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Procurement Insights’ Influence on Walmart’s Supplier Management Transformation

August 27, 2025

How would you describe a strategic supplier relationship?

Using the Hansen Fit Score, how strong or effective is the Strand Commonality relationship between a CPO strategic intent and the buyer’s operational reality for the following companies: And what would be their likelihood of a successful AI-based ProcureTech initiative?

July 9, 2025

How does the relationship between CPO strategic intent and buyer operational reality impact AI ProcureTech success?

What Does The Weather Have To Do With Procurement And AI?

July 5, 2025

When it comes to their ProcureTech strategy, why should Duke Energy, Walmart, and Estee Lauder think about the weather?

A Walmart Senior Supply Chain ManagerTakes Us Beyond AI

March 15, 2025

A Walmart Senior Supply Chain Manager talks about AI Success.

Like Water For Pringles And The Right Number Of Crunches

May 22, 2024

What main lesson can procurement solution providers take from this story #Pringles #Walmart

Are pendular negotions still a viable approach for today’s complex buyer-supplier relationships?

March 19, 2023

What does the term "Buying Power" mean to you?

In Excess: How Target and Walmart are struggling with more inventory than they can sell

August 16, 2022

How can digital technology such as sourcing solutions help procurement to better manage inventory?

What was Seth Godin Thinking? Why FTD is the Walmart of the flower industry

July 17, 2017

Over the years I have written many articles on Walmart, starting with the July 9th, 2007 post; Public Sector Procurement and the Walmart Effect which was updated in March 2013. Suffice to say, Walmart, and more specifically the Walmart model for supply chain has become the poster child for partner abuse. Because of the negative impact of the […]

How Do You Like Me Now: Revisiting The ThomasNet – Walmart Deal by Jon Hansen

October 28, 2015

Back in my July 9th, 2015 post, I pointed to the data that supports my assertion that the majority of suppliers that deal with Walmart, likely come to regret it. I also expressed the opinion that this was perhaps one of the main reasons why Walmart sought a relationship with ThomasNet that would enable the retailer to “tap” into the […]

Who is footing the bill for your market intelligence? by Jon Hansen

July 29, 2015

In my interview with Shel Israel back in 2010, we discussed how Twitter would monetize its growing popularity. The segment was aptly titled Can Twitter Make Money. For those who are unfamiliar with Israel, he is one of the country’s foremost authorities on social media, having co-authored the book Naked Conversations, How Blogs are Changing […]