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Many organizations look at Risk as an evil, a challenge and even a four letter word. Risk can actually become a competitive advantage for a Supply Chain organization that knows how to identify and effectively manage it. Today’s blog focuses on insights from the Supply Chain All-Stars that recovered fastest after the Japanese Tsunami.

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One of the highlights of the Next Practices Exchange (NPX) was a presentation by Brad Peterson, partner at the law firm of Mayer Brown on “How to Communicate the Value You Create in Negotiating Contract Terms.” Read on for a summary of Brad’s comments.

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Today we’re going to let our readers in on a little secret. Actually, it’s a big secret. It is one of the most powerful strategies that you can deploy in a sourcing engagement. And based on our research, it’s one that is almost never used.

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Are you playing Battleship with your customers? Playing Twenty Questions with your suppliers? Maybe that’s why your relationships have not blossomed the way you thought they would. Here’s a quick look at what can be done to stop the games and get to the results.

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A few weeks ago, the famous Washington Post White House author, Bob Woodward wrote an article entitled “Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan” which was all about the critical nature of decision making. What greater decision can there be then deciding the fate of tens of thousands of young U.S. men and women as they are sent into war-torn Afghanistan? The article chronicles the process that President Barrack Obama undertook in finally deciding to send 30,000 additional troops as opposed to the 40,000 (which came highly recommended by his military leaders) in December 2009.

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