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Sep 17, 2013

Remembering Ronald Coase (Dec 29, 1910- Sept 2, 2013)

Ronald Coase passed away this past week, at the ripe old age of 102 1/2.  He represents one of the truly brilliant economists who helped shaped our understanding of management…

Sep 17, 2013

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

I am on the road this week, acting as Chair (e.g. “master of ceremonies”) for the Procurement Leaders Forum in the heart of Boston at Sixty State Street.  There were…

Sep 11, 2013

Auditing, visibility and collaboration: The keys to a socially responsible supply chain

In the September issue of the Supply Chain Management Review, Andreas Wieland from Berlin Technical University and I have published a thoughtpiece on the application of social responsible criteria to…

Sep 2, 2013

Corporate supply chain social responsibility in the news

Today’s New York Times has a front-page story on how supply chain inspections of factories have become a vital link in the supply chain of overseas production. An extensive examination…

Aug 28, 2013

Vendor Managed Inventory? Think twice and consider the risks!

Historically, businesses have used one of two extremes for inventory management: push-based or pull-based. Push-based inventory management uses demand forecast to manage inventory and replenish from the supply base.  Pull-based inventory…

Aug 22, 2013

Procurement needs to follow in the steps of marketing

A recent interview I conducted with a former Chief Procurement Officer who has worked for over 25 years in procurement in various industries captures what I believe is the true…

Aug 18, 2013

Another Fall semester brings a new batch of 50 SCRC company projects…

As we go into our 2013 fall semester, the SCRC team is pulling together the list of project summaries from our 15 corporate partners.  This is indeed a busy time…

Aug 15, 2013

BVL Carolinas Chapter is Launched: More than 100 participants at Volvo in Greensboro.

The first inaugural meeting of the BVL International Carolinas Chapter was held on August 12, 2013 at the Volvo facility in Greensboro, NC.  The meeting was a great success, with…

Aug 8, 2013

SCRC Partner Profile: A Textbook Transformation at Biogen-Idec

Although strategic sourcing capabilities are well established in industries ranging from automotive to electronics, they are still in the formative stages in the biotechnology sector.   It isn’t easy to drive…

Aug 6, 2013

Tarpon Springs, FL: A Bastion of Integrity

An article entitled “Spillapalooza:  How BP Got Screwed in the Gulf” by Paul Barrett provides some astounding statistics on the volume of litigation that continues to occur, and the widespread…