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"The Fierce Urgency of Now": Why working with minority suppliers still matters

October 31, 2016
Joset Wright-Lacy
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Some corporations have been questioning the importance of minority-owned businesses to their commercial relationships and supply chains. Yet, the author explains in this essay, it's become increasingly clear that diversity and inclusion fuel growth for businesses as well as for the economy at large.
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Procurement Priorities

Tackling the tactical with procurement outsourcing

October 24, 2016
Susan Avery
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Outsourcing tactical procurement can help companies focus on adding value.
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The U.K. health-care supply chain: Moving toward a world-class operation

October 21, 2016
Nicola Hall
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Supply chain management across the United Kingdom's health-care sector is evolving in response to a growing need for greater efficiency, lower costs, and enhanced patient safety. Better inventory management holds the key to achieving those objectives.
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Five strategies that make procurement more efficient and effective

October 12, 2016
Susan Lacefield
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By embracing technology and focusing on internal customers, world-class procurement organizations are able to reduce their operating costs and headcount, says a Hackett Group study.
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Indirect spending worthy of direct attention

September 16, 2016
Susan Avery
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If your procurement organization isn't managing your indirect spend, then you're missing out on a significant source of cost savings.
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An ethical supply chain doesn't just happen

August 18, 2016
Susan Avery
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An ethical lapse can harm not just a company's reputation but also its bottom line. Chief procurement officers need to make sure they have an ethics policy in place that is up-to-date and well communicated.
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Heavy rain may bring more pain for the U.S. supply chain

July 29, 2016
Susan Lacefield
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A new report from FM Global says that some regions of the United States will see increased incidents of extreme rainfall and urges supply chain managers to prepare.
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Why risk needs to be top of mind for procurement leaders

July 21, 2016
Susan Avery
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"Hoping that your luck holds out" is not a good strategy for managing risk in the supply chain, says a new report.
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Procurement salary surveys: Underpaid and unrecognized

May 25, 2016
Susan Avery
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Procurement professionals agree that salaries are too low. Here's what they can do about it.
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Now's the time to manage "tail spend"

April 19, 2016
Susan Avery
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By managing their companies' smaller, low-dollar purchases, procurement leaders can better achieve their larger, strategic priorities.
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