On the tenth day of X-Mas
my blogger gave to me
blog posts worth keeping,
l'il hampsters dancing,
thoughts for a shilling,
strategies for winning,
tactics for saving,
five golden rings,
four little words,
tri-focal lens,
two boxing gloves
and a lesson in strategy.

10 Sourcing Innovation Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• Buying Spend Analysis Systems: Taking a Test Drive
• Blogger Relations Part II: Fire Your PR Company!
• Spend Matters on SCM: Data, Data Everywhere ...
• Are You Still Relying on the Mallet and the Carrot?
• Simplifying B2B for Suppliers Enables Buyers
• the doctor's Seven Grand Challenges for Supply & Spend Management
• A Savings Template to Save Money Now with Green IT
• Optimization: Can You Afford NOT to Do It?
• Consultants are Cheap
• The Brain Gives Pinky A Marketing Lesson

10 Spend Matters Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• Watch Out For Spend Management Pirates
• Spend Management Software -- Now is the Time to Buy
• A Supplier Bankruptcy Checklist
• Reverse Auctions -- Is it Hammer Time?
• One Recipe for Attracting Top Talent into Procurement
• The Total Cost Angle: Understanding Your True Energy Spend
• What Does the Potential of "the Mother of all Meltdowns" Mean for Procurement?
• Your e-Procurement Implementation Sucks (and What You Can Do About It)
• Package Engineering -- Going Green and Saving Green
• Supplier Sustainability: Is Your Brand at Risk?

10 e-Sourcing Forum Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• Kryptonite for e-Sourcing Software Selection and Success
• Supplier Risk Assessment Best Practices
• Gloomy Short Term Future for SaaS?
• e-RFx -- It's Not Just About the TCO
• Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Telecom Savings
• Two-Way Scorecarding Best Practices
• Let the Market Decide!
• Surefire Strategy For Producing a Consulting Train Wreck: "Just Focus on What You Can Control, You Can't Be Blamed for the Actions of Others"
• Strategy in Emerging Markets
• Can You Really Afford to Leave Millions on the Table?

10 Supply Excellence Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• What's Your Bailout Plan? Indirect Spend is a Good Start (Part 2)
• 6 Keys to Getting More from Your Purchasing Staff
• Is Renegotiating During a Recession Ethical
• Managing Exceptions Instead of Pushing Paper
• The Four Core Aspects of Category Assessment
• 3^rd Party Financing -- Cut Costs or Raise Prices?
• Credit Crisis Collaboration: The Best Cash Flow Alternative
• Spend Management 3.0 and Beyond ...
• Regulators vs. Profitability: How Can Buyers Help?
• On Demand: What Software Companies Don't Want You To Know

10 Purchasing Certification Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• Supplier Partnerships Mean You Have to Contribute Too
• The Recession & Supplier Stratification
• Supplier Financial Risk & Purchasing/AP Collaboration
• LCCS and Cultural Considerations
• Turn The Other Cheek? Not When It's A Supplier Slapping You!
• Reverse Auctions STILL Controversial? Come On!
• Supplier Collaboration - Tales of Two Different Approaches
• Cost Savings Potential
• Tough Negotiating: What's The Worst That Can Happen?
• Purchasing Principles From The Stanley Cup Finals?

10 Supply Chain Matters Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• Prescriptions for Difficult Times
• A Perspective on China's Business Culture
• Insuring Your Supply Chain Professional Development
• Supply Chain Management Challenges in the Post Financial Crisis Era
• Seven Grand Challenges for Supply Chain Management- Part Three
• A New Look at Inventory Planning Urged
• Another Lesson of Supply Chain Risk for Food Supply Chains
• Investing in Supply Chain Technology during Uncertain Times
• Supplier Portals -- The Value Proposition
• Navigating Through Economic Downturns- the balancing of sourcing strategies

10 Safe Sourcing Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• Consumers care about the environment and safety; not so much about your profitability.
• Twenty steps to running high quality e-procurement events.
• Here are nine steps to safer and more eco-friendly procurement.
• How can retailers creatively use e-procurement tools to limit upcoming losses from below normal holiday spending?
• How can the procurement department lead the way in company green initiatives?
• How do suppliers benefit from participation in e-procurement events such as reverse auctions?
• Should Retailers conduct e-procurement events as Full Service or Self Service? Are there other alternatives?
• Supplier selection! This may be the most important decision you make.
• Collaboration. What appears to be common sense obviously is not.
• Twenty steps to running high quality e-procurement events.

10 e-Sourcing Place Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• Reverse Auction Guidelines
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sourcing Application Suites - A Reaction
• Spreadsheet Worst Practices
• Where Next? Has Changed
• e-Auctions in the News
• On Reverse Japanese Auctions
• e-Auctions in Supply Management
• Does Procurement Auction Design Matter? (Part 4)
• Does Procurement Auction Design Matter? (Part 1)
• Another reason why enterprise software is generally so bad

10 Transformation Leadership Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• The Mark of a Leader -- Part II
• Corporate e-Harmony
• Transformation Insights I
• Payment Terms IV
• Deliberate Supply Chain Interruptions
• Low Cost Country Sourcing
• TCO -- Total Cost of Ownership -- IV
• Supply Chain Components of Natural Gas Cost -- II
• Supplier Risk Management VII
• The ROI of Supplier Recognition

10 European Leaders Network Blog Posts Worth Keeping

• Food for thought
• Psychology the key as survival instincts kick in
• Lessons from the world's largest supply chain
• Suppliers strike back as big boys stick boot in
• Procurement on the sales radar
• Europe Catches e-Sourcing Fever
• Viral marketing hones in on supply chains
• Tier two cities could put India on the map
• Research points to new focus on services procurement
• Supply chain management and the war for talent