Apr 11, 2016
Automotive news seems to be coming up a lot lately. A story in the Wall Street Journal revealed that Bo Andersson, the current CEO of Russia’s largest car maker AvtoVAZ, plans…
Mar 15, 2016
Today I travelled to Baltimore to attend the ISM/Spend matters Global Procurement Tech Summit. I will be speaking on procurement analytics tomorrow, but got to attend a set of great sessions…
Feb 18, 2016
I had an opportunity to go on a “Google Hangout” with Alex Zhong from IBM yesterday. We recorded the hangout discussion, and it gave me an opportunity to share some of…
Feb 8, 2016
I had a chance to review the new book by Jim Hansen and Kelly Barner, “Procurement at a Crossroads“, which explores the many changes that the profession is facing, and…
Dec 4, 2015
Gerard Chick and I were recently interviewed by Kelly Barner on the Buyer’s Meeting Point Blog Talk Radio yesterday, and this was posted on their site for any interested parties…
Sep 24, 2015
I was recently involved in a survey of best practices in establishing a diverse supply base. The most important and common method for driving diversity objectives in the survey (in…
Sep 18, 2015
Globalization has created the emergence of sophisticated supplier networks, creating management challenges as exposure to volatility and complexity of global sourcing has emerged. While Western organizations have met short-term cost…
Sep 10, 2015
I have been interviewing a number of CPO’s on the subject of procurement analytics and predictive analytics. In this discussion, an issue that frequently comes up is the debate over…
Sep 3, 2015
The Supply Chain Management Review, one of the leading practitioner journals in the field of supply chain, is hosting their first ever conference in November at the Rosemount Hilton at…
Aug 11, 2015
I have been having a number of fascinating interviews with Chief Procurement Officers this past week on the subject of procurement analytics and supply management risk. This is part of…