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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 […]
What options would you consider in pursuit of spend management? by Kelly Barner
May 15, 2012
While we all know it is important to stay on top of supply management blogs and publications, there is something to be said for taking in general media content as well. You just never know where your next idea will come from. I recently read an article that provides a broad perspective on the options […]
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 […]
Reference to Busch being blinded by familiarity and the decline of the old guard leads to a few interesting questions over the weekend
December 5, 2011
Last week’s commentary surrounding the post in the Strategic Sourcer Blog regarding Spend Matters Jason Busch’s condescending dismissal of WhyAbe while touting Ariba within the context of free e-Sourcing solution viability has caused quite a stir. In fact I received an e-mail over the weekend that asked about the decline of the old guard and […]
Knowledge and relevance go hand-in-hand in a rapidly changing global marketplace
February 15, 2011
As one might reasonably conclude, my February 8th, 2011 Procurement Insights post titled “According to study conducted over three decades buyers warrant little consideration in terms of value to the organization,” was somewhat incendiary . . . although few actually disagreed outright with its observations. In essence, we all know something is broken but do […]
Sourcing Without The Software: Buyers Meeting Point
August 31, 2010
It was Sir Francis Bacon in his work Meditations which offered the aphorism that “knowledge is power.” Over the years of course this ubiquitous term has probably been attributed to many others besides Bacon, however Sir Francis was and is the first to coin the phrase. Following a similar line of thinking Buyers Meeting Point, […]
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For a Taste of Your Whiskey, I’ll Give You Some Advice by Kelly Barner
June 14, 2012
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Good old Kenny Rogers, he gave us some great advice through the lyrics of the ‘The Gambler’: advice that stands true beyond the gaming table. Sometimes the best advice comes from the least expected place, and I have some advice for procurement professionals – from sales. Every week, I take a break from supply management […]