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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In Part 1 of this series, Shawn Penrice did a great job defining what we mean by “supplier nominated savings” and helped walk you through identifying categories to target (the replay of our recent presentation on this topic for a SIG webinar is available here). Interestingly, Pierre Mitchell, from the Hackett Group, weighed in and [...]

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Yesterday, Procurement Leaders ran a story on the impact of Wal-Mart’s efforts to reduce excess packaging in the toys they carry. In addition to the reduced consumption of paper and plastic in the actual packaging, the article reports that the changes saved Wal-Mart 727 shipping containers and 1,300 barrels of oil in comparison to the [...]

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My colleague Diana Brown and I gave a presentation on Supplier Nominated Savings on a Sourcing Interest Group webinar earlier this month (replay is available here). Although the topic seems like old hat to us, it was clear during the Q&A portion of the program that there are a lot of organizations that either don’t [...]

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The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) has asked me to present the “Top Categories to Source Now” in a webinar next week (details & registration here). As those of you who have seen other iterations of this presentation know, the categories themselves and strategies for approaching them change as market conditions shift. The big [...]

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