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One of my favorite presentations of the day was delivered by Alistair Donald, the Chief Procurement Officer of Global Procurement Services of ConocoPhillips Company. Alistair’s presentation had a James Bond / Secret Agent theme which made it very entertaining as well as informative. Alistair has a wonderful story to tell of his success in transforming the Supply Management function within ConocoPhillips. Michael Lamereaux from Sourcing Innovation, an NPX attendee, wrote that Supply Management has been a key contributor to ConocoPhillips’ financial success over the last several years in his blog post, Supply Management: Secret Agent of Business Improvement (Key NPX Take Away 5) where he articulated Alistair’s value contributors.

More from The Mpower Group’s Next Practices Xchange (NPX). . . . . . From Cost to Value

By Anne Kohler on June 30, 2011 Blog-News U can Use, Next Practices

Obama challenged America to create “Sputnik” moments where new innovation would break through historical obstacles. “We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world.” was Obama’s battle cry to action. Now is an excellent time to apply that same “State of the Union” thinking to our Supply Chain relationships. How can we create internal “Sputnik” moments with our employees? Who in our organization owns this role? Do we encourage or discourage our suppliers and customers from innovating? How do we even begin?

Your Supply Chain’s Sputnik Moment

By Dalip Raheja on January 28, 2011 Blog-News U can Use, Next Practices, Sourcing

Now is an excellent time to apply that same “State of the Union” thinking to our Supply Chain relationships. How can we create internal “Sputnik” moments with our employees? Who in our organization owns this role? Do we encourage or discourage our suppliers and customers from innovating? How do we even begin?

Ask The Expert – Tim Cummins and Dalip Raheja Discuss the Future of Strategic Sourcing

By Dalip Raheja on September 23, 2010 Blog-News U can Use, Next Practices, Sourcing

We hope you were able to join us for today’s Ask The Expert call, but if you were not, the recording and associated slides are now available so that you may download them at your leisure. Thanks to Dalip and Tim for an enlightening call. You can see…

Ask The Expert – Tim Cummins and Dalip Raheja Debate the Future of Strategic Sourcing

By Dalip Raheja on September 22, 2010 Blog-News U can Use, Next Practices, Sourcing

Ask the Expert – The Death of Strategic Sourcing 23 Sep 2010 (Register) Ask the Expert – The Death of Strategic Sourcing September 23rd, 15:00 UTC, 4PM BST, 5PM CET, 11AM ET US, 8AM PT US Join Dalip Raheja and Tim Cummins as they debate the future direction…

Today’s guest post is from Anne Kohler, Executive Vice President and COO of The Mpower Group (TMG) and a contributor to the News U Can Use TMG blog. Over the past year, as the economy has worsened and companies are being squeezed financially, we have heard the following from extremely frustrated clients and prospects (most of which are in Supply Chain or Sourcing):

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By Anne Kohler on September 9, 2010 Blog-News U can Use, Next Practices, Sourcing

Today’s guest post is from Anne Kohler, Executive Vice President and COO of The Mpower Group (TMG) and a contributor to the News U Can Use TMG blog.

Over the past year, as the economy has worsened and companies are being squeezed financially, we have heard the following from extremely frustrated clients and prospects (most of which are in Supply Chain or Sourcing):

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