Pros 0
• Starbucks’ Venti Sized Sustainability Program 1
• Live from LIVE: Telefonica Shows Consensus Can be Efficient 1
• Live from LIVE: Sonoco’s SPM Advice 0
• Don’t Wait for the FDA 0
• e-Sourcing is A-LIVE and Well in Europe 2
• Sustainability: You’re (Still) Missing the Point 5
• Live from LIVE: Addiction is the key to adoption 1
• Live from LIVE: Looking past commodities 0
• Live from LIVE: SaaS vs IT 1
• Live from LIVE: CPOs engage in Risky Business 2
• Live from LIVE: Bonjour from Brussels 1
• Dow Price Hike: A lesson for buyers 0
• Open Season (Part Two): Best Practices for Event Management Spend 0
• Green Sourcing RFx Template: How to avoid “Greenwashing” 4
• Open Season (Part One): It’s Time to Negotiate Best Value Events 3
• Mid-market vs Enterprise Spend Management: How do they differ? 3
• HRO: Do the promises and $ add up? 0
• Change Management: Program Design is Key 0
• The End of an Era in Detroit 2
• 7 Ways to Boost Your Salary 0
• Coping with Steel Surcharges (aka Price Hikes) 4
• Sustainability: Throw Out Everything You Know 3
• On Demand: Forget About TCO. Think Innovation. 2
• Offsetting Oil Prices: What can you do 1
• Live from LIVE: Where is China headed? 0
• Live from LIVE: Cultural Divide 0
• Live from LIVE: Finding and keeping good people 0
• Live from LIVE: Lessons from Private Equity 0
• Live from LIVE: Suppliers are not the enemy 0
• Live from LIVE: Bad News about the Global Economy 0
• Live from LIVE: Good New about the Global Economy! 0
• Live from Ariba LIVE in Las Vegas 0
• Paper, Plastic or BYOB (bring-your-own-bag)? 0
• Chrysler’s Supply Plan: Back the Future 0
• Who Owns (Outsourced) Medical Records? 0
• Tip of the Iceberg: Transportation, Steel & Raw Materials 0
• Fortune 500 Strategies for Globalization 0
• Spend Management Town Hall: Shifting Global Trade 0
• Do Outsourcing Savings = Sales Losses? 0
• Global Sourcing: 10 Tips for LCCS Strategy Success 1
• LTL Transport: Soft retail numbers provide opportunity 1
• Spend Management Town Hall: Controlling Services Spend 0
• Steel Price Surge: Part 2 1
• Spend Management Town Hall: Hedging Against the Gloomy Economy 0
• 5 Steps to Tighten Your Company’s (Money) Belt 0
• What’s Really Behind the Steel Price Surge? 4
• Contract Negotiations: When YES is not enough 0
• DoD: Asleep at the Wheel 0
• Supply Risk: The (Dinner)Table Stakes Just Got Higher 2
• Sometimes Cost Can Go to (nearly) Zero 0
• Credit Crunch: Is it a Risk to your Supply Chain? 0
• Virgin Atlantic vs BA Biofuels Spat Misses the Point 0
• FOX’s Category Manager: Horton Hears a Profit 0
• Automotive Supply Chain Mess: Is the Worst Over? 2
• Spend Management Priorities: What’s Your Plan? 0
• Decision 2008: Is it Time for Spend Management? 2
• Commodity price crash? Not so fast 1
• The EU’s REACH Regulations: More mud in the water 0
• Saving a Truckload of $ on Transport 0
• We’re in the Same Business 0
• Sustainable Supply: How to Get Started 0
• Supply Management Talent Crunch: A Near-Term Solution 5
• Green Sourcing: It’s not just (tie-dyed) window dressing 0
• Southwest Airlines: Another Product Safety Problem… 0
• Industry at Risk: My Kingdom for an Axle 1
• CPOs on the Rise 0
• China: Is the low-cost still worth it? 4
• Food Safety: Better to do it yourself 0
• The Challenge of Retaining Top Talent Abroad 0
• Shortages Aren’t Just for Raw Materials 0
• Auto In-Sourcing: De Ja Vu All Over Again 2
• Re-Sourcing: Back in Vogue 0
• Baby Steps Toward Safer Toys 0
• Sharing the Virtual Microphone 1
• Postcards from Europe: Supply Crunch Knows No Borders 0
• Welcome Aboard the Sustainability Bandwagon 5
