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Coupon Clipping: Extreme Savings, Hording or OCD
9 hours ago
I've never been much of a coupon clipper. For one thing, I rarely see coupons for the things I buy. When I do, they either expire before I use them, or -- if I remember having clipped them -- I can't find the coupon when I need it. And more important...
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Even Lawyers Agree: Put Procurement +quot;Firmly a ...
14 hours ago
I read the summary of a new report from down under earlier today that was not remarkable for its findings, but for its authors -- a group of lawyers (at Norton Rose) who came to the same conclusion as any reasonable group of procurement or operations...
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Travel Tuesday: Rising to the Travel Compliance Ch ...
17 hours ago
Continuing our new ?Travel Tuesday? column, this week we'll cover some of the travel Spend Management basics. Today, I?ll refer Spend Matters? readers to a recent Purchasing Magazine study that provides a useful state of the market when it comes to t...
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Coupa and Ariba -- Analyzing Competitive Claims (P ...
21 hours ago
In this third post in the series analyzing Coupa's competitive claims against Ariba (click here for Part 1 and Part 2), I'll turn my attention to the remaining claims Coupa makes against its Sunnyvale P2P neighbor (in case you're curious, Coupa's off...
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An Innocent Abroad: A Quick Few Days in London
1 day ago
I was in London for part of last week, primarily for a client meeting. Despite my short, packed trip, I also had the chance to sit down with a few other folks, including Peter Smith, who recently began contributing to Spend Matters, and Mark Perera a...
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What Level of Procurement Performance Are You At?
14 hours ago
by the doctor
Last week, Pierre Mitchell of The Hackett Group asked you if you knew the difference between procurement value and procurement performance (part I and part II) over on Spend Matters and invited you to participate in a study that would help you identify where you were on your procurement journey by way of 18 value streams that range from naive apprentice , where you're measuring performance at an elementary level, to expert sorcerer , where you're extracting procurement value at a very advance ...
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The Gartner Tragic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing ...
20 hours ago
by the doctor
As I noted in yesterday's post, while the Quadrant wasn't all bad, when you added up all the issues, it was more tragic than magic. And, despite the fact that one of my commenters may be right in the observation that it's not worth the column-inches I'm going to use discussing it, I can't let it go. Given the importance assigned to this report by the market space, which is equalled only by the Forrester Grave, I need to make sure you don't misread any of the statements and base a bad decision ...
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The Gartner Tragic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing ...
1 day ago
by the doctor
On Friday I asked if Gartner's new Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites was Magic or Tragic?. Even though it was better than some of the previous quadrants, the fact that it only covered 14 vendors, that 4 of them seemed to slip in under the wire, that the lack of response time probably excluded a number of vendors that should have been there, and that there were a number of statements that just make you go huh? (and lead you to believe the report was as rushed as the surveys), ...
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Playscripts? PLAYSCRIPTS? Are we going back to Ki ...
2 days ago
by the doctor
I was a little annoyed with the chosen focus of a recent article by Mr. Michael G. Jacobides and very annoyed with the terminology chosen in Strategy Tools for a Shifting Landscape (subscription required), a recent article in the Harvard Business Review. While I agree that some companies need to reinvent the way they develop strategy, I'm not sure that strategy should be defined by narrative plots, subplots, and characters and definitely convinced that the last thing we want defining corporat ...
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Seven Strategies for Open Collaboration
2 days ago
by the doctor
A recent article in Strategy + Business on The Promise and Perils of Open Collaboration presented seven strategies you can use to make your open collaboration a success that are worth repeating. Craft a Leadership Message The best CEOs articulate a leadership message that is both universal and of immediate relevance to a company's strategic needs. Open collaboration is a social process that needs to extend beyond R&D and penetrate the entire organization. For that to happen, a clear m ...
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Procurement transformed at ITV
1 day ago
by Steve Hall
As success stories go, there are those in procurement that have had a highly effective supply chain management system in place (wasn’t that long ago Toyota might have been the example!), and there are those who have fundamentally improved what they’ve been given. Which brings us to ITV.
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Time for procurement to make headlines
3 days ago
by Steve Hall
Fresh from our first foray into the world of Tweetchat, the editorial team here at Procurement Leaders towers are feeling excited and, arguably, slightly bewildered by the social networking universe.
