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A common refrain I hear from procurement execs is ”What are the right key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure supply management success?” In a recent report, Aberdeen Group proffered a list of the Top 10 Procurement KPIs. But Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) tend to have a more direct answer: it’s all about cost savings.
Case in point: at the [more]
Entries from May 2007
The Only KPI that Matters
May 23rd, 2007 · 8 Comments · Supply Management 2.0 Forum, best practices, costing
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Supply Management 2.0 Tour is Goin’ Back to Cali’
May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Supply Management 2.0 Forum, best practices, supply management
The Supply Management 2.0 Tour pulls into San Jose this Thursday, showcasing supply management executive views on driving complete supply management transformation. The Westcoast swing of the U.S. leg of the tour features:
Alvin Wong, Director of Strategic Sourcing at Roll International Corporation, will discuss his company’s unique “pull-demand” approach to unifying and streamlining supply management [more]
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Supply versus Spend Management: Hard Savings versus Behavioral Science
May 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Supply Management 2.0 Forum, best practices, contract management, supplier management, supply management
In addition to the risk management issue, the Supply Management 2.0 Forum in New York last week rekindled the old (tired?) debate on the differences between supply and spend management.
When discussing his group’s supply management transformation initiative, National City Corporation CPO Jean-Jacques Beaussart summed it up this way: “e-Sourcing and supply management is about real cash savings. [more]
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New SupplyNow Podcast Tackles Global Contracting, Protectionism, and Chrysler
May 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · LCCS and trade, best practices, contract management, supply management, supply risk
The latest installment of the SupplyNow podcast series tackles the hottest supply management topics of the moment:
Global contracting: IACCM President Tim Cummins offers sage advice on navigating the challenges of negotiating and managing trading agreements across country borders.
Protectionism: SpendMatters’ blogmaster Jason Busch, rants against protectionism and the demise of the U.S. dollar. He also offers [more]
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Managing Supply Risks: What You Can Do Today
May 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Supply Management 2.0 Forum, best practices, supply management, supply risk
Yesterday’s post on National City Corporation’s supply risk management approaches generated significant interest from Supply Excellence readers, several of whom asked for tips on how to assess and mitigate supply risk.
Jane Wanklyn, Director of Knowledge Management at A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions offered the following advice earlier this week at the Supply Management 2.0 Forum in New [more]
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