• IACCM Releases Annual Most Negotiated Terms List with Record Input 3
• An Ounce of Prevention… 1
• Supply Chain Finance Part III – Creating an Action Plan 0
• Supply Chain Finance Part II – Using Technology to Your Advantage 0
• Supply Chain Finance – Room to Improve 1
• U.S. Looking More Like Global Sourcing Hotspot 0
• Forget the Oil Crunch. Biofuels Feed Global Inflation Fears. 1
• Supply Management: Engine for the New World Car 0
• Marketing Spend Control: Tips from Both Sides of the Fence 0
• Chrysler Rolls Out Proven Formula for Purchasing Turnaround 0
• Supply Management Success Strategies for 2008 1
• Supply Excellence: Best Contributions of 2007 0
• China Makes Good on its Green Promise 1
• Personal Spend Management 1
• Supplier Diversity: It’s Time to Get Started 1
• Note to Supply Managers: Turn Volatility in Your Favor 0
• Inflationary Christmas 0
• Are You Taking a Gamble on China Quality? 0
• Still More Reverse Auction Fodder 0
• Reverse Auction Throwdown 5
• Reverse Auctions: We’ve come a long way…or Have We? 3
• Is it Time to Be a Better Customer? 0
• It’s Bonus Time – Will Your Employees Feel Valued? 0
• Sustainability Powers Google Lastest Gig 0
• The Changing Landscape of Business 0
• The Fuel Dilemma 0
• Inflation at the Thanksgiving Table 0
• Carbon Offsets: Common Business Practice or Short-Term Fix? 2
• CPO Summit: Procurement and Global Travel 1
• CPO Summit: Going Green – A Manufacturer’s Perspective 0
• CPO Summit: Productivity - The Real Enemy 2
• CPO Summit: Vital Statistics 1
• CPO Summit Kicks Off in Boston 0
• China’s Great Growth Sham 4
• ProcureTech Live: Conference at Your Desktop 0
• Redux: Getting Ahead in M&A 0
• Use Sustainability to Get a Leg Up 0
• The Gap: Corporate Grinch or Globalization Victim? 0
• Getting the Most from Industry Conferences 0
• Sustainability: Think Inside the Box 5
• In Defense of Defense Department Purchasing 0
• Letter from Iraq: Deviant Purchasing 1
• Outcome Sourcing: Teaching New Dogs, Old Tricks 2
• Talent Crunch Knows No Borders 0
• Top Supply Tip: Reader’s Choice 1
• Global Supply Management: A First Look at an Exclusive Study 0
• Empower 2007: Wish You Were Here 0
• Contract Lifecycle Management: Behind the Numbers 0
• Wal-Mart Eco Plan Sparks Supplier Revolt 2
• Contract Management Season Premiere 0
• Attention Wal-Mart Suppliers: Get Green 2
• Supply Now Podcast: Mid-Market Supply Management Success Factors 1
• Supply Management Cliches: The List Continues 0
• What’s Next in Purchasing? Ask Your Supply Management System 4
• Boeing: My Kingdom for a Fastener 4
• IACCM Contract Management Study Live 0
• Help Wanted: New Chrysler CPO? 3
• Reverse Auctions: The Secret to Sun’s Success 0
• Sony to Turn Sustainability into Money Maker 1
• The Trouble With Contract Management May Be You 0
• Top Supply Tips: The Final Decision 0
• Spend Analysis: Building the Business Case 0
• Why Spend Analysis? 0
• Aberdeen’s Spend Analysis Benchmark: The Penultimate Study? 1
• Sustainability: The Writing’s on the Hill 2
• Top Supply Tips Conclusion: Make House Calls 0
• Top Supply Tips Continued: Start Simple 0
• Automotive Co-Ops and Other Tall Tales 0
• Global Supply Benchmark: Last Chance to Play. Last Chance to Win. 0
• Top Supply Tips: Don’t Put Yourself in the Penalty Box 0
• Top Supply Tips: Pad Your Forecasts 2
• Top Supply Tips: Be Predictable 0
• Top Supply Tips: Cut It Out 0
• Benchmark Your Globalization Efforts 0
• Top Supply Tips: Look Inside First 0
• Top Supply Tips: Exec Support is Only Half the Battle 0
• Top Supply Tips: Know Your Suppliers 0
• Top Supply Tips: You’re Still Writing the Book 0
