Recommended Webinars June 8-12: Outlook 2000, Resilient Companies, and Aligned Procurement

If you are planning your schedule further ahead, I recommend “Evolving Priorities in the Supply Chain after the Pandemic – A View from the Chief Procurement Office” from Spend Matters and Avetta on June 24th at 1pm ET. BTW: If you haven’t already, sign up for our mailing list to be sure you get my weekly recommendations in your inbox each Monday. Spend Category Outlook 2020: Key Trends, Cha...

By Kelly Barner

Posted in Weekly Event Recommendations on 08 June 2020

PRESS RELEASE: Buyers Meeting Point Acquires MyPurchasingCenter

Buyers Meeting Point will restore industry access to MyPurchasingCenter's valuable content on categories such as MRO, logistics, and indirect spend and engage with the MyPurchasingCenter audience via social media. This acquisition will increase Buyers Meeting Point's social media following and expand the volume of information already available via their blog. The move also preserves a credible and...

By Kelly Barner

Posted in MyPurchasingCenter on 02 June 2020

The May ISM-New York Report on Business: The Rebound Begins

Report Rundown In May, New York City purchasing managers reported across the board increases as gradual re-openings signal the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic shock. Current Business Conditions rose 15.2 points to 19.5 in May, up from the all-time low of 4.3 reported in April. The Six-Month Outlook rose 21.6 points to 48.0 in May, up from the all-time low of 26.4 in April. For ref...

By Kelly Barner

Posted in Procurement on 02 June 2020

Recommended Webinars June 1-5: Managing Supplier Risk and Embracing Automation

If you are planning your schedule further ahead, I recommend “When Supplier Selection Is Influenced by pressures from within your organization” from ProPurchaser on June 9th at 11am ET. BTW: If you haven’t already, sign up for our mailing list to be sure you get my weekly recommendations in your inbox each Monday. Leveraging automation to help manage supplier risk (KPMG, Coupa) June 3rd, 2p...

By Kelly Barner

Posted in Weekly Event Recommendations on 01 June 2020

Providing Real Value in Data Analysis

If we want to grow and improve, for the good of our own careers as well as for the benefit of the companies we work for, we need to figure out how to turn this around. So, how do we do it? By graduating from tactical resources to strategic powerhouses. The DIKW Pyramid The first step on the way to graduation is to reevaluate the DIKW pyramid. We’re all familiar with it, yet too many of us f...

By Brian Seipel

Posted in Guest Posts on 14 January 2020

Book Review: Integrating Blockchain into Supply Chain Management

Integrating Blockchain into Supply Chain Management by Remko Van Hoek, Brian Fugate, Marat Davletshin and Matthew A. Waller, “…demystifies the use of blockchain in the supply chain, providing the reader with insight and awareness of blockchain technology and how to integrate it into a business plan as an effective supply chain tool.” With that as nearly the authors’ first sentence, rea...

By Kelly Barner

Posted in Book Reviews on 02 January 2020

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