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July 2009 |
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| Featured Topics: Procurement |
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| Green Procurement Survives Despite Recession |
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| The global economic crisis has failed to have a knock-on effect on green procurement, according to the findings of a recent study by the Supply Chain Management Institute (SMI) of the European Business School (EBS). |
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| Report: Procurement outsourcing trends show change in 2008 |
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| A new report from Everest Research Institute shows that the approach companies are taking to procurement outsourcing is changing. In 2008, there were fewer new procurement outsourcing contracts signed than the year before and the amount of large-scale outsourcing decline, but the amount of non-core procurement spend that was outsourced increased by $16 billion. |
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| Procurement views and lesson on the auto bankruptcies |
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| The bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler will have long-range effects on industry. Not only will the auto manufacturers be much different companies, but their suppliers will be different too. And many of them may no longer be in business. |
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| Could a Critical Supplier be Thinking About -Gasp! Firing You? Part I |
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| These days, supplier risk is emerging as a top business concern. Companies are turning a critical eye on their suppliers hoping to get a handle on thorny questions about financial viability, price, scheduling, workforce issues, compliance, etc. But in the midst of all this supplier risk analysis, it’s critically important to remember one significant detail: your suppliers are eyeing you right now, too. |
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| Could a Critical Supplier be Thinking About -Gasp! Firing You? Part II |
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I encourage you to start asking what may, at first, seem like difficult questions, such as:
- Do you know which suppliers consider your company a good customer? Are there any that don’t?
- If you’re not a customer of choice, is your company at risk of losing a key element of its supply chain? What can you do to mitigate this risk?
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| The Top Seven Reasons Why Supply Performance is Down in 2009 |
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With 10 years of industry experience in supporting a community of over 1 million buyers and suppliers around the globe, the Aravo Global Services team is constantly assessing supplier-buyer relationships in order to recommend best practices implementations. After completing its mid-year assessment last month, the team reported that 2009 is proving to be a down year for overall supplier performance, based on observations of supplier relationship management programs and different key performance indicators tracked across Aravo’s customer base.
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| Focused on Supplier Risk Issues for Business Leaders |
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| I’ve spent the last 20+ years in and around supply chains as an engineer, software architect, supply chain manager, and most recently in senior/strategic management roles for companies like Monster Cable, Bechtel, DigitalThink, and currently Aravo. This blog is a way to voice my own concern and passion for supplier risk, draw attention to the good, the bad, and the downright scary, and hopefully drive some meaningful conversations and debate about the way forward. |
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Kevin Cornish
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