Sourcing Innovation: Monthly Archives for August 2011

Good Public Procurement Recommendations from the McClelland Report, Part II

What's the Big Idea?

Good Public Procurement Recommendations from the McClelland Report, Part I

Where's Our McClelland Report?

Is "Low-Cost Country" Inflation Driving Manufacturing OnShore?

Procurement Mastery in 2015

Risk Detection Can Not Be Automated

Food Costs are Still Spiking - Are You Ready for the Risks?

Happy Workers are Productive Workers

LOLCats Explain the Innerworkings of the Internet

Seriously, Just How Bad of a Delivery Company Do You Have To Be To Do This?

What Defines a Procurement Master?

Public Procurement in 2020 -- Are You On Track? Part V

Are You a Procurement Master?

Public Procurement in 2020 -- Are You On Track? Part IV

The Case for Colombia

Public Procurement in 2020 -- Are You On Track? Part III

Dog Bites Man

Public Procurement in 2020 -- Are You On Track? Part II

How to Screw Up a Procurement Job Interview

Public Procurement in 2020 -- Are You On Track? Part I

Novice Negotiators - Your Counterparts Will Use Your Emotions Against You

Look for the InSourcing Bandwagon to Start Boarding in 2012

Mentoring ... Even Cats Get It!

How Bad of a Delivery Company Do You Have To Be To Do This?

Listen to BrainNet - Invest your Avoidance Savings to Keep Costs Down

Risk Management Is Your Top Priority - But Are You Prepared for the Billion Dollar Threat?

The Triple Bottom Line will Soon Be The Norm

The "Cloud" is Not a Magic Mirror Nor is it Omniscient

It's a Knowledge Economy - Do You Know Where to Turn?

Six Red Flags In Any Relationship, Not Just Outsourcing

What China's Five Year Plan Ultimately Means for Your Business

Outsourcing is in Decline - But What's the Real Reason?

What's a BHAG (and why is it important)?

Is An African Country Your Next LCCS Destination?

How Many Different Kinds of Pens and Paper Do You Need?

Should You Be Using CEI?

This Happens Far Too Often

Why It Never Hurts to Be Careful

Global Collaboration Tips

Save Yourself an Hour -- There's Only ONE Real Driver Behind Inventory Costs

Boilerplate Blasphemy

The Control Provided by e-Sourcing is Only an Illusion - YOU HAVE NO CONTROL!

Tips on OJEU Notice Drafting for EU Public Procurement Bodies

Talent is Critical to Your Supply Management Organization

Organizational Data is Organizational Data -- NOT Department Data

Questions from the Land of the Obvious: Is China's Rise Sustainable?

Remember the Dangers of Centralized Buying

One Hundred Years Ago Today

An Idea for Aligning the Non-Competing Finance and Procurement Agendas

I'm Sorry to Say That Sometimes I Have To Agree

Beware of that Transportation Bid That Seems Much Too Low

Perfect Procurement Processes Will Not Save the Public Sector

Your Job Advertisement Actually Attracted a Good Candidate - Now What?

It's a Knowledge Economy - Are You Ready?

So, What Might a Good Job Advertisement Look Like?

Your Browser Matters

If You Want to Attract Talent, Start with a Good Advertisement

Time to Shorten those Payment Cycles

Efficiency is Never Bad. It's the Focus on Cost-Cutting that Kills You!

Why Finance Needs to Work With Supply Management