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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
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Are The PHISH Biting Your Procurement Department?
November 21, 2022
As a procurement professional, how much do you rely on email and spreadsheets to communicate with your suppliers? Do you know the risks?
Does Procurement Pundit Advice Have A “Shelf Life?” Unravelling the Supplier Relationship Mystery
November 14, 2022
When someone offers you advice, what makes it good?
Is procurement an adjunct of finance, or is finance an extension of procurement?
November 11, 2022
Who at your company is at the supply chain wheel - procurement or finance?
“Enough with having a seat at the table talk?”
November 11, 2022
Here are my thoughts regarding a great post by Steve Walton - what do you think?
How has procurement’s approach to negotiating with suppliers, e.g., lowest cost, impacted our ability to negotiate higher salaries for ourselves?
October 31, 2022
According to recent data, new procurement hires receive 9% to 10% more than existing employees within the same company.
Getting Procurement Out of The Digital Transformation Rabbit Hole, e.g., Cost Savings and Digitalization
October 24, 2022
Why do procurement digital transformation initiatives succeed or fail?
Making A Case for Maverick Spend and A Maverick Mindset
October 18, 2022
Why is maverick spending bad? Maybe in the right circumstances it is good - but what are those circumstances?
To what degree as the C-Suite’s view of procurement’s role and contributions today changed/improved from the past?
September 17, 2022
I just read a thought-provoking post by Philip Ideson lamenting the fact that procurement people are generally viewed as being dinosaurs. Here is my comment to his post.
Procurement Insights 
What the World Cup 2022 Taught Me About Procurement’s Parallax View
December 2, 2022
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Which picture represents the old view of procurement (transactional, cost savings), and which one represents the true view of procurement (strategic, enterprise-wide impact)?