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Career Exchange Post Notification (Ref. No. 2-Jul9-2008)
The following position has been posted on the Procurement Insights Career Exchange Page (http://www.procureinsights.wordpress.com/procurement-insights-career-exchange/). If you have a position that you would like to list, or would like to indicate your availability to pursue a position with another organization, please send your information in confidence to jwhansen@sympatico.ca. Senior Procurement/Expense Manager Post Date: […]
Posted in: News & Updates
Career Exchange Post Notification
July 8, 2008
The following position has been posted on the Procurement Insights Career Exchange Page (http://www.procureinsights.wordpress.com/procurement-insights-career-exchange/). If you have a position that you would like to list, or would like to indicate your availability to pursue a position with another organization, please send your information in confidence to jwhansen@sympatico.ca. Vice President, Strategic Sourcing Post […]
Posted in: Career Exchange
Supply Chain Management Certificate/Course USA/CANADA
July 4, 2008
As an adjunct to today’s Talent Attraction & Retention posting I thought it would be worthwhile to share with you the following Procurement Insights Question and Answer segment. Network Member Question: I’d like to get information about Supply Chain Management Certificate/Course in USA/CANADA. Preferred top Universities. Andre Caliman, Sales and Marketing Executive, Brazil My Answer: […]
Posted in: Professional Development
Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 5) Revisited
July 3, 2008
Walk softly and carry a big stick! This saying comes to mind simply because the growing talent vacuum combined with ineffective succession planning and the generally low confidence executives have in purchasing professionals means that there is a significant problem that has gradually (almost silently) crept onto most organizational radar screens. Since posting Part 5 […]
Posted in: Professional Development, Supply Chain Myths
Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 4) Revisited
June 25, 2008
Like the old real estate adage of location, location, location – communication, communication, communication is the key element to a successful supply practice. Unfortunately, ineffective methods of communication between important stakeholders continues to plague most organizational supply chain initiatives. This point was driven home by the results of a 2007 Aberdeen study involving Chief Financial […]
Posted in: Supply Chain Myths
Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 3) Revisited
June 23, 2008
As I have repeatedly stated with previous anniversary posts, time is ultimately the greatest sifter of fact from fiction, reality from opinion, clarity from confusion. However for the majority of purchasing professionals, the soundness of identifying Multiple Supply Chain Networks as one of the seven critical supply strategies is generally dismissed in a sea of […]
Posted in: Supply Chain Myths
Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 2) Revisited
June 19, 2008
In the year since this segment was first published, I have written a number of follow-up articles that have focused on testing the metal if you will of my position that the majority of supplier development and management programs are inherently flawed. What is the old adage about the unexamined life? Everything, including what I […]
Posted in: Supply Chain Myths
Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 1) Revisited
June 17, 2008
As with any well researched article that is offered up for public review (and scrutiny), one can never really anticipate the ultimate reaction and therefore impact a particular piece will have on its readers. In fact to be truly effective and meaningful, the predalictions of a mass audience while understood, have to become secondary to […]
Posted in: Supply Chain Myths
The Greening of Procurement Revisited (Part 2)
June 12, 2008
As a follow-up to my post from earlier this week, I am pleased to present Part 2 of the 2 part Greening of Procurement Series: It’s Not Easy Being Green! For those of you who would like to delve even deeper into the factors that are shaping both public and private sector sustainability strategies, including […]
Posted in: Green Procurement
Procurement Insights 
July 9, 2008
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