60http://blog.sourcinginnovation.comen the doctorthe doctorthedoctor@sourcinginnovation.comnohttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/07/04/another-notch-on-the-belt-for-procurement.aspxthe doctorIt was great to see Procurement take center stage in a recent Forbes article on Forbes article by Knowledge@Wharton that interviewed Marshall L. Fisher, director of Wharton's Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management. It was even greater to see the article start off by noting that Procurement, historically an uncelebrated topic among business strategists, is now taking center stage and that these days, purchasing departments are playing pivotal roles within global firms in ways old-fashioned purchasing managers could never have imagined.In the lengthy and informative article, Fisher noted that two of the biggest phenomenons in recent history are ...FinanceGlobal Tradehttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/07/04/another-notch-on-the-belt-for-procurement.aspx#Comments8ebbc053-e656-400c-b3e0-0b376aa673ebFri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/07/03/sourcing-innovation-welcomes-lexington-analytics-as-a-lead-sponsor.aspxthe doctorSourcing Innovation is pleased to welcome Lexington Analytics as a lead sponsor. Lexington Analytics is a very appropriate sponsor for Sourcing Innovation because it believes in pushing the innovation envelope by using advanced data analysis techniques to find hidden savings opportunities in PxQ (price X quantity) data. Lexington Analytics was founded by Bernard Gunther, who has in the past been kind enough to post How much do you know about your spending? and Do you have a plan? right here on Sourcing Innovation. Bernie was one of the co-founders of The Buying Triangle, and has a ...Spend AnalysisAbouthttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/07/03/sourcing-innovation-welcomes-lexington-analytics-as-a-lead-sponsor.aspx#Comments70a64b46-87d6-4c55-b9e8-e6ee28288c4fThu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/07/02/some-examples-of-supply-chain-fraud.aspxthe doctorToday's guest post is courtesy of Norman Katz, Certified Fraud Examiner, of Katzscan, Inc. and maintainer of the Supply Chain Fraud website as well as the Supply Chain Sarbanes-Oxley website. Both of these supply chain sites are worth checking out. After all, you don't want to join Fox in SOX! In accepting the holistic view that the supply chain extends beyond the walls of the company, can encompass raw materials, finished goods, monies, and services, and can be in fact more internal than external, the types of supply chain frauds become more numerous and in some cases, ...FinanceFraudGuest Authorhttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/07/02/some-examples-of-supply-chain-fraud.aspx#Commentsc0e27444-0d78-474d-9c4f-9f6496a0bc75Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/07/01/sourcing-innovation-welcomes-next-level-purchasing-as-a-lead-sponsor.aspxthe doctorSourcing Innovation is pleased to welcome Next Level Purchasing as a lead sponsor. Next Level Purchasing is a great sponsor for Sourcing Innovation to have because it is also focussed on the continual education of today's procurement and sourcing professional. Furthermore, even though it is a private for-profit training and certification enterprise, it understands the importance of knowledge sharing and open access in today's ultra-connected knowledge-based world and makes a continual effort to give back to the community. In addition to maintaining the Purchasing Certification blog, Charles Dominick, the president and founder of Next Level Purchasing also ...AboutTraininghttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/07/01/sourcing-innovation-welcomes-next-level-purchasing-as-a-lead-sponsor.aspx#Comments86bd34d1-38c7-4fb2-9aab-608d31cabc6eTue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/30/three-bloggers-and-beer.aspxthe doctorthe doctor will be in Chicago, Illinois next Friday (July 11, 2008) and will be joining Jason Busch of Spend Matters fame and Lisa Reisman of Metal Miner fame at Wilde (3130 N. Broadway, Chicago, Il 60657) between 8:00 and 10:00 pm, EDT. We'll be in the "back bar" area.This is an open invitation to bloggers, procurement and supply chain practitioners, consultants, vendors, and anyone else with an interest in supply management and sourcing innovation that would like to meet the bloggers. However, please note the rule of thumb for technology or service vendor representatives is that if ...EventAbouthttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/30/three-bloggers-and-beer.aspx#Comments3929adfa-27e7-4ee3-891b-10f90f8f8321Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:30:00 GMThttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/27/a-supply-managers-introduction-to-ediscovery.aspxthe doctorAlthough I've blogged about how procurement can help marketing in The Creative Challenge (I and II) by way of a bit of Magic & Logic (I and II), I've yet to tackle the subject of e-Discovery, even though David Bush has a great 3-part series on e-Discovery last year (I, II, and III) over on e-Sourcing Forum.However, a recent article over on SIG by Ted Ardelean of Oce' Business Services, which was the first part of a three part series reminded me that this is an important topic and one that Sourcing Innovation needs to cover because, when bids for ...ServicesLegalhttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/27/a-supply-managers-introduction-to-ediscovery.aspx#Comments1392c1ba-894e-4ed4-82c4-58d109c32abdFri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/29/stop-the-presses-sourcing-is-its-own-profession.aspxthe doctorWho would have thunk it! Even though purchasing was recognized as an independent function by many railroad organizations in the 1800's, apparently it wasn't a legitimate profession until this year! At least according to the IAOP (the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals) and a recent article in Global Services. And you know what else? Apparently, sourcing professionals play the key role in making sourcing engagements work and the management of an outsourcing relationship is also getting more strategic. And we do more than just manage people ... we manage outcomes! Wow! I never knew! And ...Blogologuerantshttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/29/stop-the-presses-sourcing-is-its-own-profession.aspx#Comments0c60a1a1-bfde-48ef-9fac-69579784e42cSun, 29 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/28/things-just-keep-getting-worse-for-the-oompaloompas.aspxthe doctorWhen we last checked in on the oompa-loompas late last year, they were facing tough times with massive layoffs at Cadbury and Hersheys, dealing with the backlash of salmonella contamination, and having to deal with their reputations being scarred by counterfeiters in China who were stuffing their fake Ferrero Rocher chocolates with ants. Bleak times indeed. And in the first half of this year, things continued to get worse. Campbell succeeding in selling Godiva chocolates. And although there's been no report of massive layoffs yet, it has been the trend in recent years. An expose in Fortune ...oompa loompahumourhttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/28/things-just-keep-getting-worse-for-the-oompaloompas.aspx#Comments43bf46d8-f312-42ce-b24c-2f8799b47d05Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/26/it--the-biggest-threat-to-our-energy-future.aspxthe doctorI'm normally not alarmist, and I'm usually not one to bash IT, especially since it's the foundation of my living (no IT, no internet; no internet, no web-based software or blogs - and not much for me to do besides go back to academia and do philosawfical research), but, whereas environmental sustainability is concerned, the biggest threat to our future is not pollution from coal based factories, not the (over-exaggerated) dangers of nuclear energy, and not the continually impending shortage of oil - but computers! And I'm not talking about the bleak future painted by Arthur C. Clarke in ...TechnologyrantsGreenhttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/26/it--the-biggest-threat-to-our-energy-future.aspx#Commentsd95808c6-647a-426f-a07e-465e33eca00fFri, 27 Jun 2008 08:19:45 GMThttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/26/free-content-for-fair-use.aspxthe doctorAs many of you know, the doctor is not your average blogger, but as many of you might not know, he is one of the few independent bloggers in the space that makes his living off of content generation, which include the blog posts created and published on this site (as well as the results of his content generation services). As a result, copyright, "fair use", and "fair dealing" are very important to him and he gets quite upset when he finds content that is being used in a manner that flies in the face of "fair use" and ...AboutrantsLegalhttp://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2008/06/26/free-content-for-fair-use.aspx#Commentsb8542a63-7b95-433f-9762-25bc3717b7d6Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:51:41 GMT