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…
There perhaps has not been an event like this virus (Coronavirus) in a while and yet, the argument is that this is not a Black Swan event!! This has and will have some REAL changes in a number of different areas that we need to be incorporating today.…
Category Management is the latest advancement of the Strategic Sourcing process and is taking our professional community by storm. What needs to happen within your organization to make the transition from Strategic Sourcing to Category Management? Category Management Musing(s?) will provide that answer by using our Category Management…
It’s typically not a good idea to follow Anne to the stage but here goes. I wanted to extend the conversation she started last week on Black Swan events and Category Management (CM). First, there are some that currently argue that the coronavirus is NOT a Black Swan…
We started a podcast. We wanted to expand our reach and what better way to do that than with a podcast. Whether you are at your desk or on the go, you can listen (download) our podcast episodes and listen at your leisure. We hope you enjoy our…
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