The Strategic Sourcing process that we all know and love today was actually started in the early 1990’s in the auto industry. The inefficiencies in the buying processes including lack of standardization, too many suppliers, too much inventory, etc. led to numerous changes that resulted in the way…
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,…
Try buying a toilet bowl at your local store and don’t be surprised if they tell you that it’s a three month lead time – and no, that’s not a misprint. As we have been observing in this blog, the alarm bells are going off at most of…
Our listicle (and that is not a derisive thing anymore) for 2021. I hope you like what they did as much as I do. Allow me to make some obvious observations. The eight Trends (sorry if you were looking for ten) will not change after 2021 so you…
On any given day I can be on either side of that coin. Before COVID, when most of us were going to the office, we usually started our day by greeting our co-workers and engaging in some type of small talk. What we talked about was not important…
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