As Strategic Sourcing or Category Management professionals you are all familiar with Supplier Diversity. You may have quotas or “set-asides” that dictate what percentage of your spend must go to “diverse” suppliers based on internal policy, customer mandates or federal regulations. You have definitions around what is a…
A few weeks ago, I delivered a virtual training session to a Procurement (Purchasing) group that is part of an organization that is also responsible for Strategic Sourcing and Category Management. As you can imagine Purchasing professionals are often labeled with words such as tactical, transactional, non-strategic, etc. …
As most of you know, we do lots and lots of work with teams and even our Category Management practice depends heavily on working with client teams as opposed to more traditional consulting models because we ensure transfer of skill and knowledge. We are currently involved in helping…
It’s not a surprise – Supplier Diversity or CSR or what is now known as D E &I (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). And it’s no longer a nice to have but has moved into the area of must have or you lose a competitive advantage. Even more powerful,…
The last 90 days have tested our Supply Chains like never before, and ALL organizations have one. Whether you are a manufacturer or a restaurant or a retailer or a university or a professional service organization, your Supply Chain was most certainly disrupted or at least shaken by…
