Sourcing Innovation: Category Archive for Strategy

Strategy is Not Always an Academic Pursuit

Posted by the doctor at 2/10/2013 6:00 AM | Add Comment

The (Board) Gamer's Guide to Supply Management Part IV: Castle Panic

Posted by the doctor at 7/30/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Have You Reached the Summit of Cost Cutting?

Posted by the doctor at 5/7/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Reinventing Supply Management as the "Go-To" Organization

Posted by the doctor at 1/24/2012 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Find Your Next!

Posted by the doctor at 1/11/2012 5:58 AM | Add Comment

New Year, New Genome?

Posted by the doctor at 1/10/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Is It Time To Move Your (Supply Chain) Operations to an Emerging Economy?

Posted by the doctor at 10/16/2011 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

High Tech Needs Next Generation Supply Management

Posted by the doctor at 10/14/2011 1:51 PM | Add Comment

Do You Know Your Legal Risk In An Acquisition?

Posted by the doctor at 10/13/2011 1:51 PM | Add Comment

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

Posted by the doctor at 10/2/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Collaborate, Collaborate, Collaborate, Collaborate ... NOT!

Posted by the doctor at 9/12/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

It's Time for a Digital Strategy Audit

Posted by the doctor at 9/11/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

Mulally's Turnaround Strategies Are Good Fodder for Supply Management

Posted by the doctor at 7/24/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Sustainability Requires More Than High Level Planning Guidelines

Posted by the doctor at 7/19/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

Can Your Supply Management Organization Spot Bad Strategy?

Posted by the doctor at 7/18/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

How Do You Achieve Indirect Procurement Success?

Posted by the doctor at 7/15/2011 1:59 PM | Add Comment

Six Key Lessons for Sustainable Supply Management

Posted by the doctor at 7/5/2011 5:59 AM | Add Comment

Avoid The Transformation Traps

Posted by the doctor at 7/4/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Ariba Vision 2020: Tomorrow's Shoes (Part I)

Posted by the doctor at 6/16/2011 12:59 PM | Add Comment

Step 1 To Building a World Class Supply Management Organization

Posted by the doctor at 4/8/2011 12:00 PM | Add Comment

Are You Willing To Go Out On A Limb?

Posted by the doctor at 3/14/2011 1:59 PM | Add Comment

Think Canada Can't Handle Your Distribution Needs? Think Again

Posted by the doctor at 3/13/2011 1:59 PM | Add Comment

Four Ideas to Make Your Procurement Department More Strategic

Posted by the doctor at 3/8/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

Looking to Transform? Make Sure The Organization is Ready!

Posted by the doctor at 3/6/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

If You Trim Your Supply Chain, It Will Grow

Posted by the doctor at 3/2/2011 1:00 PM | Add Comment

When Do You Consider the Customer?

Posted by the doctor at 2/27/2011 1:00 PM

Manage Uncertainty Like an Engineer

Posted by the doctor at 12/1/2010 7:02 AM

Stress-Test Your Supply Chain Strategy

Posted by the doctor at 11/28/2010 7:00 AM

Does Your Supply Chain [Still] Have [A] Manufacturing Myopia

Posted by the doctor at 11/25/2010 7:06 AM

How to Deal with Problem Salespersons - Use Their Seven Deadly Sins Against Them

Posted by the doctor at 10/8/2010 7:01 AM

Has the Outsourcing Craze Finally Stopped?

Posted by the doctor at 10/3/2010 1:01 PM | View Comments (1)

Resource Allocation Processes Have to Change

Posted by the doctor at 9/26/2010 7:00 AM

The Strategic Sourcing Debate, Part IV

Posted by the doctor at 9/23/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

The Strategic Sourcing Debate, Part III

Posted by the doctor at 9/21/2010 7:00 AM

The Strategic Sourcing Debate, Part II (Who's Right)

Posted by the doctor at 9/16/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

The Strategic Sourcing Debate, Part I

Posted by the doctor at 9/14/2010 7:00 AM

The Triple-A Approach to Growing Green

Posted by the doctor at 9/12/2010 7:00 AM

What's the Right Planning Horizon for Your Supply Chain?

Posted by the doctor at 8/22/2010 7:00 AM

Supply Chain Leaders Internalize Risks Before They Come To Pass

Posted by the doctor at 8/10/2010 1:01 PM

Six Drivers of a Successful Supply Chain Strategy

Posted by the doctor at 8/5/2010 1:01 PM

What's Driving Your Supply Chain Strategy?

Posted by the doctor at 7/27/2010 1:01 PM

Is There a Hole in CPO Agenda's Synergy Strategy Bucket?

Posted by the doctor at 6/23/2010 1:01 PM

You Can Have Any Color You Want ...

Posted by the doctor at 6/15/2010 1:01 PM

Getting Execution Right in a Megatrend

Posted by the doctor at 6/13/2010 7:00 AM

Do You Make These Six Common Talent Management Mistakes?

Posted by the doctor at 6/10/2010 7:00 AM

What are the Obstacles to Supply Strategy Implementation?

