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Comment on Can one engage the supplier base to lower supply chain risks by wms

wms — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:51:51 +0000

As one of procurement professional myself, I true agree that understanding customer behavior is necessary to make good sourcing decision. Anyway, the circumstance may be that procurement professionals may hesitate to go beyond departmental wall to discuss and communicate with functions in demand side.

Comment on Asking the right questions – how to find weaknesses in your supply chain operations by Supply Chain

Supply Chain — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:46:39 +0000

Supplier is the important element in SCM. Thank you for sharing some tips about how to improve operations.

Comment on The future of purchasing technology lies beyond the war of words between Coupa and Ariba by Deal Radar 2010: Coupa | Sramana Mitra

Deal Radar 2010: Coupa | Sramana Mitra — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:38:47 +0000

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Comment on The challenge with buyer performance measurement and some pitfalls to avoid. by Stephen Malakasuka

Stephen Malakasuka — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:57:40 +0000

Time delivery is the most aspect to be considered, because we are buying for resale and if we can deliver late it means nothing, for both quality and cost saving. For me the most challenge is to deliver on time, then other factors to be well thought-out.

Comment on Peak Oil Part I: Donkey Business by Peak Oil

Peak Oil — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:21:16 +0000

I believe that peak oil is accurate and that we are now past the point of peak oil. I understand many of the current events have to do with this senerio and it won’t be long before the main stream media and population wake up and understand what is going on. For me and my family, we are preparing for the life after the crash.

Comment on Using managed sourcing to tackle project based spend by Andreas Bernhard, IBX Marketing

Andreas Bernhard, IBX Marketing — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:54:12 +0000

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Comment on Commercial Print – How a font change can lower your printing costs by Andrew Bartolini

Andrew Bartolini — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:13:40 +0000

Collectively we have come a long way over the past 8-10 years, but it does feel like we’re much closer to the start of something than to the end.

I hope and expect that we’ll pick up some speed over the next 8 years.

Let me know if you ever make it to the Boston area.

Cheers!

Comment on In the future, will sustainability and supply chain transparency be a necessity for consumer goods – Svensk Handels says yes by Jenny Dahlerus

Jenny Dahlerus — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:22:43 +0000

I’m glad you find the trend report from Svensk Handel interesting and I’m happy to let you know that there’s an English version aswell that you can order at our website.

Jenny Dahlerus
Communicator at Svensk Handel

Comment on Commercial Print – How a font change can lower your printing costs by Torbjörn Thorsen, IBX Group AB

Torbjörn Thorsen, IBX Group AB — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:55:17 +0000

Demand management is definitely something that procurement functions should be striving for; yet from what I often see – only a handful of companies have advanced as far as to be able to bring this lever to the table. It quite amazing that nearly 8 years after this (http://www.strategy-business.com/article/18387?pg=0) Booz Allen Hamilton article was printed that procurement functions are still struggling to get past the second level of their illustrative model (capture margin – reduce cost – manage demand – create value).

And by the way: CPO Rising is really a shining star in Supply Management writing, top notch content, no less.

Comment on Commercial Print – How a font change can lower your printing costs by Andrew Bartolini

Andrew Bartolini — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:40:55 +0000

Torbjörn -

Interesting story for several reasons:

(1) Demand management, so often an afterthought, is a powerful mechanism for savings (and for procurement to use)

(2) At the high price, ink’s cost starts to resemble something more like gold than glue, who knew?

Here’s a story about a less successful ‘green print’ program which, among other things, highlights the importance of TCO analysis in decision-making.

http://www.sacbee.com/2009/09/27/2212196/californias-green-ink-cartridge.html

Keep up the great writing!