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	<title>Supply Excellence &#187; best practices</title>
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	<description>Next Generation Strategies for Supply Management</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Supplier Site Visits Part #1: Do your Prework</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/25/supplier-site-visits-best-practices-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deitra Curry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how good your relationship may be with your suppliers, there&#8217;s always room for improvement. That improvement may be in the form of greater process efficiency, product development collaboration, minimizing supply risks, or a host of other areas. But at the end of the day, what you&#8217;re really looking to do is reduce costs <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/25/supplier-site-visits-best-practices-part-1/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>LCCS: Focus on Who, What, Where and How</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/24/lccs-low-cost-country-sourcing-best-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/24/lccs-low-cost-country-sourcing-best-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Haiying Xie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In his novel Anna Karenina, Russian writer Tolstory said, &#8220;happy families have the same reasons why they are happy, unhappy families however all have different causes.&#8221; The same sentiment can be applied to those companies who have implemented Low-Cost Country Sourcing (LCCS) strategies, but received completely different results.
There are many successful stories of LCCS, and <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/24/lccs-low-cost-country-sourcing-best-practices/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hold your Clydesdales: InBev &#038; Anheuser-Busch &#8220;synergies&#8221; aren&#8217;t just layoffs</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/23/inbev-anheuser-busch-synergies-not-layoffs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/23/inbev-anheuser-busch-synergies-not-layoffs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie Frey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The global economy can do a lot of things to a man&#8230;but if you threaten to mess with his job AND his beer, that may just be the last straw. By many of the reactions - from TV and barstool talking heads to the 31,000 member Facebook Group protesting the deal - the InBev purchase <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/23/inbev-anheuser-busch-synergies-not-layoffs/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Supplier Performance Management: How to start, measure &#038; deliver</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/22/supplier-performance-management-best-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/22/supplier-performance-management-best-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nima Bagheri</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/?p=597</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Supplier Performance Management (SPM) is the process of measuring, analyzing and managing supplier performance to improve quality, reduce costs, mitigate supply risk and drive continuous improvement in the supply base. That all sounds very straightforward and simple&#8230;until you try to get the program up and running for the first time. How does a company that <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/22/supplier-performance-management-best-practices/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Categories to Source Now: #1 IT</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/21/top-5-categories-to-source-now-information-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/21/top-5-categories-to-source-now-information-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Fogarty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well we&#8217;ve finally reached the final spot on our countdown. Just to recap, so far our coverage of the SIG Top 5 Categories to Source Now webinar has broken down #5 Direct Materials, #4 Travel Management, #3 Transportation and #2 Temporary Labor. That leaves us with the much awaited top spot, and that award goes <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/21/top-5-categories-to-source-now-information-technology/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Consortium Buying Best Practices</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/18/consortium-buying-best-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/18/consortium-buying-best-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin Aguiar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a soft economy, organizations are challenged with finding savings, while conducting business more efficiently. In other words&#8230;you&#8217;re asked to do more with less. For many, applying basic principles of Spend Management is enough to get through turbulent economic times. But more and more companies are looking to squeeze out that additional 2-5% savings and <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/18/consortium-buying-best-practices/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Steel Pulse: What&#8217;s the mood among metal suppliers?</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/17/amm-steel-supplier-trends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/17/amm-steel-supplier-trends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Petro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the American Metal Market and World Steel Dynamic&#8217;s Steel Success Strategies conference in NYC. Attendance leans very heavily towards suppliers (I&#8217;d ballpark it at about 70-80% of the attendees). But for all of us - from buyers and suppliers to consultants and media - the views expressed <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/17/amm-steel-supplier-trends/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Categories to Source Now: #2 Temporary Labor</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/16/top-5-categories-to-source-now-2-temporary-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/16/top-5-categories-to-source-now-2-temporary-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Fogarty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After covering #5 Direct Materials, #4 Travel &#38; Expenses and #3 Transportation, we&#8217;re down to the silver medalist in our countdown: Temporary Labor. Like the other categories, Temp Labor has been impacted by the fluctuations in the US and global economies. But unlike the others, the impact of rising fuel and commodity prices is not <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/16/top-5-categories-to-source-now-2-temporary-labor/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>If water is the &#8216;next oil&#8217;&#8230;your Water Co better shape up</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/15/oil-water-scarcity-spend-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/15/oil-water-scarcity-spend-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Fogarty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Commuting through the haze created from several hundred California fires, I drove past my local water reservoir, which is currently at 16% of capacity. There&#8217;s talk in the region about water rations and rate increases are on the horizon. And that&#8217;s just my local water scarcity problem, caused by a prolonged drought and ever-rising consumption.
California&#8217;s <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/15/oil-water-scarcity-spend-management/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can Procurement keep hospitals stocked &#038; profitable?</title>
		<link>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/14/health-care-procurement-improvements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/14/health-care-procurement-improvements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steffi Frawley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare Purchasing News once listed 30 tips to keep the supply chain in critical care units fluid. Within the article, strategic supplier or spend management is not mentioned anywhere. The omission isn&#8217;t a big surprise, considering the panel that drafted the tips was relatively light on sourcing/procurement professionals. That begs the question, can Health Care <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.supplyexcellence.com/blog/2008/07/14/health-care-procurement-improvements/"> [more]</a>]]></description>
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