• Fear and Loathing in Global Sourcing 3
• Top Supply Management Cliches: Rock the Vote 16
• Microsoft: The End of Software as We Know It 2
• China Sourcing: Bargains Still Available, If You Know Where to Look 0
• Sustainability How-To Guide in the Making 0
• Purchasing Ethics: The Case for Automation 0
• Is Chrysler Crazy? 3
• China Sourcing Challenges? The Problem May Be You. 1
• Is Benchmarking Worth It? 1
• Negotiations: It’s Not About You 0
• Supply Management Innovation: What are You Waiting For? 0
• Supply Risk Profit Equation 0
• Supply Risk: Purchasing’s Take 0
• Spend Analysis: What do you know, anyway? 0
• Purchasing is Dead. (And Other Conspiracies.) 4
• Supply Management: From Cocktail Chat to Business Value 0
• Supplier Information Management in Action 0
• Tales of the Unexpected: CIOs Bullish on SaaS 0
• Global Supply Management: More Strange But True Tales 0
• The Toughest Place to Manage Global Supply 0
• Supply Now: An Insider’s View of Outsourcing 0
• The Need for Patent Reform: By the Numbers 0
• Offshoring? Not in My Backyard. 3
• Price Breaks Gone Wild 1
• Bull Scrap 1
• Live Profits 0
• Summer Reading for Supply Managers 3
• Supplier 411 0
• It’s 10 0′ Clock. Do you Know Who Your Suppliers Are? 1
• Services Outsourcing: Let’s NOT Make a Deal 0
• Get Real: The Secret to Supply Risk Management 6
• Look Inside First for Outsourcing Success 1
• Oil Crisis to Become SOP 1
• Openness: Good Politics, Good Business 0
• Misfi(RED)? 1
• Future Shock: Avoiding the Hazards of Spend Analysis 0
• Are You a Customer of Choice? 2
• Is Detroit the Next Global Sourcing Hot Spot? 3
• Inflation Woes to Get Worse 2
• Hope on the Patent Horizon 4
• Supply Management 2.0, Texas Style 0
• Pull-Demand: Driving Transformation by Selling Your Value 0
• Top Sources for Supply Risk Intelligence 0
• An Aussie’s Take on Patent Madness 0
• Killing the Messenger: Sparking the Great KPI Debate 1
• Putting an End to Patent Madness 3
• Knowledge is Power in Change-Resistant Culture 0
• The Only KPI that Matters 8
• Supply Management 2.0 Tour is Goin’ Back to Cali’ 0
• Supply versus Spend Management: Hard Savings versus Behavioral Science 1
• New SupplyNow Podcast Tackles Global Contracting, Protectionism, and Chrysler 1
• Managing Supply Risks: What You Can Do Today 1
• Two Faces of Supply Risk Management 2
• Supply Management Successes and Surprises in Second City 0
• Supply Transformation: Avoiding Margaret Thatcher’s Mistakes 1
• Supply Management: Big Apple Style 0
• Continuous Improvement, Nordic Style 0
• Stockholm: Lessons on Hockey, Life, and Supply Management Transformation 2
• e-Sourcing: What it Takes to Woo Vendors 0
• ITT: Turning Tough Times into a Supply Management Opportunity 1
• Supply Excellence Turns One 3
• Barclays: Transforming Supply in an Ever-Changing World 2
• To Share or Not To Share 0
• Survey Opportunity: MRO Procurement Catalog Management 0
• Stockholm: Supply Management Nordic Style 0
• The Illusion of Six Sigma 3
• London Calling: See Supply Management 2.0 in Action 1
• The Business Case for Supplier Performance Management 0
• Where the Discounts Are 1
• New Risk for Your Global Sourcing Strategy: Protectionism 6
• Why Supplier Management Programs Fail. And How to Fix Them. 1
• Believe it or Not: It’s Time to Renegotiate Your Metals Buy 0
• What Does it Take to Truly Manage Supplier Performance? 0
• SupplyNow Podcast Features Supply Management All-Stars 1
• Supplier Performance Management: Industry’s Big Farce 1
• Use Tighter Eco Standards to Your Advantage 0
• Still More Reasons Why Sustainability is Good for Business 2
