A lot of Supply Excellence readers are members of the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Group on LinkedIn and may have seen the lively discussion in December on how the Group can become a more valuable resource in 2010. Out of that discussion, the idea to have regular conference calls to tap into the Group’s collective [...]

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At the Atlanta Spend Management Day yesterday, Kurt Albertson, Director of Advisory Services with The Hackett Group, examined past predictions and gave some new insight into 2010 predictions and beyond.
According to Hackett’s forecasts from July 2008, the 2009  economy was going to create the “perfect storm.” It was a time to secure up supply, highlight [...]

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At the Ariba User Conference held last week in Nashville, I had the opportunity to lead two sessions focused on spend adoption-an initiative that’s getting a lot of traction in the marketplace.
What is spend adoption? It’s the process of selecting a category of spend, enabling the catalog or contract content on the P2P solution, [...]

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Thomas Crichton, Senior Manager of General Procurement at The Stanley Works, describes their top supply chain challenge (ensuring supplier viability) and urges other procurement organizations to “go after the deflationary marketplace.”

Once again, let me put out the call for questions for the Chicago Ariba LIVE presenters or attendees. Please leave suggested questions/topics in the comments [...]

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I founded Supply Excellence just over three years ago with a single (albeit long-winded) charter: “to profile proven strategies, best practices, and case studies to help companies of all sizes and industries accelerate results and drive continuous improvements in global supply management performance.”
The blog launch coincided with an around the world trip, during which I [...]

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