Sourcing Innovation: Category Archive for Cost Reduction

Summer is One Month Away. Is Your Supply Chain Ready?

Why Does Shipping Cost so Much?

What Costs Your Supplier More? Their Warehouse or Your SIM Practices?

Why You Need SIM-Powered Recovery

SIM Powered Recovery Will Take Your Recovery to the Next Level!

If You Really Want to Reduce Costs, Reduce Waste!

All Your Peers Are Chasing a Lost Cause -- Are You? Part II

All Your Peers Are Chasing a Lost Cause -- Are You? Part I

There is a Spend Rule of Three

Are You Going to Be Able to Control Costs this Year?

So You Need To Save On Ocean Freight

The Essence of Good Working Capital Management

An Informative Piece on Making Better Decisions with Cost Modelling

Your Free* Holiday Gift from BravoSolution

Good Advice and Bad Advice for Controlling Transportation Insurance Costs

Vinnie Mirchandani on "The Costs of Software Renewal" (Repost)

Are You Ready for the 4th Quarter Crunch?

How do you measure savings?

Procurement Value Creation Ideas, Part II

Will Factories in a Box Revolutionize Sustainability Initiatives?

Robbie and the Coupa Factory

Finally, Someone Else Who Gets A Key Point of Working Capital Management!

Good Tips on Strategic Cost Management from the eSide

Is Co-opetition a Good Thing for Your Supply Chain?

How Much Does That Enterprise Supply Management Solution Really Cost, Part II?

How Much Does That Enterprise Supply Management Solution Really Cost, Part I?

Have You Reached the Summit of Cost Cutting?

If You Do Not Get Sustainable Results, Blame Yourself!

Should You Hedge Your Transportation Costs?

Some Takeaways from the E2Open sponsored SCM World Collaborative Execution Study

Procurement Game Plan: A Review Part III.2

Procurement Game Plan: A Review Part III.1

Procurement Game Plan: A Review Part II.2

Legal Sourcing Requires A Legal Mind

Too Bad the US Post Office Did Not Follow Royal Mail's Lead

Can Cost Management On Its Own Be Strategic?

Managing Indirect Spend: An In-Depth Review, Part III

A Primer on Private Equity for CPOs

#9 e-Auction

Managing Indirect Spend: An In-Depth Review, Part I.1

The Basics of Information Technology Cost Management

Another Lesson In The Peril of Spreadsheets

Another Advantage of Design For Recycle: Two Products for the Price of One!

Lavante Recovery - A Risk-Free Way to Segue Into SIM

Recovery Audits - Are They Worth It?

Want to Beat Commoditization? Follow Dow Corning's Example and Embrace It!

You Don't Need to Fish to Identify Savings Opportunities in Indirect Procurement

Cost Control - Hwong Style

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

Remember the Dangers of Centralized Buying

Time to Shorten those Payment Cycles

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

Cost Reduction Strategies to Avoid

Cost Leaders Do Not Sacrifice Quality or Customer Focus, Part II

Cost Leaders Do Not Sacrifice Quality or Customer Focus, Part I

To Maximize Value, Don't Overlook Tail Spend

Value Add is Taking Precedence Over Cost Cutting -- This is a Good Sign

Cost is Just Another Component of Risk (Bonus NPX Take Away 3)

Don't Overlook the Soft Cost Savings from SOW Management

Cross-Docking Challenges, Part II

Cross-Docking Challenges, Part I

Cost Cutting - Let Us Count the Ways

Quick Hit Cost Savings Projects

Some Ideas for Reducing Transport Costs from Rising Fuel Prices from Supply Chain Digest

Cargo Costs Getting You Down? Go Fly a Kite!

Cost Reduction Success Requires More Than a Reverse Auction

For More Savings, Turn Your Sights on IT

How Can the NHS Find 50% More Savings?

Want to Cut Cost? Focus on Quality!

Tompkins Associates and the Next Generation Supply Chain, Part III.1

Hedge Your Bets

Think Energy Efficiency Investments are Costly? Think Again!

Procurement and Sales Don't Have to Trust Each Other ...

Four Ideas to Make Your Procurement Department More Strategic

How Should You Calculate Cost Reduction?

If a Deal Is Too Good To Be True, IT IS!

How Much Can A Small Enterprise Really Save With Just In Time Inventory?

High-Definition Sourcing: Category Excellence Moves to the Next Level

A Great Case Study on Spend Analytics in Healthcare

Deferred Spending Isn't A Recovery

Hidden Savings in Outsourcing Invoices

Next Generation Sourcing

Information ... Information ... Information

VFS: Are You Ready?

VFS Level 1: Eliminate Value Leakage, Part II

VFS Level 1: Eliminate Value Leakage, Part I

Is Your SUM adding up?

A Should Cost Model Is Great For Negotiations

VFS: Accident or Planned?

Remember: Cheap Gas Comes At The Expense of the Environment ... And Your Supply Chain

The Nature of Energy as a Purchased Item

U.S. Small Package Courier Costs Skyrocketing on January 3, 2011

How Much Can You Really Save If You Switch Suppliers?

There Are No Hard Choices in Software Spending, Just Hard Heads

There's No Such Thing As Savings!

For an Alternative to the Ariba Supplier Network, Don't Overlook Ketera

And you thought American Airlines Nickel and Dimed You ...

If the Supplier Walks Away Whistling ...

Headline From the Land of D'OH: Bypassing Proven Supply Sources Invites Unacceptable Risk

A Hitchhiker's Guide to e-Procurement: Summary