• Sun Microsystems: Supply Value in Action 1
• How to Get on Your CEO’s Agenda 1
• LCCS: It’s A Lot Closer Than You Think 0
• Will Power Hungry China Boost Your Supply Bill? 2
• The Coming Recession: Why It’s Good for You 2
• Supply Management 2.0: The Cliff Notes 1
• Are You Ready for Supply Management 2.0? 7
• An Ad Worth Reading 1
• In Search of Best Value 6
• Addressing the Services Spend Visibility Crisis 5
• Do You Really Need Spend Analysis Automation? 4
• The Ethanol Debate: A Supply Management View 0
• Spend Analysis: What I Learned From You 0
• Supply Risk Assessments for the Average Joe 0
• Author! Author!: You Wrote the Book on Top Supply Tips 1
• Spend Analysis: Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask 0
• EIPP: The Value of Walking Before You Run 1
• Supply Management: The Sequel 1
• EIPP Expose: Watch This Space 3
• SaaS Disrupts Old-School Thinking 1
• Gartner’s Supply Tips: A Second Opinion 0
• What’s Your Supply Risk Quotient? 0
• The China Syndrome. What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You - Soon. 2
• Who’s the Boss? Chrysler May be Bought by its Supplier 0
• Are You at Risk of Losing Your Top Talent? Take this Quiz to Find Out. 0
• The Talent Crunch: Tips from a Top Purchasing Skills Coach 2
• Chrysler: What Went Wrong? 3
• A Mid-Market Supply Tale 0
• Supply Management: What it Takes for Mid-Market Success 1
• Alert: Podcast on Talent Crunch, Adoption, Sustainable Supply Now Available 3
• Supply Management: The Trouble With the Mid-Market 1
• The Top 5 Worst Supply Management Moves of All Time 0
• iTunes, Tower Records and the Future of Your Technology Infrastructure 0
• Stepping Up Your Sourcing Performance 0
• The Three R’s of Adoption 1
• Does Widespread Adoption Drive the Best Results? 1
• Contract Lifecycle Management: Secrets of Success 2
• e-Markets: Rebirth or Still Dying? 2
• Spend Analysis: Don’t Settle for Lesser “Evils” 1
• Why Outsourcing Fails 0
• Who Says SaaS Can’t Do the Integration Dance? 1
• Is it Time to Outsource Procurement? 4
• Where the Price Increases Are 1
• Can Supply Management Jumpstart Detroit? 2
• LCCS: CEOs See Opportunities and Risks 3
• Sustainable Supply: There’s No Denying It 2
• Exclusive: Navteq’s Success Story 0
• Exclusive: Bootstrapping Supply Management Success 0
• Are You Getting Gouged at the Pump? 0
• Much Ado About Contract Compliance 1
• Sometimes Analysts Get it Right — Unfortunately 0
• Top Negotiated Terms Redux: Are You Spinning Your Wheels? 1
• Travel Costs: Prepare for Takeoff 0
• CEOs Split on Economy, But Certain of Higher Prices 0
• Spend versus Supply Management: The Final Word 4
• Turning the Talent Crunch into an Opportunity 2
• Kicking and Screaming: My Top Picks for 2007 10
• Sustainable Supply the Martha Stewart Way 3
• While You Were Out 0
• What’s Your Environmental Footprint? 0
• 2007: The Year of Sustainable Supply Strategies 6
• Is it Time to Negotiate a Raise? 2
• Profiling Without the Controversy 0
• You Can’t Reverse Auction That, Can You? 1
• A Holiday Sourcing Tale 4
• Gartner Predicts Inflation and Supply Shortages for ‘07 1
• SupplyNow Podcast: The China Factor 2
• Are You Ready for Lean Contracting? 1
• Sourcing Expertise, How May I Direct Your Call? 0
• Supply Transformation: Where’s the Best Place to Start? 2
• Top 10 Supply KPIs: Aberdeen’s View 8
• Exclusive: European Talent Crunch and Technology Forecast 0
• Exclusive: CPO Agenda on Supply Trends in Europe 1
• Feeding the Spend Analysis Frenzy: Aberdeen Chimes In 2
• Aberdeen Reveals CPO’s Secret Fears and Strategies 0
• Three Card Monte and the Currency Risk 2