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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
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?
Posted in: Commentary, LinkedIn Comments
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?
Posted in: Commentary
The Procuretech Podcast with James Meads: Procurement Media through the Years
September 22, 2022
Which do you prefer: podcasts or blogs?
Posted in: Podcasts
What do you look for in a procurement industry blog?
September 22, 2022
What procurement blog do you read the most?
Posted in: Podcasts
Supplier Management During a Crisis (eWorld 2022 Special Podcast)
September 20, 2022
How has the pandemic strengthened your relationship with your suppliers?
Posted in: Podcasts
Procurement Insights This Week
September 19, 2022
I will be speaking at the following three events this week - you can check them out and listen online.
Posted in: webinars
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.
Posted in: Commentary
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?
Posted in: Commentary
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?
Posted in: Commentary
Procurement Insights 
To what degree should Rotax and their Canadian Parent Bombardier Recreational Products be held responsible for the “unauthorized” use of their engines in Iranian-made Russian military drones?
October 25, 2022
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Rotax engine found in Iranian-made drone used by Russia to bomb Ukraine - to what degree is procurement responsible?