#pldebate looked at one of our big issues de jour – talent. There were a lot of interesting ideas being put out in the internet ether, but one thing that came through was the need for procurement to achieve recognition, both internally and externally.
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25 issues, 25 words to sell procurement
4 days ago
by David Rae
While much has been said of procurement being the opposite side of the same coin to sales, I wonder how much of that is true. How capable are we really of selling ourselves and of letting the ignorant know of the huge potential that procurement holds for both business improvement and career satisfaction?
So, to align with the publication of our 25th issue in April, we thought it would be fun to set a challenge.
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The Big Debate: procurement must change to attract ...
5 days ago
by David Rae
It's probably the single biggest issue facing procurement today: how to attract the best talent to the function so that procurement can cement its position at the top of the corporate hierarchy.
Whether the subject comes up at a roundtable or while sharing a beer with a senior procurement executive, it's a topic that's always debated passionately.
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The laws are there, but corruption still afflicts ...
6 days ago
by Steve Hall
It probably isn’t obvious how deeply entrenched corruption is within the world of procurement. Or, if it is, companies are not as effective at stamping it out as we might think they are. Last week, Procurement Leaders published an online analysis piece covering the likely impact of the upcoming UK anti-bribery law. The measure is designed to bring the UK’s policies more in line with the OECD standards and closer to a US-style of enforcement.
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Innovative Website Helps Suppliers Respond to New ...
16 hours ago
by Tim Albinson
Top retailers like Walmart, Tesco and Marks & Spencer are asking their suppliers to report on sustainability programs and provide customers with “greener” products, and now consumer goods companies are scrambling for ways to respond to these rapidly evolving lists of requirements.
Yesterday, Five Winds International, one of North America’s largest and most experienced consulting firms [...]
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The Home Depot Sets New Energy Use and GHG Emissio ...
1 day ago
by Tim Albinson
Last week, The Home Depot announced new targets for lowering energy use in U.S. stores and reducing GHG emissions in its domestic supply chain.
Since 2004, The Home Depot has reduced its U.S. stores’ energy per square foot consumption by 16 percent, and now –after a series of rather straightforward operational programs including the upgrading of [...]
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Best Buy Joins BICEP
4 days ago
by Tim Albinson
Proving itself (once again) to be a sustainability leader in its sector, U.S.-based global consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has joined Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP), a coalition of major consumer companies advocating for strong U.S. climate and energy policy.
Best Buy joins other retail giants such as Nike, Starbucks and Levi Strauss [...]
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adidas Group Publishes New Sustainability Report
5 days ago
by Tim Albinson
The adidas Group has released its tenth annual sustainability report, providing an overview of the company’s strategies to reduce environmental footprints of its own operations while continuing to help suppliers reduce their environmental impacts, as well.
In particular, adidas Group reports that it is focusing its 2010 efforts on actions directed at these specific 2015 targets [...]
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Marks +amp; Spencer Launches Effort to be the Worl ...
6 days ago
by Tim Albinson
On Monday, Marks & Spencer (M&S), one of Britain’s largest retailers, announced a program to expand the green initiatives it launched in 2007 in hopes of becoming the world’s most sustainable retailer by 2015.
M&S first launched its ethical and eco plan, called Plan A, in January 2007. Its overall goals included making M&S carbon neutral, [...]
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For Suppliers, Sourcing Problems Are Like Dating P ...
1 day ago
by Charles Dominick, SPSM
I hope that you have enjoyed the article Sourcing Problems In A Slow Economy. As I thought about the reasons that suppliers are refusing to play the strategic sourcing game, I couldn't help but think that, to suppliers, sourcing problems are like dating problems. What do I mean?Well, imagine this...You are invited on a date with an attractive individual one weekend. Your date suggests some activities that are rather expensive but, hey, this is really someone you'd like to know better so you agr ...
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Four Words To Say That Might Avoid A Supplier Rela ...
4 days ago
by Charles Dominick, SPSM
Businesses mess up from time to time. Even the good ones. Especially your suppliers.Supplier screw-ups can really be frustrating for a purchasing professional. And when something goes wrong, you may come close to losing your temper and doing something you'd later regret.I was reminded of this when reading today's American Entrepreneur blog entry entitled Count To Ten. The author, Ron Morris, tells a humorous story about how, in a fit of frustration, he once mailed a nasty letter to a prospecti ...
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How Could There Possibly Be A Parallel Between Pro ...
