I would really love to hear the collaborative conversations that must have gone on with the suppliers that made constructing this 15 story green hotel in China in just 2 days possible.

This is where the business world is headed. The right suppliers working with the buyer of choice to innovate.
Justin Fogarty is Managing Editor of [...]

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It seems a week can’t go by without yet another product supply safety scare traced to international supply chains. This week’s episode provides some of the scariest headlines yet: Tainted baby formula.

It also points to another aspect of international supply chains that requires increasingly sophisticated oversight by spend management organizations. We typically think [...]

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On this blog, we often talk about low-cost country sourcing, outsourcing, currency fluctuation strategies and macro economic challenges. But rarely is there ever one story that ties all of those issues together as well as that of Airbus, a company faced with slowing industry demand, a strong Euro (where they manufacture) vs a weak USD [...]

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