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When to convert strategic items into competitive bidding
The business case of converting strategic items into competitive bidding needs to be thoroughly examined over a long period of time; especially when looking if the decision makes sense from a...
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Trust matters
In these times of turmoil; many cite the lack of trust as one of the key factors in the appearant crash of the financial markets. It goes without saying; the foundation of any business agreement needs...
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Service spend: IT consultants expect a 10 percent price cut
According to a report (in Swedish) published today by Arbetsförmedlingen – the Swedish Public Employment Service, the official government office for employment – jobs in the IT sector is expected to...
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Vertical integration revisited
This weekend The Economist published a piece entitled Moving on up where they (partially at least) championed a return to Henry Fords vertically integrated supply chain model. Concluding, they offer,...
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Public sector IT-procurement gone wild
No one in Sweden can have missed the headlines caused by the Swedish Social Security Agency and their recent IT disaster. As the project deteriorated, causing one headline after the other, the project...
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Unbloating IM&S catalogs
Bloated gadgets aside, this recent Economist column entitled “When Less Is More” got me thinking in more than one direction. Especially the poignant and precise quote from Antoine de Saint Exupéry...
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Sustainable supply indexing 101
Even those with keen interest in sustainable supply chain measures and green procurement might have missed how Walmart quietly released their new Sustainable Product Index earlier this summer. Now,...
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Asking the right questions – how to find weaknesses in your supply chain...
Despite some of the headlines (true or not) regarding the practices of IBM’s executive management, there are still some interestion material emerging from the big blue. In IBM Global Business...
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When collaboration becomes essential for success
Jason Busch recently posted a note worthy piece on collaboration (Supplier Collaboration – How Sweet It Is) where he recounted how Hershey Foods and Kmart had developed and executed very successful...
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Is procurement to blame for corruption business practices in low cost countries?
The Rio Tinto bribes-for-secrets case has become a landmark for corruption and risk management; exposing business practices many of us consider highly unethical. Commenting the story for CNN (Wake-up...
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