Sustainability was a key theme of Procuri Empower 2007. Keynote speakers from Salesforce.com to Kellogg’s shared how their companies have turned environmentally and socially responsible business and supply practices into cost savings, competitive advantage, and profits. While their approaches to sustainability differ, all presenters agreed that any company can make great strides towards sustainability by [...]

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Kermit the Frog had it right: It ain’t easy being green. Just ask Wal-Mart.
As profiled here, the retailer last week announced plans to extend its environmentally responsible business practices to its supply chain. The pilot program, which encourages suppliers to lower power consumption and waste and produce more environmentally responsible products, received kudos from environmental [...]

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In my days as an analyst, I was always amused by the shock-jocks of the supply chain profession (you know who you are) who loved making controversial headline grabbing statements. Among their favorites: “If you can spec it, you can auction it.”
While, even today, I’d be hard pressed to find a company that uses reverse [...]

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As you head out to the beach this Independence Day, be sure to pack these supply management page-turners:

On-Demand Supply Management: World Class Strategies, Practices, and Technology by Doug Smock, Bob Rudzki, and Stephen Rogers: The sequel to the best-selling Straight to the Bottomline, this tome examines the increasingly important role technology is playing in accelerating supply management transformation. Their [...]

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Pardon the alliteration, but I am quite excited about the headliners at the Supply Management 2.0 Forum in Chicago this Thursday. The second stop on the Forum’s U.S. swing will feature leading supply management executives:

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Corporate Director of Supply Chain Management Greg Shifflett will provide a progress report on his company’s ongoing supply [...]

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