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 you can imagine, we are often asked to opine on what makes Category Management initiatives fail or succeed and how to increase the prospects for success. And while there are no easy answers, there are some lessons that have been learned which do offer some insights that…
I’m sure you looked at my title and thought “here is another blog, article, rant, etc. on talent management” and just to be clear it IS, and it ISN’T. If your organization is truly trying to move up the maturity curve and is really making an effort to…
That may sound very counter intuitive to many, but it is now a well proven fact and therefore, it would behoove us all to spend as much time as is necessary to ensure a disciplined project management approach which should ensure a proper launch. And while it may…
Supply Chains are complex webs of various internal and external functions and people that need to work together to bring goods and services to their customers in an efficient manner. When placed at the center of the Supply Chain, Procurement’s role is to orchestrate the interactions and collaboration…
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