bill mcaneny

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.”

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How Not To Abandon Your e-Procurement Initiative

PI Blogger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:08:44 +0000

In the September 2004 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine, Mark Henricks’ article (Flaw and Order) referenced behavioral economics studies that identified the eight hidden strategy flaws frequently championed by corporate decision-makers.

While all eight provide a most interesting read, the two that seem to relate specifically to the challenges associated with the majority of e-procurement initiatives are the sunk-cost effect and the herding instinct.

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Supply Chain Confidence? (A PI Q and A)

PI Blogger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:22:28 +0000

The following is an interesting question I received from a Master of Science (M.Sc.) Business Technologies student who is working on her thesis “Measuring Confidence in Supply Chain Management System: An empirical approach.”

Reader Question:

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