Director’s Blog
Master Data System Enables Quick Wins Through Component Standardization
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 be driven by looking at redundant part numbers, contracts that […]
How sustainable is your food? Ask Field to Market
Rod Snyder, president of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, has over ten years of experience in eco-labeling. FTM was founded in order to address the question of how US agriculture can better define, measure, and advance the […]
Dell’s Supply Chain Data Analytics Center (SCDnA)
Dell and EMC merged last year, producing a power combination of products including laptops, PC’s, and high end servers. As part of this shift, Dell moved towards creating a series of Data Analytics Centers across the organization, including one for […]
SCRC Executive Panel Discussion: “Relational Contracting in an Uncertain Ecosystem”
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 you to our guest writer, Kirsten Gallagher, from the Global […]
Relational Contracting Part III: Tim Cummins on “Shifting Your Mindset to Collaborative Value”
Tim Cummins, CEO of IACCM, is intent on driving change. He is traveling around the globe, speaking with foreign ministries in Dubai, the Australian navy, the Canadian Department of Defense, and the General Services Administration in DC. We were fortunate […]
Relational Contracting Part II: Four Numbers to Be Concerned About in Global Economics
Jason Schenker, a worldwide leader in global economic forecasting, brought a spirit of levity and predictive insights to a subject that is often mired in gloom: economics! Jason, who founded the Futurist Institute, commented on some of the major changes […]
Relational Contracting Part I: MUFG Experiments with Blockchains
“One of the best meetings ever!” This is a comment I hear a lot at the conclusion of every one of our SCRC meetings the past few years. Either we are getting better and better at bringing in some of […]
Relational Contracts Student Project: Alternative Means to Settling Contract Disputes
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 took my relational contracting class. The first of these by […]
SCRC Meeting on Relational Contracting: Echos of Jimmy V…
The upcoming Supply Chain Resource Cooperative Bi-annual meeting is taking place on April 19, in historic Reynolds Coliseum, (with the memories of Jimmy V echoing in the hallways). It is only fitting that this year’s meeting takes place in a […]
Strategic Roles in Procurement Haven’t Changed Much
A recent post on Public Spend Forum asked the following question: What are the key 4-6 roles (e.g. Buyer, Commodity Manager, etc …) common to all public procurement organizations that help you align the “right skills” with the “right roles”, to achieve […]