5 days ago
by Charles Dominick, SPSM
There are a few interesting differences between how a small-to-midsize business handles procurement and how a large business handles procurement. One of them is that large business procurement middle managers tend to be a little more paranoid about selecting small, less expensive suppliers.There's a lot of political pressure on a procurement middle manager in a large company. If they take a risk on a small supplier and it doesn't work out, many of that manager's peers will think How could s/he ...
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Whitepaper Wednesday - Spend Analysis vs. ERP
6 days ago
by Charles Dominick, SPSM
Welcome back to another installment of Whitepaper Wednesday here on the Purchasing Certification Blog. This week, I'll be reviewing a whitepaper entitled Spend Analysis –It’s what you don’t know that costs you (Part I) from Iasta and Purchasing Magazine.Considering that this whitepaper is 23 pages long and it is a Part I of an undeclared number of parts, Iasta appears to be trying to teach everything there is to know about spend analysis. Because they sell spend analysis software, th ...
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The Questions To Ask Yourself When Buying Procurem ...
7 days ago
by Charles Dominick, SPSM
When buying procurement services and technology (e.g., sourcing software, consulting services, etc.), it is all too easy to get sucked into the customization trap. The customization trap is what happens when you think that there is no other organization in the world that remotely resembles yours and that you need a software built or a service performed in a way that deviates from the way that the vendor builds the software or performs the service for every single one of its other customers.The ...
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Suppliers are from Mars, buyers are from Venus
15 hours ago
by Torbjörn Thorsen, IBX Group AB
A recent IDC survey regarding the state of IT (in Sweden) in 2010 really did it’s best to expose the difference between buying and selling organizations. When asked about how they expect the IT market to develop in 2010 diametric answers were provided making one wonder where the two parties can actually meet.
The only area with a [...]
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Why more women is needed in procurement – unders ...
1 day ago
by Torbjörn Thorsen, IBX Group AB
Procurement Leaders big tweet chat debate on Friday focused on how procurement must change in order to attract talent got me thinking about the key traits that will define purchasing executives in the future. What we need to know, how will we conduct our work, what traits we need to pay attention to when hiring [...]
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A purchasing nightmare: The perfect storm that hit ...
4 days ago
by Torbjörn Thorsen, IBX Group AB
Dogged by the downturn, the pulp and paper industry has slowly recovered over the past months to the extent that it has been flagging for price increases to boost profitability. Now for the affected categories purchasers this was old news, but no-one was counting on the perfect storm that hit the industry in the last [...]
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Managing quarterly supply chain migration
6 days ago
by Torbjörn Thorsen, IBX Group AB
A few days ago in a post about maveric spend was expanded by a great comment from Jon Hansen of Procurement Insights that explored the concept of agent-based Metaprise models that would allow companies to increase supply chain flexibility without losing control or focus.
To expand on the subject without going to deep I believe that [...]
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In the future, will sustainability and supply chai ...
7 days ago
by Torbjörn Thorsen, IBX Group AB
Swedish lobbyist organization Svensk Handel recently released their latest consumer goods trend report (konsuMera – in Swedish only) and highest ranked among the trends were consumer expectations in sustainability/CSR related issues.
In an analysis by Svenska Dagbladet they go as far as to say that “in the future, it will be impossible for companies to ignore [...]
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Will new regulation curb outsourcing/offshoring by ...
15 hours ago
by TPI
By Brian Smith, TPI
The Administration has proposed a set of new rules to increase regulation of the banking industry. While we don’t know what the final outcome will look like, we do know that changes will be focused on lending, bank structure, and the separation of investment banking from retail banking. None of these changes [...]
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Iasta honored with 4 honoree+#8217;s as 2010 +#822 ...
18 hours ago
by DWilmes
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine, the executive’s user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, this week announced the tenth annual listing of Pros to Know in the Supply Chain Industry.
The Pros to Know is a listing of individuals from a software firm or service provider, consultancy, or analyst or research firm who [...]
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Iasta Makes Strong Entrance in the Gartner Magic Q ...
1 day ago
by David Bush - Iasta
Iasta, a leading provider of eSourcing software and solutions, today announced that Gartner, Inc., a leading independent provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, has positioned Iasta in the “Challengers” quadrant of the “Strategic Sourcing Application Suites.” (i) The report assesses the top software providers by a list of criteria that [...]
