. . . Still! We have several clients that are going through Procurement technology upgrades. The single biggest issue that they are ALL having is around the people side of the change which is ALL about Change Management. They are frustrated because most of the time they spent upfront, on planning…
First, I hope you are all staying healthy and safe. Over the last 30 days we have written about this topic twice and I am hoping that three times is the charm. If you have not looked at your Supplier Diversity (SD) program lately then chances are it’s…
From the time we called for the Death of Strategic Sourcing in 2010 to all the conferences that we speak at or host, one thing is consistently clear – people choose to define Category Management (CM) as they see fit. I’ve had CPOs tell me that they have been doing CM…
All Procurement /Supply Chain organizations can be positioned on a Maturity Model. Some of you are still trying to move from tactical Purchasing to Sourcing while others may be trying to make the leap from Strategic Sourcing to Category Management. Regardless of where you are, the journey to…
If you missed our last PERT (Procurement / Supply Executive Round Table) event, you missed a good one. On Tuesday (5/14), a group of high-powered Fortune 1000 CPOs got together for the day to discuss “Procurement Technology In the Age of Blockchain, RPA and AI – Do you…
