Browsing All posts tagged under »supply chain«

Is RPA The Gateway to the Digital Transformation of Procurement? (Procurement Foundry Special)

November 14, 2019

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Is RPA the "one small step" for digital transformation to become reality?

Clean Data: Laying the Foundation for Digital Supply Chain Success (Guest Excerpt by Thierry Jaffry)

November 13, 2019

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Is clean data like the weather; we talk a lot about it but can't do anything to change it?

What is your organization’s digital readiness and what it means to your future employment?

November 12, 2019

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Are spreadsheets tactical or strategic, and why the answer is important to your career.

Procurement and social media . . . is it a pairing made in heaven or the other place?

January 19, 2016

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If this will be the first time that you have tuned in to one of our Point-Counterpoint broadcasts on Blog Talk Radio, then you are in for a real treat today. At 1:00 PM EST this afternoon, Kelly Barner and I will be talking – okay maybe arguing, about the impact that social media has had […]

It is time for procurement to come of age by Jon Hansen

August 20, 2015

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“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” On August 31st this year, we will no longer be accepting new service provider sponsors for the Procurement Insights and Procurement Insights European Union […]

The Impact Of An M&A On The Procurement Department

March 25, 2015

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This morning I read a post by Roz Usheroff regarding the just announced merger between Kraft and Heinz, and how an employee can both survive and thrive when an M&A occurs. Overall it was a great post, which provided practical insights and tips on what an employee should do when their company has either acquired […]

The Answer Alex: Busch, Handfield, Vitasek, Cummins and Barner by Jon Hansen

March 2, 2015

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Dear Jon I like reading your blog, “The Face of Procurement’s Generation Next” as it very much resonates with me.  I am an independent consultant, who is supporting a global organisation to define the Procurement Capabilities of the future.  I would like to speak with some leading edge professionals in Procurement & Supply and wondered […]

Are these profile images representative of the brand a company wants to project? by Jon Hansen

February 19, 2015

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A couple of weeks ago, I received the following message through my LinkedIn account from a young sales representative: I currently work at a company as an Account Rep. I came across an article you wrote regarding the 3 BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACED BY SUPPLY CHAIN/PURCHASING PROFESSIONALS. My job is to reach out to prospect to […]

Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day, and Neither Was its Supply Chain by Kelly Barner

February 11, 2015

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Editor’s Note: There were any number of witty (or supposedly witty – I will let you decide) introductions that crossed my mind when I first read this post by Kelly Barner. Beyond the catchy “Rome wasn’t built in a day” used in her title, there is “when in Rome” because there is certainly something that […]

The Devil was in the Details at Target Canada by Kelly Barner

January 28, 2015

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On January 15th, Target announced that they would be closing all 133 of their locations and distribution facilities in Canada. The failure was attributed in large part to problems stemming from their supply chain operation. A BloombergBusinessWeek article on the retailer’s decision stated, “The company has admitted it botched management of its supply chain in […]

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