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It’s what you don’t know that costs you part 1 ...
5 days ago
by David Bush - Iasta
ERP systems have been historically good at processing and recording transactions, but mining data for spend visibility was not one of them. Spend Analysis started in the early 1990’s at progressive companies like GE and at consulting firms like McKinsey. The idea was to mine existing spend data to identify areas where sourcing effort would [...]
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Spend Category Management – What Is It, and Why ...
7 days ago
by Rod True - Spend Radar
Category management is very valuable to organizations that conduct sourcing initiatives and want to capture key knowledge around that specific sourcing category, integrated with the corresponding organizational Spend. This allows for ongoing category-specific measurements, such as rebate programs, Diversity Spend relative to specific items, and managing the overall status of the sourcing program to continually [...]
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A Winning Strategy: Is Walmart Right To ‘Delayer ...
13 hours ago
by procureinsights
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’. [...]
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Guest Author Post (Essential Connections): Public ...
1 day ago
by procureinsights
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 leaders [...]
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Live Event Feed: Monetizing Social Media (ConFoo C ...
2 days ago
by procureinsights
In a recent PI Window on Business broadcast I talked about the differences between traditional media and the emerging world of social media in terms of having a sustainable revenue model. Specifically, can the popularity of social media be practically monetized to the same level that traditional media such as television, print and radio had [...]
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Unfortunately, some traditional mainstream pundits ...
7 days ago
by procureinsights
I just read Torbjorn Thorsen’s post on his Purchasing Transformation Blog, and while gently making reference to the fact that Spend Matters’ Jason Busch was “correct in his analysis” regarding a recent post comparing Coupa to Ariba, he went on to say that “there are a few areas where the correct analysis unfortunately gets in [...]
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Guest Author Judy Bradt on the “Winners Best Kep ...
7 days ago
by procureinsights
As part of our new Guest Author Series, Washington-based expert on selling to the government Judy Bradt will be sharing her insights with us from Part-3 of the 7-Part “Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contract Series” which aired on the PI Window on Business March 1st, 2010.
Judy as you may already know, is [...]
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AMR Answers Top-of-Mind Questions from Recent Webi ...
11 hours ago
by Caroline Robinson
In the recent webinar, Correcting Your Spend Vision with Visibility, Mickey North Rizza, research director with AMR Research, discussed implementing spend visibility tools to bring more spend under management, gaining competitive advantage through analytics.
During the webinar, we received three really great questions from our audience, and wanted to share Mickey’s responses covering maverick spend, data [...]
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What’s next for Supply Excellence? (Feedback req ...
5 days ago
by Justin Fogarty
Nearly 4 years ago, Tim Minahan launched Supply Excellence with this post, which spoke of addressing key issues that spend management pros were facing on best practices, metrics, strategy, and technology.
Now that all of those issues are resolved, we’re asking “what’s next?”
Ok, that’s not entirely correct. Those questions will never be completely answered since [...]
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The Future of Commercial Payments
7 days ago
by Peter Lugli
Cash is king, credit is scarce, and stubborn clouds of uncertainty refuse to dissipate. In this time, maintaining a strong balance sheet and an eye on cash flows is a prerequisite for business leaders seeking to master the twin near-term imperatives of viability and maneuverability.
Scrutiny on money flows outside the four walls of a company, [...]
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Spend Management Jobs: Connecting talent seekers w ...
8 days ago
by Justin Fogarty
On a recent call to discuss top trends in 2010, Chris Sawchuk of the Hackett Group said that procurement departments in many companies are looking to beef up their talent this year. It seems that the value of strategic-minded, savvy procurement pros became more clear during this brutal recession, where extracting value for every penny [...]
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RFPs for Magicians and Exploding Pirate Ships?
> 10 days ago
by Justin Fogarty
When I say “casino”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
Probably for most of you, it’s money. Actually more like MONEY. Money being spent, won and lost at breakneck speed. And although you’ve possibly had trips to Vegas where you were up against The House (and ask a gambler, and they’ll always tell you [...]
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Frank Comments from Akio Toyoda
8 days ago
by DaveM
The president of Toyota made some frank and direct comments at a news briefing in Beijing, the last stop on a tour of apology and explanation over the company's quality concerns. Here are excerpted comments from a WSJ article titled “Toyoda Concedes Profit Focus Led to Flaws”. Akio Toyoda said a key reason for Toyota Motor Corp.'s quality problems was an excessive focus on market share and profits among "some people" in the company, some of his bluntest words yet in assessing t ...
