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Procurement Certification vs. Experience: The Delusion of Mutual Exclusivity by Charles Dominick

June 25, 2012

Editor’s Note: We are delighted to welcome to our group of regular columnists Charles Dominick, SPSM. Charles is founder, president and chief procurement officer of Next Level Purchasing, which offers the SPSM (Senior Professional in Supply Management) Certification. Be sure to check out Charles’ Purchasing Certification Blog. According to the Spend Matters whitepaper entitled “What […]

Is the traditional association dead? Not if you’re proactively evolving your curriculum like ISM!

March 19, 2012

On the 28th of March I will have an opportunity to talk with ADR International’s Bill Michel about his organization recently being acquired by the Institute for Supply Management or ISM. For those of you who have followed both this blog and the PI Window on Business Show on Blog Talk Radio, you know that […]

Is Fragmentation Undermining the Purchasing Profession: IACCM’s Tim Cummins Believes It Is

January 12, 2011

For groups like contract management and procurement, there are no universal standards of practice. Unlike fields such as medicine, engineering and the law, there is no firmly established professional ethic or body of knowledge. And without this, they can never achieve sustainable professional status. Fragmentation clearly works against establishing such standards and ultimately proves inefficient […]

Leveraging Six Sigma to Drive Supply Chain Efficiencies and Savings

October 19, 2010

This post is from the Contracting Intelligence Blog In a November 4th, 2003 article by Next Level Purchasing’s Charles Dominick titled “Purchaser’s Introduction to Six Sigma,” Charles stressed that “As a purchaser, you can use the Six Sigma methodology in a variety of ways.” This includes everything from “working with a supplier to improve the […]

Attack on NextLevelPurchasing.com Site Despicable

June 27, 2010

We continue to fight off the DDoS attack on NextLevelPurchasing.com that I reported on Wednesday. Our technology partners have reported that our website is being hit 300 – 1,000 times per second with malicious traffic, crashing the server and rendering the website inaccessible. We continue to work on implementing solutions in the hope that access […]

Public Sector Suppliers: Are You Winning Contracts or Winning Money?

March 30, 2010

In Part 4 of our 7-Part “Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contract” Series with Washington-based expert author Judy Bradt, we talked about the competition process in government contracting. Judy, who as part of our Business Thought Leaders Series appears on the PI Window on Business Show every second Monday at 3:00 PM EST, […]

Against a backdrop of yet another public sector scandal, winning “True Peference” status as a government supplier is an achievable goal

March 27, 2010

With stories of public sector procurement scandals almost common place as covered in Charles Dominick’s Purchasing Certification Blog, there are oftentimes more questions than answers regarding the government competitive bid process. In Part 4 of the 7-Part Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contract series, Washington-based author expert Judy Bradt will be joining us […]

Ariba’s Expected Decision to Drop Supply Excellence Blog Illustrates How Disconnected the Vendor is from the World of Social Media/Networking

March 16, 2010

I have always enjoyed reading, on more than one occasion, Charles Dominick’s “Purchasing Certification Blog” for many different reasons.Charles, whose Next Level Purchasing equips procurement professionals with the leading edge insights and expertise to become “indispensable” resources for their respective organizations, brings a unique perspective to any discussion or subject matter being covered. Nowhere was […]

Recognizing the changing dynamics of the social media world, Next Level Purchasing steps up its service and value to the market

January 6, 2010

When Next Level Purchasing founder and visionary Charles Dominick appeared as part of a guest panel in the 2-Part series “Is The Traditional Association Model Dead?” it was clear that he grasped the significance of the changing landscape in terms of professional development and insights. In his thoughtful and diplomatic manner, Dominick pointed out the […]

Commonwealth Establishes Page Specifically Relating to the PI Social Media Network’s Coverage of Virginia’s eVA Program

July 22, 2009

As many of you already know, I have been covering public sector procurement policy and practice at all levels of government quite extensively for some time. From the Government of Canada’s Way Forward programs to the UK’s Gershon Review to the impact of cluster development and even the private sector influence of a Wal-Mart, I […]