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The Ultimate Silver or Lead Conversion: A Strategic Shift in Transportation at Walmart
December 7, 2010
In the I am from the government and I am here to help you and this is going to hurt me more than it is going to hurt you genre, and similar to the old story about two scuba divers who upon encountering a shark one diver stabs the other in the leg and swims […]
A Winning Strategy: Is Walmart Right To ‘Delayer’? (A Guest Author Post by IACCM’s CEO Tim Cummins)
March 9, 2010
At first glance, Walmart’s new strategy of ‘delayering the supply chain’ appears to be a reversal of the cost saving device of consolidating spend and reducing the number of suppliers. Are they mimicking others, who are saying ‘if we get rid of the prime contractors, we can get better deals from working with each sub’. […]
Guest Author Post (Essential Connections): Public Sector Procurement and the Wal-Mart Effect
March 8, 2010
The following is a post that appeared in today’s Essential Connections Blog, referencing my July 9th, 2007 article on how public sector procurement has to a certain degree experienced what I referred to as the WalMart Effect. It is an interesting new Blog focusing on public sector procurement, that features guest posts by industry thought […]
Public Sector Procurement and the Walmart Effect
July 9, 2007
UPDATE March 4th, 2013: According to an article in FCW, President Barack Obama is slated Monday morning to tap Walmart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the next head of the Office of Budget and Management. Reuters first reported the news, citing sources familiar with the issues. Given Walmart’s history in terms of “dealing” with […]
Procurement Insights 
Fiscal realities and Government contracting (Part 3): Compliance over Value?
September 8, 2011
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Government contracting must be conducted in a manner that will: stand the test of public scrutiny and reflect fairness in the spending of public funds; respect operational requirements; support long-term industrial and regional development and other appropriate national objectives, including aboriginal economic development; and comply with the government’s obligations under the trade agreements. from the […]