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Recommended Webinars August 13-17: Digital Strategy, ROI boosting KPIs, Expensive Mistakes
How to Create a Digital Strategy for Procurement (ProcurementIQ, Bertrand Maltaverne) August 15th, 12pm ET Having a digital strategy for procurement is critical for teams working to lead transformation – but with anyone and everyone seizing on this popular buzz phrase, how can we make sure our time will be well spent? I can think of no speaker better qualified to address the topic of digit...
Survey Chair Commentary: The July ISM-New York Report on Business
Report Rundown In July, New York City purchasing managers reported the highest current business conditions in 12 years. Current Business Conditions were at 75.0 in July, up 20 points from 55.0 in June. The last time current business conditions were higher was in November of 2006 when they were at 77.1. Current business conditions have been in the seventies 8 times between (and including) N...
How to Maintain Your Seat at the Table (Even if you aren’t there yet)
It is important to point out, however, that getting a seat at the table, a task that is challenging in and of itself, should not be considered a win alone. Getting the seat is one thing, getting the right seat is another, and keeping the seat is yet another. No one wants to arrive at a dining table only to find themselves relocated to the kids’ table - and then be dismissed half way through the m...
Book Review: Fundamentals of Risk Management (5th Ed.)
In the Introduction, the author explains that the book was designed to support the curriculum of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) certificate in risk management. That may explain any of the sections that read a bit ‘stiff’ or ‘cut and dry’ given the complexity and subjectivity of modern supply chain uncertainty. Fundamentals of Risk Management makes clear that -like other enterprise initiat...
Exploring DaaS: Device As A Service
More recently, as-a-Service nomenclature has begun to permeate the marketing materials of IT hardware Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), taking the form of Device-as-a-Service (DaaS). Large OEMs such as Dell and HP are pushing their Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners and corporate customers toward this new business model. For an industry which has until very recently adhered to traditional...
Kelly Barner's Latest Industry Writing
- The Private Company Paradox (Procurious)
- Advantages of Having the Right End-to-End Procurement Software Solution in Place (SynerTrade)
- Which came first: The transformation or the talent? (ATSC blog)
- Boosting Supplier Performance with 360° Information (SynerTrade)
- Procurement steps up its game (Determine)
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