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Upcoming SCRC Meeting to Focus on "Transparency in the Global Supply Chain"

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Apr 20, 2016

A Fireside Chat with John Sculley, Apple's former CEO

I sat in on a great session at SIG today, where SIG’s CEO Dawn Tiura had a “fireside chat” with John Sculley.  Sculley was the legendary CEO of Pepsi Cola Co…

Apr 19, 2016

The Do's and Don'ts of Deal Making and Contract Management

I had an opportunity to sit in on the second day of the Sourcing Industry Group meeting in Orlando today.  Ed Hansen from the law firm of Morgan Lewis presented…

Apr 15, 2016

The Drive To 100% Bio-based Plastic Bottles

When Coca Cola set about thinking about how to drive sustainability into their supply chain, they recognized from the outset that the entire end to end life cycle of a…

Apr 11, 2016

Bo Andersson's Supply Strategy Collides With Vladimir Putin's Russia: The Performance Triangle Collapses

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…

Apr 4, 2016

Outsourcing : Tesla is Bucking the Trend

Debates over outsourcing are appearing with more frequency in the press. Companies have outsourced so many of their processes, through “Business Process Outsourcing”, that many now just sit as marketing…

Mar 25, 2016

Can You Trust the Information Your Supply Chain System Tells You?

Can people really trust information produced from a system under high stress, high risk, supply chain disruption situations? This problem was indirectly explored by a group of researchers from NC…

Mar 16, 2016

Craig Reed from Dupont: Battle Tactics for Technology Innovation

A good friend, Craig Reed, presented this morning at the ISM Global Procurement Tech Summit.  He serves as Director, Raw Materials, Energy and Packaging at Dupont.  He has a long history in…

Mar 15, 2016

What are Block Chains? – Jason Busch on the Future of Money, Trust and Transparency

Jason Busch provided a great view on Block Chains, and their impact on the future of funds in the supply chain, at the Global Procurement Tech Summit in Baltimore. Jason…

Mar 15, 2016

Procurement Technology: An Update from Spend Matters in Baltimore

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…

Mar 13, 2016

Upcoming SCRC Meeting to Focus on "Transparency in the Global Supply Chain"

The concept of supply chain transparency and velocity is based on two essential elements of technology: 1) The rapid digitization of the supply chain, and 2) the rise of real-time…