Strategic Sourcing

Mar 14, 2013

Thinking Differently About Procurement: The SCRC Meeting Theme on April 29-30, 2013

Our next SCRC meeting will focus on “The Future of Procurement”, and will be held on April 29-30, at the NC State University Club in Raleigh, NC.  We will be hosting… 

Mar 5, 2013

College grads – trouble finding a job? Think welding….

We recently worked on a study examining the market for pipeline construction services.  Across North America, projects like Keystone are only the beginning of growth for pipelines in oil and… 

Feb 22, 2013

Procurement: Getting Back to the Basics

I’ve been speaking to a number of procurement executives lately, leading to some interesting discussions around risk, category management, shared services, and a lot of other high level concepts that… 

Nov 16, 2012

Participate in our Global Logistics Survey!!

We have currently launched an important online survey, being conducted in conjunction with BVL International, a non-profit global logistics institute dedicated to promoting knowledge and best practices in logistics. The… 

Nov 12, 2012

Thinking About the Future Role of Procurement/Purchasing/Supply

The field of supply management has undergone quite a few changes over the past several years. Leaders in the field are always thinking about what the future of procurement will… 

Aug 27, 2012

The Power of Bloomberg in Creating Supply Chain Intelligence and Risk Alerts

Supply chains are difficult to study.  People do not want analysts knowing about their supply chains.  So creating market intelligence around supply chains is extremely challenging.  Yet analysts rely on… 

Aug 18, 2012

More About the "Influence Model"

My last post was on the influence model applied to product design for the supply chain, following an interview with an engineer.  A prior post a few months ago also… 

Jul 11, 2012

Airbus, Boeing, and CAT Discover Supplier Integration Comes Down to Hard Work

The article in today’s WSJ refers to the new approach being used by Airbus and Boeing to “integrate” suppliers.  Supplier integration and collaboration are terms that are thrown around a… 

Jul 3, 2012

They're Posted! Latest Supply Chain Sustainability Benchmark Reports!

Every other year, a team of MBA students from the Poole College of Management take a one credit class I teach on supply chain sustainability.  As part of this class,… 

Jun 10, 2012

News from the UK: Coffee with Gerard Chick

Had coffee with my friend Gerard Chick while in London this week, who is on the research team at CIPS (the Chartered Institute of Professional Supply Management).  Gerard and I…