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Covid Truths or Myths: Chaos and piracy in the supply chain, turning the DSO screws and bottling pay equity
April 14, 2020
PPE tarmac piracy, why Contract Management Software is good (and potentially bad), equal demands, demands equal pay and more from this past week.
COVID Truths or Myths: Are CIPS & APICS Building the post-COVID SC prototype and the importance of managing your circular supply chain
April 7, 2020
Every Monday morning, I invite you to share your opinion regarding some of the more interesting and thought-provoking stories from the past week on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting procurement and global supply chains. This Week: Are CIPS & APICS Building the post-COVID SC prototype and the importance of managing your circular supply chain
Covid Truths or Myths: The longer the chain, the weaker its links?
March 30, 2020
Every Monday morning, I invite you to share your opinion regarding some of the more interesting and thought-provoking stories from the past week on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting procurement and global supply chains. This Week: Defence Production Act, protectionism, remote working, supplier decline.
Collaborative Force: How Digital Technology Can Better Facilitate Supplier Identification & Engagement (WEBINAR)
March 25, 2020
With shutdowns today and predictions of upstream suppliers no longer in business once we are past the crisis, what do companies do to maintain and rebuild their supply chains - including identifying new sources of supply?
Can you do your job as efficiently from home as you could in a “traditional” office environment?
March 17, 2020
Before the #covid19outbreak HBR reported that 30% of organizations had in place a work-from-home initiative or program. With the current efforts to flatten the curve regarding the virus infection rate in which the number of employees working from home has increased exponentially what will happen after this crisis has passed? By how much will that 30% grow?
Supply chain comorbidity: Are we doing enough to manage the COVID-19 aftershocks?
March 14, 2020
What do we need to do to ensure the continuous and reliable supply of needed medicines? As procurement professionals, WE have to provide the answers - do we have them?
Making The Case: Logitech Repatriates Procurement
February 28, 2020
This "Making The Case" document provides that insight on the relationship between Logitech and Market Dojo.
E-Procurement’s less travelled road (A Supply Professional Magazine Excerpt)
February 28, 2020
In this article I take you down e-procurement's less travelled road based on more than 35 years in high tech and almost as long in procurement.
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COVID Truths or Myths: IACCM Survey results regarding supply chain disruption, what CPOs may be missing that can cost them big time, and where’s the “meat”?
April 20, 2020
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According to IACCM surveys, supply chain disruption is on the rise - how do we flatten the curve? and more.