The hamburger wars are back again and the winner will be decided by their supply chains. We have often talked about how the new role for sourcing/supply chain organizations is no longer being the best negotiators and cost cutters but directly influencing corporate strategy, top line growth, market…
Since this is the beginning of a long holiday weekend, we thought we would delay our usual blog post. We hope you have a happy, healthy and safe holiday weekend with friends and loved ones. From all of us at The Mpower Group
Last week I was running a workshop for Strategic Sourcing professionals and the subject matter was supplier selection and relationship management. One of the topics we discussed was the loss review. Some of the questions I received were: Should we be doing loss reviews? When do you let…
If you don’t know the history of the Cheezborger, then you missed the glory years of Saturday Night Live (U-Tube it…is that a new verb now – U tubing?). The story of the goat and the curse is even more complicated but suffice it to say that the…
Congratulations to the Chicago Cubs, our home town team. Congratulations also to Cleveland Indians for putting on a great game and series. After 108 years the curse is broken!