Spend It Like It’s Yours (SILIY) – Transforming Procurement at VSP Global
Posted: 01/20/2019 - 06:07
Background
Procurement
Introducing...Women in Global Sourcing
Posted: 12/28/2018 - 02:09
I have a passion for style and design. I like handbags, stilettos and lipstick so much that before I stumbled on sourcing during my senior year of college I planned on a career in fashion. I had recently finished my Alpha Gamma Delta sorority presidency and volunteered to coordinate Lip Jam, our largest fundraiser of the year benefiting diabetes. I hired a local print management company to source all the print, apparel and promotional items for the event. Out of nowhere, they offered me a job. I’m sure it was my charming personality and drop-dead good looks.
Why wait to start your tech implementation?
Posted: 12/27/2018 - 03:37
Though slight variations are inevitable, most procurement organizations follow a familiar process for selecting and implementing their tools. Generally, it looks something like this.
- They decide they need a new procurement solution.
- They conduct research and begin to engage with appealing providers.
- They create and distribute an RFP.
- They score the RFP responses to narrow things down.
5 Reasons Your Procure-to-Pay Implementation Will Fail
Posted: 12/14/2018 - 01:33
Is your organization about to embark on an initiative to purchase and implement procurement software? Well, you’re bound to fail. Unless, of course, you address these land mines.
1.) You don’t know what your requirements are
Fundamental Truth? Stakeholders Avoid Procurement
Posted: 12/13/2018 - 02:44
If you’re just joining this series, welcome! We’ve been on a monthly journey through some of procurement’s most fundamental “truths,” challenging and questioning along the way.
How to Keep Bad Weather from Killing Your Logistics
Posted: 12/11/2018 - 04:15
Supply lines never look as vulnerable as they do when inclement weather strikes. At best, trucks face major delays as accidents and poor conditions make roads treacherous and, at worst, they suffer accidents of their own. Routinely, air carriers remain grounded while affected areas hunker down and airports close. Don’t think you’re safe even if you fall outside a storm’s high-impact area.
Award-Winning Sustainable Procurement: What Makes an Effective Program
Posted: 08/30/2018 - 00:00
Sustainability is a dominant topic in media, business and social conversations today, and one that communications and corporate responsibility departments in major multinational organizations have been eager to pursue. It makes sense—successful sustainability programs are not only good for our planet and people, but also are proven to drive business value. But what does 'success' look like for procurement teams contributing to organizational programs and results?
Six indicators of a strong sustainable procurement program
Challenging Ourselves: Be the Change
Posted: 08/24/2018 - 11:27
If we mean what we say about transformation, we have to be willing to question everything procurement does and how we do it. While procurement clamors for ‘transformation,’ I sometimes suspect that we are secretly hoping the solution will actually involve the rest of the organization awakening to the brilliance of our wisdom, and that they—not us—will do the majority of the changing.
Unfortunately, that scenario is unlikely to play out in reality.
Can a Cracked Smartphone Shed Light on the Future of Procurement?
Posted: 07/30/2018 - 05:09
If a broken mirror causes seven years of bad luck, then what does it mean when your smartphone screen shatters? Uncertain of the answer,
Why We Should Stop Chasing “Best-in-Class”
Posted: 07/12/2018 - 08:39
I do a lot of reading about next-generation strategies, trends and tactics being employed by leading procurement organizations. Often, I find myself confronted by the notion of “best-in-class.”
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