January 5, 2018
Summing it Up and Moving it Forward
Making Choices, Leaving a Mark, and Generating Fulfillment Much like red blood cells carry oxygen to all the other cells…
July 3, 2017
Is “Best-in-Class” Procurement a Fallacy?
It is Independence Day week here in the US, and so what I thought I would do today is to…
March 26, 2017
Procurement Must Distinguish Between the Ambiguity and Volatility of Business Conditions
As the first non-economist to serve as the Business Survey Chair for the ISM-New York Report on Business, I read…
February 22, 2017
This Month in Procurement: Supply Risk, Procurement Press & More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jaMa3GmKbc Welcome to the second This Month in Procurement show, a monthly collaboration with my good friend Mark Perera. This…
January 10, 2017
First Take: WNS Acquires Denali Sourcing Services to Expand Source to Pay Footprint
News broke earlier this morning that WNS will acquire procurement managed services provider Denali Sourcing Services for a reported sum…
December 27, 2016
Days of Future Past: The Accuracy of Year-End Procurement “Predictions”
The past: A new and uncertain world. A word of endless possibilities & infinite outcomes…. The future is never truly…
December 8, 2016
How to Make Your Supplier Happy this Christmas!
On today's Art of Procurement, I answer a listener question. The question was: how do you make a supplier happy. Now,…
