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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 […]
SPONSOR NEWS: Corporate United Vice President Named 2009 “Pro To Know” By Supply & Demand Chain Executive
March 24, 2009
For the third consecutive year, David Clevenger is recognized by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine as a “Pro to Know.” CLEVELAND, March 24, 2009 – David Clevenger, vice president of Corporate United, the nation’s largest group purchasing organization, has been selected a Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2009 “Pro to Know.” Supply & Demand […]
The Value of the Certification Process (A PI Q and A)
March 3, 2008
The following is an interesting question that was submitted by an eSourcing and SCM Professional regarding the relevancy of the certification programs offered through a number of associations. Reader Question: In SCM, what is the relevance of certifications like APICS-CSCP? Raheel Ahmad eSourcing & SCM Professional India My Response: I actually just returned from a […]
Procurement Insights 
Knowledge and relevance go hand-in-hand in a rapidly changing global marketplace
February 15, 2011
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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 […]