What do these events have in common? Fukushima nuclear disaster Dot com crash Dissolution of the Soviet Union September 11th attacks The rise of the Internet BREXIT Outcome of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election They are all considered to be Black Swan events. A Black Swan is an event or occurrence that…
Category Management is the latest advancement of the Strategic Sourcing process and is taking our professional community by storm. The ability to align strategic business objectives with appropriate sourcing strategies is finally allowing procurement and supply chain professionals to become far more strategic. The move to the C-Suite…
The Mpower Group is excited to announce our founding partner, COO, Anne Kohler, has been honored by Supply & Demand Chain Executive as a 2017 Provider Pros to Know. …
Executive Webinar Series FROM A NECESSARY COST TO A COMPETITIVE WEAPON – TRANSFORMING YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN TO MEET TOMORROW’S CHALLENGES In part one of this webinar, we examined the issue of Globalization and the various impacts it has on Sourcing/Supply Chain. A number of risks were discussed that…
Based on the tremendous response we have been getting on this series, I thought we would continue the discussion as long as the interest continues to justify it. One of the domains in our maturity model that generated a lot of discussion at the last PERT (Procurement Executives…
