Procurement Sourcing Supply Chain Talent Management 
Supply Chain View from the Field
NOVEMBER 16, 2013
I recently completed a study of 25 CPO’s, each providing their view of what procurement will look like in 2025. Procurement has a history that is linked in the core concepts of centralization, volume leveraging, and cost reduction. The earliest traces of this can be linked to materials management.
Supply Chain View from the Field
SEPTEMBER 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 need for talent is shifting dramatically in the years ahead. The Vendor Management team are starting to sound like banking regulators.
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Supply Chain View from the Field
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
master of ceremonies”) for the Procurement Leaders Forum in the heart of Boston at Sixty State Street. Joanna Martinez from Cushman and Wakefield, a large real estate and facilities management person, discussed the challenges of working with HR as a procurement person. Use procurement tools to demonstrate how you can help HR.
Supply Chain View from the Field
MAY 5, 2014
Bayer Crop Science – Internal Procurement Audit – Undergraduate Team: Hamilton Brewer, Emily Ciriano, Scott Gray. Strategic Sourcing Manager – Tires, Wheels, and Mounting Systems. John Deere World Headquarters – Enterprise Supply Management. Advisor: Cecil Bozarth, NC State Faculty.
Supply Chain View from the Field
OCTOBER 4, 2015
As part of the conference, I’m delivering a talk on five predictions that every procurement professional should consider. These aren’t so much “predictions”, as opportunities that procurement professionals should become aware of, and educate themselves on.
NC State SCRC
JUNE 15, 2021
These interviews are often the best source of information and are not published. Secondary data sources are published available databases, reports, websites, and so on. Supply market intelligence can also lead to better relationships with suppliers, which is a critical element to manage supply chain disruptions (see below).
NC State SCRC
FEBRUARY 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 challenges individuals to do things differently. (I The authors also go through and explore a number of other procurement issues that are often debated.
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