Last week, we had a tremendous turnout to the Myths, Pifalls and Realities around Services Procurement webinar (click here for the replay) and there were some follow up questions from attendees that I thought everyone might be interested in. Please feel free to comment and add your insights.
Q: “Can you provide your position on whether [...]

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Kraft’s announcement last week that it is planning a dramatic rationalization in its supply base as part of a comprehensive purchasing review  is a savvy spend management move on multiple levels and provides the opportunity for many layers of short- and long-term benefits.

Re-negotiating supplier agreements as part of a broader initiative provides an opportunity to [...]

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As the Wall Street Journal reported today, the gap continues to grow between the have’s and have nots when it comes to liquidity.
Companies with annual revenue of more than $5 billion sped up their collection of cash from customers while slowing their own payments to suppliers. Firms with less than $500 million in annual sales, [...]

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It’s back to school season for those of us with kids. And as we all know, a critical part of the first week of every school year is the back to school essay on “what I did this summer.” Rather than ask Supply Excellence readers to retell their tales of bocce ball, beaches and overpriced [...]

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I stirred up a bit of an emotional hornets’ nest last week when I posted on GM’s steps in the right direction with their eBay sales portal and plans for a $4,000 car (my personal favorite comment was on the syndicated version of the post on Seeking Alpha). Brace yourselves for more volatile dialogue, because [...]

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