Jun 21, 2018
I had a chance to meet with a group of supply chain executives at the University of Calgary this week, which included a discussion by Ken Rawson. Ken has over…
May 17, 2018
Having a robust master part and master supplier list can yield many low hanging fruit for organizations in the early stages of their procurement transformation. Many of these opportunities can…
Apr 28, 2018
A panel of industry practitioners offered their views on how market trends and technologies are impacting contract management and relational contracting at the latest SCRC meeting on April 19. Thank…
Apr 15, 2018
As part of the lead-up to our SCRC meeting this week on Relational Contracting, I am featuring the first of five papers by some of our online MBA students who…
Jan 20, 2011
Managers must ensure that appropriate personnel receive periodic training with respect to the organization’s ethical and professional standards. Supply managers should ensure that their personnel receive training on current thinking…
Jan 19, 2011
A successful sourcing strategy requires a thorough understanding of a company’s business strategy, the resources required to deliver that strategy, the market forces and the unique risks within the company…
The purchasing plan for a family of items. This would include the plan to manage the supplier base and solve problems. Source: http://www.apics.org/
Service-level agreements (SLAs) are contracts between service providers and customers that define the services provided, the metrics associated with these services, acceptable and unacceptable service levels, liabilities on the part…
A never-ending effort to expose and eliminate root causes of problems; small step improvement as opposed to big step improvement. Source: http://www.apics.org/
See: Agreements, Collaboration, Contract, Joint Venture, Strategic Alliance, Supplier-Customer Partnership