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Interview on Buyer’s Meeting Point BlogTalk Radio: Creating Procurement Value is a Lot of Work!

NC State SCRC

Gerard Chick and I were recently interviewed by Kelly Barner on the Buyer’s Meeting Point Blog Talk Radio yesterday, and this was posted on their site for any interested parties to view. Procurement is therefore about really being more commercial and understanding the busienss…the business of procurement is business!

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Insights From Procurement Leaders Conference Part 1 – Making HR Your Friend!

Supply Chain View from the Field

master of ceremonies”) for the Procurement Leaders Forum in the heart of Boston at Sixty State Street. Joanna Martinez from Cushman and Wakefield, a large real estate and facilities management person, discussed the challenges of working with HR as a procurement person. Use procurement tools to demonstrate how you can help HR.

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Winning Student Posters Focus on Visibility, Total Cost of Ownership, and Procurement Processes

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Bayer Crop Science – Internal Procurement Audit – Undergraduate Team: Hamilton Brewer, Emily Ciriano, Scott Gray. My expectations were surely exceeded, and being able to meet you all at the conclusion of your work was a great personal capstone for me. Advisor: Cecil Bozarth, NC State Faculty.

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Review of “Procurement Value Proposition” misses the point…ISO “Mr. Impossible”!

Supply Chain View from the Field

A recent review by Peter Smith of my new book , “The Procurement Value Proposition”, co-authored with Gerard Chick, provides some solid support for the message Gerard and I were seeking to develop. We need to be up to the challenge of creating the “impossibly talentedprocurement professionals of the future.

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Procurement Leaders Blog Post: Cross-Functional Teaming is Easier Said Then Done

NC State SCRC

Continuing my reporting of the Procurement Leaders meeting in Miami, I sat in on a very interesting session that included three professionals from very different walks of life: Captain Harry Thetford – Defense Logistics Agency. In particular, management will often say “Oh yeah – we use cross-functional teams.”

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

In effect the team must educate themselves through a detailed analysis of the marketplace and identify how best to meet the forecasted demand (generated by the spend analysis and interviews with stakeholders) given the market conditions that will occur in the next year. The data can be collected in a number of ways. Descriptions.

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Recognizing International Women’s Day 2022

Supply Chain Matters

If you see a woman trying to speak up in a meeting but being ignored, say something about it and make sure that woman is provided the opportunity to share her thoughts. ”. Tania Seary , Founder and CEO of Procurious, has built a social media community platform for procurement and supply chain professionals.