Tomorrow I’m moderating the October LinkedIn Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group member call. This month’s topic is ‘Nuisance Spend’ - that low volume, high SKU count spend that can be the most difficult to bring under management.
As always, we’ll be encouraging participation - questions, insights and discussion - from the audience. These calls are [...]

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A week ago the Huffington Post featured a slide-show look at Trader Joe’s - The Semi-Secret World of Trader Joe’s: The Tasty Bits. As a long time TJ’s shopper and arguably decent cook (well, if you ask my 6 year old son anyway - he swears by my grilled pizzas), I like getting a glimpse [...]

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Over on the International Association of Commercial Contract Management (IACCM) blog Commitment Matters, negotiation and contracts guru Tim Cummins shares some interesting research into the (im)maturity of buyer-supplier collaboration. According to a recent IACCM study, 46% of respondents feel that buyer-seller relationships are more mutually beneficial and collaborative than they were 24 months ago.
While that’s [...]

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Although at “Supply” Excellence we often view things from the buyer’s perspective, I thought this interview I conducted at Ariba LIVE today with Larry Bender, Director of Contract Management at Diebold, would provide an interesting perspective. Larry and his team have a long history of participating in (and often winning) reverse auctions.

There is a LOT [...]

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Following hot on heels of a great April group member call on Commodities (replay available here), our Strategic Sourcing & Procurement discussion this month will be led by Murillo Xavier. Murillo is a Supply Chain Project Manager at Nestle Waters North America as well as the author of ‘Strategic Sourcing - Suppliers Are From Mars, [...]

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