For some time now, ‘experience management’ approaches have been gaining in popularity: User experience management (UX) practices center around how…
Kelly BarnerSeptember 28, 2021
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One of the questions we frequently get is: How do I make sure the value that procurement provides to the…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 10, 2021
About five years ago, procurement outsourcing was all the rage. Companies would outsource sourcing and category management ‘en masse.’ It…
Philip IdesonFebruary 3, 2021
Congratulations! Your company has embraced the value of formal procurement enough to invest in it. Now that we’ve basked in…
Kelly BarnerJanuary 27, 2021
We did some research as part of the Mastermind LIVE event we held back in October. We asked all of…
Philip IdesonJanuary 20, 2021
We’ve all had so much to deal with over the last year. In most cases, people just refer to ‘the…
Kelly BarnerJanuary 13, 2021
Anyone that has ever sourced professional services knows that one of the top concerns is having a firm bid –…
Philip IdesonJanuary 6, 2021
For all the stories of stress and struggle we heard in 2020, there have also been some amazing examples of…
Philip IdesonDecember 7, 2020
A couple of months ago on the pod we chatted with Arthur Piszczor, a Consultant at Corcentric, about the changes…
Philip IdesonSeptember 23, 2020
The idea of automating professional activities is nothing new. You only need to look at marketing over the last 10…
Philip IdesonSeptember 16, 2020
As much of the world takes tentative steps to return to some type of normality in the shadow of COVID-19,…
Philip IdesonJune 8, 2020
Earlier in my career, I was heavily involved in outsourcing and offshoring, including leading a procurement shared services center in…
Philip IdesonMay 24, 2020
The ‘word on the street’ about how procurement should respond to COVID-19 product and service supply problems is that going…
Philip IdesonMay 11, 2020
Whether your company is in growth mode, protecting what they have on hand, or adapting to a new normal, responsible…
Philip IdesonApril 6, 2020
Late last night, the US Senate passed the CARES Act to provide funds aimed at strengthening families and industries most impacted by…
Philip IdesonMarch 26, 2020
TOP STORY: Facility Maintenance & Outsourcing: To Broker or not to Broker There are two interesting things about this week’s…
Kelly BarnerMarch 14, 2020
TOP STORY: How Johnson & Johnson fills its procurement talent pipeline According to a 2019 Accenture survey, one third of…
Kelly BarnerMarch 7, 2020
TOP STORY: 10 Critical Skills Your Procurement Team Needs Right Now We all know that the work to increase procurement…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 29, 2020
TOP STORY: Spotting a Supplier’s Financial Distress Despite the recent emphasis on soft skills in procurement recruiting and talent development,…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 22, 2020
TOP STORY: Risk Management to the n-th Degree Just when you think you’re starting to make headway with supply chain…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 15, 2020
TOP STORY: Don’t be embarrassed… questions about leadership Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’ve known someone…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 8, 2020
Must Read: Turning the Team You Have into the Team You Need With the current (and likely to continue) emphasis…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 1, 2020
