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It Takes A Team To Fly (and Land) A Plane by Kelly Barner

May 30, 2012

“There’s a false dichotomy between cost and safety. Are we willing and able to account for the many costs of not having a quality operation: lack of cooperation, poor leadership, waste, and incidents and accidents? If we really and truly account for them, then safety can pay for itself. Getting it wrong is more expensive […]

Procurement Fraud by Colin Cram

May 11, 2012

I am pleased to welcome Colin Cram as a regular contributing columnist to the Procurement Insights Blog. Being based in the UK, Colin will provide an across -the-pond perspective on the news and issues in the world of procurement overseas Starting with today’s post on Procurement Fraud Colin will, on a regular basis, deliver the […]

The Dreaded Non-Awarded Supplier Notification by Kelly Barner

May 1, 2012

“The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.” – Simon Cowell (The X Factor, American Idol) The goal of the sourcing process is to award at least one contract – a ‘winner’ you might say. In […]

Confessions of a Real-World Procurement Professional by Kelly Barner

April 16, 2012

I will start my contributions to Procurement Insights by laying the truth right out in the open: I am terrible at math. But that confession is just the beginning. In college I took advanced music theory to avoid calculus, and I got my MBA by learning just enough about finance and accounting to get through […]

Buyers Meeting Points’ 2012 Pro To Know Kelly Barner becomes a regular PI contributing columnist

April 16, 2012

I am pleased to welcome Buyers Meeting Points’ Kelly Barner as a regular contributing columnist to the Procurement Insights Blog. Kelly recently received the well deserved honor of being a 2012 Supply & Demand Chain Executive ‘Pro to Know’ for her (and partner Cindy Allen-Murphy’s) incredible work in both informing and empowering procurement professionals the […]

The Universal challenges of health care procurement

June 1, 2011

It seems that hardly a week goes by when there isn’t one story or another involving health care. From Medicaid reform to the spiraling costs tied to an increase in chronic illnesses – according to health care expert and author of the book Navigating The Healthcare Maze Jeff Knott, a surprisingly large percentage of the […]

Generation Y Learning – a vision of students today

October 5, 2010

This post is from the Contracting Intelligence Blog Bill McAneny, acclaimed author of the best-selling book ‘Frankenstein’s Manager’ which outlines why management training does not lead to better-performing managers, has embarked on writing a series on the way different generations learn, and its impact on the make-up of the changing workforce. A truly remarkable film […]

Generation Z Learning and the Impact on Procurement as a Profession

October 4, 2010

Guest Author Series: Collaboration Is Everywhere – Except In Contracts

May 26, 2010

Note: The following is a post by Tim Cummins that was originally posted to his blog Commitment Matters on Tuesday, May 25th, and has been provided to Procurement Insights through the Essential Connections Blog. Tim is the Founder and CEO of the International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM), a non-profit organization that has […]