Last week on the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group member call, we discussed the relationship and HUGE opportunity for procurement and finance to work together. That internal collaboration can be the 1st step towards increased liquidity that doesn’t come at the expense of supply chain health. Once the procurement/finance working capital management goals are established, [...]

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This Thursday, I’m moderating the September LinkedIn Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group member call. This month, we’re talking about Finance, specifically the relationship between finance and procurement. Helping us navigate this touchy subject huge opportunity for collaboration, efficiency gains and increase cash flow will be:

Charles Dominick, CEO of NextLevelPurchasing, who will share what they’re seeing [...]

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I caught up with Procurement Leaders‘ Mark Perera at Ariba LIVE in Amsterdam earlier this month. A year after our first 2 interviews (Part 1 and 2) on working capital management, Mark gave us an update on managing cash trends, priorities and success stories.

All of the interviews with attendees and speakers (about 40 videos) from Ariba [...]

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Category Manager Bob Zieger discusses the shift in supplier risk focus away from financial and towards operational.

This segment is a clip from the LinkedIn Strategic Sourcing & Procurement group member conference call on commodities. You can stream the full replay here (embedded player top center). Request to join the group here.
Justin Fogarty is Managing Editor [...]

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As many of you know, the Category Managers who contribute to Supply Excellence also create a quarterly report called SupplyWatch. The Q2 issue is posted and includes detailed category breakdowns for…

Metals
Plastics, Rubber & Raw Materials
Transportation
Electronics, Electrical & IT Hardware
Paper & Packaging
Services & Capital Goods, Construction & Engineering

This quarter’s feature article is on Working Capital [...]

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