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There is no better way to figure out where supply chain evolution is heading than to determine how customer preferences have changed over the past few years. No matter how determined they are to be strategic leaders, sourcing professionals' jobs are highly responsive. New practices and operations within supply chains [...]

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August 18, 2017 Here's a look at where Source One's cost reduction experts have been featured this week! RECENT BLOGS: Strengthening Your Strategic Sourcing Process by Incorporating Six Sigma Methodologies Kevin Fraser, NLPA, 8/16/2017 DMAIC is a data-driven strategy that is utilized to improve processes, and is an integral part of Six Sigma. These methodologies [...]

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Categories: This has been a very social week. It started with a drink with Guy Allen, my partner for several years in the BravoSolution Real World […] (Read more...) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...]

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During my family summer holiday trip to San Diego I was confronted with the notion of budget management front and center. To get around during our trip, I rented a mid-sized sedan, but upon arriving at the rental car center I soon realized we had an extra piece of luggage [...]

Categories: The next event in the BravoSolution Real World Procurement webinar series is just two weeks away on August 29th (which is just about as the […](...) [...]

It seems like we've been talking for years about the impact that Millennial employees “are going to have” in the workplace. While we were discussing and theorizing, they have been learning, building, growing and working their way up the org chart. According to Wikipedia, the Millennial generation includes people born [...]

“World-class procurement organizations now operate at 22 percent lower labor costs than their peers, and have 29 percent fewer staff, while demonstrating improved effectiveness and better performance across a wide array of key metrics . . .” – The Hackett Group The other day while driving my 12-year-old daughter to soccer [...]

Claire Sexton, who has taken the helm of the Ontario Government implementation from former BravoSolution VP Dan Warn made two interesting statements regarding the status of the at times challenging initiative. In case you missed my previous posts on this story, here is the link to access the archive. To start, [...]

A few weeks ago I went to a workshop with a group of procurement professionals. The objective was to review the procurement process. Somehow, throughout time, there have being additional steps added and it has grown to a cumbersome process. Many times CPO´s from different lines of business included additional [...]

Recently I attended ProcureCon East Indirect in Orlando Florida. One of the main themes revolved around that the CPO and category management is dead or will be dead soon. The idea goes around that CPOs are no longer procurement centered but should move to value let´s say Chief “Value” Officers. [...]

Data and intelligence holds the key to procurement moving from the past to the real time and beyond There is no doubting the fact that technology is evolving at an ever faster rate, meaning that the possibilities to analyse and understand business performance is also increasing and is opening up all [...]

It's hard to argue that we are not living in some uncertain economic and political times, perhaps best demonstrated right now in the UK and US, among other nations. [...]

Making Category Management Successful Making Category Management Successful – The most successful companies worldwide are making category management successful by integrating it business-wide to achieve and sustain success. Here we offer six requirements for making category management successful: 1. Flexibility One key to making category management successful is it is not a ‘one size [...]

Making Category Management a priority To make Category Management a priority, executive teams must provide backing in terms of financial investment, physical resources and visible involvement. We provide 5 steps to making category management a priority in your business: 1. Create a vision, strategy, business case & ROI: A clear vision for [...]

2Operational procurement“Dear supplier, I would prefer it if you do not send me invoices anymore…and by the way, I will pay you faster…”What supplier wouldn't gladly accept such an offer? After all, the supplier gets the benefit of a shorter cash to cash cycle...March 1, 2013Fleur Baarspul [...]

2SourcingSpend analysisCommunication failures can be a key cause of challenges and conflicts found in business, as well as in social and political settings. One source of communication breakdowns can be as basic as the language and terminology used by participating...February 18, 2013Patrick Williams [...]