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Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (White Paper Excerpt)

PI Blogger — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:17:28 +0000

Awareness of the continuing high-rate of ERP/IT-based e-procurement initiative failures to deliver expected results is now entering mainstream consciousness. While vendors and those associated with the recommendation and implementation of solutions find themselves in unfamiliar waters, end-users are beginning to ask tough questions.

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

Talent Attraction and Retention in a Global Economy (White Paper Excerpt)

PI Blogger — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:22:15 +0000

The People Factor

“A supply chain is not an abstract network driven by processes and machines, but a real network driven by people. Good supply chains run on good people. Supply Chain Success will be impossible without the right talent, which is becoming rarer every day thanks to the global talent war. Any organization that does not have a good process in place to identify necessary skills, evaluate organizational gaps, and identify, recruit, develop, and maintain talent is doomed to become a second class citizen in the emerging international market.”

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

Public Sector Procurement and the Wal-Mart Effect

PI Blogger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:34:53 +0000

In Part 4 of my Changing Face of Procurement conference series titled Winning Strategies for Vendor Engagement I ask attendees the question; “is your current e-procurement initiative a threat or a benefit to your supply base?”

While the answer is of course important, what is of greater significance is whether or not your organization has even considered the impact its current strategy is having on these important external stakeholders.

An important question worth asking!

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group