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Inflation Still Under Wraps
> 10 days ago
by DaveM
Excluding food and energy, inflation was up 1.6% for January in the United States. Great Britain reported a 3.5% inflation rate while India posted 8.5%. China only posted 1.5%. However, some experts believe that once growth returns so will higher levels of inflation.
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Upcoming Release Purchasing Toolpak 2010
> 10 days ago
by DaveM
Purchasing Toolpak 2010 is in the final stages of testing. There are some great new features worth giving a try. We’ll be offering a free copy to next 10 users who trial the product and provide feedback. We are especially interested in users trying the new features: Installing on a small business network, importing records from Excel or using the quick start wizard. To qualify for your free copy, just send an email about your experience. You’ll receive a free license key.
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High Tech Back Shoring for Procurement
> 10 days ago
by DaveM
Good article from strategy + business about the case for back shoring. Here is an excerpt: Moreover, some companies are amplifying materials and logistics savings from backshoring by modernizing their U.S. plants to outpace Chinese facilities. Such is the case with Diagnostic Devices Inc., a maker of blood glucose monitoring systems. In August 2009, the privately held company based in Charlotte, N.C., announced that it was moving the manufacturing of its Prodigy line of audible glucose monit ...
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Supplier Information from Bing
> 10 days ago
by DaveM
Internet Explorer 8 has a helpful addon that provides company information by just typing the companies stock ticker. Bing displays company stock and new information that you can subscribe to as a web slice. A Web Slice uses simple HTML markup to represent a clipping of a Web page, enabling users to subscribe to content directly within a Web page. Rather than using multiple RSS feeds, a Web Slice enables users to subscribe to content directly within a web page; a separate RSS feed file is not re ...
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Will the Cloud Reign or Evaporate?
> 10 days ago
by Jen Street
You may not have heard about cloud computing but it has been stirring a lot of buzz this past year within the telecommunications industry. For those of you that are wondering what I’m talking about, the term cloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet, in network diagrams we use a cloud to abstractly represent the internet since the technical infrastructure behind the actual internet can become very complicated. Essentially, cloud computing allows a user to provision applications via the...
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What is the Government doing to save your tax doll ...
> 10 days ago
by Nick Haneiko
We have all heard a lot in the news recently about the stimulus packages, bailouts, government spending, etc. Not too long ago the $787 billion American Recovery Act, aka stimulus law, went into effect. That number seems so ridiculous and surreal it’s difficult to wrap your head around it. Where does that money go in terms of Philadelphia and the surrounding areas? After everything was said and done, $16 billion of that is expected to flow into Pennsylvania and $17.5 billion into New Jersey. I ...
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Tax Breaks, Tax Breaks, Read All About It!
> 10 days ago
by jpuvel
I think at this point we are all looking for ways to save every dime we can. One important thing to remember is that we can realize excellent savings opportunities during tax time. Two big issues that people have in this regard are that 1) they do not know the opportunities available and 2) they do not bother taking the time to learn about and use them. I came upon this article from CNN that lists five new tax breaks that have come about from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, aka...
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US and Canada “Resolve” Buy American Spat
> 10 days ago
by Strategic Sourceror
Things seem to be going well up north for the Canucks. The Winter Olympics are in full swing, the local economy is buzzing, and Bilodeau has even earned the Canadians their very first gold on home soil. On top of all this, according to the US Trade Representative’s Office, US and Canada have finally “resolved” the key disputes they have recently had over the Buy American provisions listed in the US Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Unfortunately, the Ontario Federation of. ...
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Social Security or a Tax Free Loan?
> 10 days ago
by Steve Belli
Since I can remember, the Social Security Trust Fund has been going broke. Politicians tell us that we have to fix the system or payments to seniors will be in jeopardy. Social Security has taken in more money than it has paid out just about every year since inception. In 2009 alone, $121 billion more came in than went out. The fund balance is $2.5 trillion. Depending upon who you believe, there is enough money until 2035 -2045.
Some fund! There is not a penny held in any account. There is no.. ...