Posted by the doctor at 6/4/2010 7:01 AM

What is The Price of Flexible Supply Chains? Part III: A Customer Focus

Posted by the doctor at 5/21/2010 7:00 AM | Add Comment

What is The Price of Flexible Supply Chains? Part II: Strategy

Posted by the doctor at 5/20/2010 7:00 AM | Add Comment

What is The Price of Flexible Supply Chains? Part I: Flexibility

Posted by the doctor at 5/19/2010 7:00 AM | Add Comment

Extracting Great Performance from Great Strategy

Posted by the doctor at 5/13/2010 1:01 PM | Add Comment

Successful Strategy Development and Execution: Getting it Right the First Time

Posted by the doctor at 5/6/2010 7:00 AM | Add Comment

Successful Strategy Execution is More Than Lean or Six Sigma

Posted by the doctor at 5/5/2010 7:00 AM | Add Comment

Giving Your Supply Management a Competitive Edge

Posted by the doctor at 5/4/2010 1:01 PM | Add Comment

The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution

Posted by the doctor at 5/4/2010 7:00 AM | Add Comment

What is Strategy? And How Is It Obtained? (Part IV)

Posted by the doctor at 4/30/2010 7:00 AM

What is Strategy? And How Is It Obtained? (Part III)

Posted by the doctor at 4/29/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

What is Strategy? And How Is It Obtained? (Part II)

Posted by the doctor at 4/28/2010 7:00 AM

What is Strategy? And How Is It Obtained? (Part I)

Posted by the doctor at 4/27/2010 7:00 AM

Strategic Spend Visibility: Untapped Potential for Cost Reduction

Posted by the doctor at 4/26/2010 5:01 PM

Even Good Times Call For Lean Supply Chain Strategies

Posted by the doctor at 4/25/2010 1:01 PM

7 Tips to Align Procurement with the Boardroom

Posted by the doctor at 4/4/2010 1:01 PM

Three Tips to Get Strategy Right

Posted by the doctor at 3/30/2010 1:01 PM

What's Your Procurement Value Level? ... or Transformational? (III)

Posted by the doctor at 3/19/2010 7:00 AM

The Talent Innovation Imperative

Posted by the doctor at 3/14/2010 7:00 AM

Playscripts? PLAYSCRIPTS? Are we going back to Kindergarten?!?

Posted by the doctor at 3/7/2010 1:01 PM

Three Answers Every Supply Chain Executive Should Give Themselves This Year

Posted by the doctor at 2/23/2010 7:00 AM

Want to Get Your Message Out There? Avoid the Social Butterflies!

Posted by the doctor at 2/13/2010 2:01 PM

HBR's Breakthrough Ideas for 2010 are Good for Your Supply Chain, Part III

Posted by the doctor at 2/12/2010 7:00 AM

HBR's Breakthrough Ideas for 2010 are Good for Your Supply Chain, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 2/10/2010 7:00 AM

HBR's Breakthrough Ideas for 2010 are Good for Your Supply Chain, Part I

Posted by the doctor at 2/8/2010 7:00 AM

The New How, A Book Review

Posted by the doctor at 2/5/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Could Escrow Accounts Return Us To Long Term Thinking?

Posted by the doctor at 12/27/2009 7:00 AM

Opportunities for Transportation and Logistics Operators Part II

Posted by the doctor at 12/23/2009 7:00 AM

Effective Policy Deployment Process

Posted by the doctor at 12/17/2009 1:01 PM

Has Fear of Failure Kept Companies Dumb?

Posted by the doctor at 11/20/2009 1:01 PM

Time to Start Preparing for the Next Recession

Posted by the doctor at 11/15/2009 1:01 PM

Six Keys to a Successful Reorganization (of your Supply Chain)

Posted by the doctor at 10/27/2009 1:01 PM

All Brands are Niche Brands

Posted by the doctor at 10/13/2009 1:01 PM

Change By Design, A Book Review

Posted by the doctor at 9/25/2009 7:00 AM

Service Leaders Speak: Jim Wetekamp of BravoSolution on "Sourcing Leadership for the Recovery"

Posted by the doctor at 9/23/2009 7:00 AM

Is the Downturn an Upturn for Offshoring?

Posted by the doctor at 9/3/2009 7:01 AM

Four Tasks of the CPO

Posted by the doctor at 8/14/2009 7:01 AM

Strategy in a Structural Break

Posted by the doctor at 8/11/2009 7:00 AM

Recession-Resistant Demand Management Strategies and Tactics

Posted by the doctor at 7/28/2009 1:01 PM

Is Trouble Ahead for the Purchasing Profession?

Posted by the doctor at 6/12/2009 1:01 PM

Business Network Transformation: A Review

Posted by the doctor at 6/11/2009 7:00 AM | View Comments (2)

Characteristics of a Well Organized Supply Chain

Posted by the doctor at 5/26/2009 1:01 PM

The McKinsey Quarterly's Top Three Strategic Planning Tips for 2009

Posted by the doctor at 5/6/2009 1:01 PM

The Market Dilemma IV: Buyers Win the Battles

Posted by the doctor at 4/17/2009 7:00 AM

The Market Dilemma III: Consultants Provide the Clarity

Posted by the doctor at 4/16/2009 7:00 AM

The Market Dilemma II: Vendors Provide the Vision

Posted by the doctor at 4/15/2009 7:00 AM

The Market Dilemma I: The Key to Getting Out of this Recession

Posted by the doctor at 4/14/2009 7:00 AM

Tried-and-True Strategies on the Road to CPO-dom

Posted by the doctor at 4/5/2009 8:00 AM

The Death of the (Linear) Supply Chain

Posted by the doctor at 4/4/2009 9:00 AM

Marketing is NOT Optional!

Posted by the doctor at 3/30/2009 1:01 PM | View Comments (1)

Take Your Eyes Off Of The Yellow Brick Road and Follow The Car

Posted by the doctor at 3/27/2009 1:04 PM

Cut, Cut, Cut is Not a Strategy (for Supply Chain Cost Reduction)

Posted by the doctor at 2/20/2009 8:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Crossing the "Valleys of Despair" in Advanced Planning and Scheduling

Posted by the doctor at 2/12/2009 8:00 AM | View Comments (2)

Even in Night, Procurement Shines Bright

Posted by the doctor at 1/25/2009 8:00 AM

Getting the CFO on the Side of Supply Chain

Posted by the doctor at 1/6/2009 8:00 AM
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