What Is Strategic Supplier Management? Perhaps one of the toughest tasks of all in the entire supply chain and procurement process is mitigating the human factor and evaluating the relationships you have with your suppliers and strategic partners. Supplier management is not talked about nearly enough as other procurement processes or management, yet it […]
Assessing and Mitigating Risks in Procurement I was very fortunate to spend some time “down under” in Australia recently and it made me think about assessing and mitigating risks since I enjoyed some trips into remote areas. Fin was a local tour guide who taught me and the rest of my group how to know […]
How Much Time is Your Email Based SCAR System Costing Your Organization? There are many other acronyms for the different issues that are included under this umbrella. For purposes of this discussion I will simply include them under the SCAR heading for simplicity. As surprising as it may sound, the majority of companies are still […]