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Capgemini acquires IBX
> 10 days ago
by Jean-Philippe Massin
The news came out yesterday: Capgemini Group today announced its acquisition of on-demand purchasing solutions provider IBX and with it, the availability of the industry’s first global end-to-end, Procurement-as-a-Service offering. Having collaborated together since summer 2009, Capgemini and IBX decided to join forces in order to drive development of a new global procurement service offering and further expand the addressable market for IBX’s best-in-class technology
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15-question Supplier Sustainability Assessment sur ...
> 10 days ago
by Jean-Philippe Massin
Late July 09, Wal-Mart announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index, which is expected to lead to higher quality, lower costs and measure the sustainability of products and help customers, live better in the 21st century. This index will be build out of a 3 steps program, starting by the assessment of their 100 000 supplier base with a Supplier Sustainability Assessment.
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Top 15 questions for Supplier Sustainability Asses ...
> 10 days ago
by Jean-Philippe Massin
Late July 09, Wal-Mart announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index, which is expected to lead to higher quality, lower costs and measure the sustainability of products and help customers, live better in the 21st century. This index will be build out of a 3 steps program, starting by the assessment of their 100 000 supplier base with a Supplier Sustainability Assessment.
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Supply Risk has risen up the corporate agenda in 2 ...
> 10 days ago
by Jean-Philippe Massin
Ariba lately published a whitepaper about Supply Risk management. Wide topic indeed, which obviously shouldn’t be seen as a one-off action but as a continuous effort over time and a board-level matter. Supply risk emerged strongly – as the current financial market turned unsecure – and shall stay in CPO’s minds as the economy will [...]
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Supply Risk in 2009: Top 10 learnings
> 10 days ago
by Jean-Philippe Massin
Ariba lately published a whitepaper about Supply Risk management. Wide topic indeed, which obviously shouldn’t be seen as a one-off action but as a continuous effort over time and a board-level matter. Supply risk emerged strongly – as the current financial market turned unsecure – and shall stay in CPO’s minds as the economy will [...]
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Job: Director, Global Sourcing
> 10 days ago
A $2B Division of a $25B
Global Fortune 500 Company is looking for an above average individual to be groomed for a Vice President,
Procurement position within 3-5 years, joining this company as the Director,
Global Sourcing.
Total
Compensation Package
$170K - $180K Range (substantial salary, bonus and options)
LOCATION:
Texas, England, or Asia Pacific
Education
& Experience required:
BS Engineering, MBA required10-15 years hands on experience
in Industrial, Projects and
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Stephen Guth to Speak at the Institute for Supply ...
> 10 days ago
In an earlier blog post, I indicated that I would be speaking at ISM's annual conference in April. My presentation was Implementing Best Practices: The Procurement Maturity Model, which I had presented at two other procurement events to rave reviews. ISM had selected my topic based on a conference proceeding that I had written and everything seemed to be good to go. Unfortunately, ISM trashed my presentation in a recent e-mail and, strangely, in that same e-mail, the ISM representative labe ...
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Job: IT Vendor Relationship and Contract Negotiati ...
> 10 days ago
Here's a hot job!
Rate: $60-80/hr W2
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Project:
Our
client's IS organization is experiencing and strong increase in demand to
support the business throughout 2010. As a result the IS organization has
increased it's demands for service from the VMO. The VMO has received
approval to bring in 2 consultants to supplement the VMO team in order to
address the increased demand and provide the level of services required.
Resources will be needed through 1/31/11.
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IRS Issues Request for Quotation--for Shotguns! P ...
> 10 days ago
If you've ever wondered what an RFQ for shotguns might look like, wonder no more! The IRS has issued an RFQ for shotguns, specifically: Sixty Remington Model 870 Police RAMAC #24587 12 gauge pump-action shotguns...with fourteen inch barrel, modified choke, Wilson Combat Ghost Ring rear sight and XS4 Contour Bead front sight, Knoxx Reduced Recoil Adjustable Stock, and Speedfeed ribbed black forend. Moral of the RFQ? You better pay your taxes--or else!
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Rotten Tomatoes: Safeway Foods Purchasing Agent Ge ...
> 10 days ago
I'm in the process of revising my employer's vendor gifts / entertainment / ethics policies and was doing a little Internet research when I came across a recent article that caught my attention. Apparently, a Safeway Foods purchasing agent is facing 20-years in prison for steering tomato contracts to a specific seller. Ouch! I'm sure there's a good joke in there somewhere, but I'm not creative enough to think of a good one.Update: For what it's worth, someone sent me a joke... What did the p ...
