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Feb 3, 2014

The Origins of Category Management

I was fortunately enough to have a fascinating discussion with Steve Zimmer, who currently leads a team at US Car.  For those who may have been around for a few…

Dec 14, 2013

Future Procurement Capabilities: Supply Managers Need to Think like CFO's

In this first of a series of blogs, I will be exploring many of the key themes that emerged in the recent Future of Procurement study I co-authored with KPMG’s…

Oct 3, 2013

Beyond Spend Analytics: Supplier Life Cycle Data

We recently had a senior data analytics professional from a large financial services organization speak in my MBA Supply Chain relationships class.  The scope of the datasets his team was…

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…

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 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…

Apr 10, 2013

Patrick Hopkins at Coupa: Coca Cola’s four truths of procurement to pay in action

At the Coupa INSPIRE procurement conference in San Francisco this week, the Chief Procurement Officer of Coca Cola Consolidated, Patrick Hopkins, shared his views on the “4 Truths of Procurement”,…