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Supply Chain Management

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 21, 2013

Asia, better brace yourself for Usagi! He's not in a good mood…

The next big disaster of 2013 could be the Category 5 Typhoon Usagi that is set to hit Taiwan, Hong Kong and China Mainland this Sunday.  Don’t be surprised if…

Sep 18, 2013

Procurement Leaders Forum Part 2: Procurement's Role in Open Innovation

Steve Baggott, the leader of Procter and Gamble’s Connect+Develop open innovation program spoke at Procurement Leaders this morning, and shared the importance of changing views of working with suppliers. Steve…

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…