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…
What do these have in common? Sourcing is viewed as “Cost Cutters” Little to NO Executive support Complex cultural dynamics No governance in place Political maneuvering Inertia favors status quo Hesitant to give up perceived power BU metrics different from Procurement Narrowly focused decision making Process changes Organizational…
I can’t remember the first time I saw some article/white paper with that topic and blaring title but it was a looong time ago. And I betcha if you google it today you would get a large number of hits. We have also spoken on this topic at…
We have been sending client advisories to a number of our clients and a large group of Chief Procurement/Supply Chain Officers are getting together on April 4th for a discussion on this topic so I thought I would take one aspect of it for this post – namely,…
While globalization has led to many advantages for supply chains/procurement organizations with access to cheaper labor, lower regulations, access to markets and spreading of wealth, it also means that we are all now tied into the global economy and subject to its whims. It is a system and…
