Jun 22, 2014
Just finished speaking at the EurOMA conference in Palermo, and was excited by the discussions and feedback over the course of today. I arrived in Palermo yesterday, and had an…
May 13, 2014
Gerard Chick and I are working on a new book, that is effectively questioning whether procurement, as we know it, is on the right track, and if not, what it…
May 5, 2014
We had another great set of student projects during our Spring SCRC student poster session. Students presented a total of 26 projects, including both practicum projects from our undergraduates, our…
Feb 9, 2014
As organizations face a challenging market for global growth, the knowledge that innovation is the life blood for market expansion is well understood. As R&D budgets become more constrained or…
Dec 2, 2013
In 2008, Jim Owens, the Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, gave the Poole College of Management a $2.2M gift to support the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative. Part of the mandate…
Nov 16, 2013
I recently completed a study of 25 CPO’s, each providing their view of what procurement will look like in 2025. You can download the full report at this link. Procurement…
Oct 4, 2013
Congrats to George Vincent, who took 1st place in the 2013 Student Poster Competition at the APICS Conference in Orlando. George is a second year INdustrial Engineering student who has…
Sep 19, 2013
One of the most interesting panels from the Boston Procurement Leaders conference was focused on Talent Management. We heard from a number of speakers on the subject of how the…
Sep 18, 2013
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…
Aug 22, 2013
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…