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Will expanding casual Fridays to the rest of the week encourage more workers to return to “office life?”
September 13, 2022
Would a flexible policy on work attire encourage you to return to working from the office?
Is Six Sigma, Lean and SCOR Still Relevant in A Dynamically Changing World? (A 2009 Procurement Insights White Paper Revisited)
September 3, 2022
Is Six Sigma, Lean and SCOR still relevant today?
To Pay or Not To Pay – What Would Your Suppliers Say About You?
September 2, 2022
Why is it important to make timely payments to your suppliers - especially SMEs?
Digital Readiness: How To Build A Digital Culture That Embraces The Future Rather Than Fears It
September 1, 2022
Why do procurement professionals fear digital strategy implementation the most?
How Painful Are the Hidden Costs of an ESG Strategy?
August 17, 2022
Given procurement's traditional focus on costs, have we calculated the true cost of an ESG strategy?
In Excess: How Target and Walmart are struggling with more inventory than they can sell
August 16, 2022
How can digital technology such as sourcing solutions help procurement to better manage inventory?
Certification: What is the earning potential in the public sector versus the private sector?
August 12, 2022
Why would you choose a procurement career in the public sector versus the private sector (or vice versa)?
How much more money will someone with a procurement certification make versus someone who doesn’t have one?
August 2, 2022
What impact do you believe a certification has had (or will have) on your career and earning level?
According to the US Federal Reserve, “fixing global supply disruption is key to avoiding a recession.” So, how do we fix it!
July 19, 2022
Why is fixing global supply disruption the key to avoiding a recession?
Procurement Insights 
To what degree as the C-Suite’s view of procurement’s role and contributions today changed/improved from the past?
September 17, 2022
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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.