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Our subject matter experts frequently contribute to trade publications that address an array of key business topics within our service offerings. Having successfully worked with a multitude of clients over the last two decades, we have been able to decipher best practices and welcome the opportunity to share this knowledge with the supply chain industry.
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Putting the "I" in "Team"
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Five keys to solidifying your reputation as an "i"nfluential supply management executive
By Mark Clouse and Chris Windfelder |
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| May/Jun |
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Mending the Broken Link in Healthcare: A New Approach to Sourcing Durable Medical Equipment
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
A case study on utilizating collaboration optimization for the healthcare industry.
By Carrie Ericson and Dia Lasisi |
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| Spring |
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Is There a Hole in your Synergy Strategy Bucket?
CPO Agenda
During mergers and acquisitions, procurement has a critical role in ensuring that IT costs are kept to a minimum and that software lives up to expectations in the new organisation.
By Simon Rycraft and Claude Fidelin |
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| Jan/Feb |
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iCPO, We've Got an App for That!
Supply Chain Management Review
The building blocks for change in the supply management space are firmly in place. They are so solid, in fact, that the pace of change is accelerating faster than most people had anticipated. What does the future hold for tomorrow's procurement leaders? This look into a day in the life of our iCPO, circa 2016, provides a glimpse.
By Carrie Ericson, Hugo Evans and Joe Raudabaugh |
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| Jan/Feb |
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Planning for Success in 2010
Supply Chain Management Review
A few key planning steps can lead to supply management strategies that will jump start the New Year, as well as success for longer-term objectives.
By Carrie Ericson, Simon Rycraft, Kunal Mehta, and James Rooke |
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| May 1 |
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Outperforming the Market Price Reduction
In a period of declining market prices, procurement organizations must deliver and measure price reductions in excess of the market, while exceeding goals for quality, service, and innovation.
By Marc Hochman and John Moyer |
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| Mar 1 |
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Procurement's Chance to Shine
Supply Chain Management Review
Procurement professionals today have a huge opportunity to make a powerful impact on business performance.
By Marc Hochman and Robert Boll |
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| Jan 1 |
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The Great CIO/CPO Collaboration Opportunity
Supply Chain Management Review
The potential benefits of a strong alliance between the chief
procurement and information officers are enormous. Heightened operational efficiency, greater individual recognition, and superior business results are just the beginning.
By Carrie Ericson, Mirko Martich and Juan Llanos |
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Winter
2008-09 |
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How the Stars Shine Brighter
CPO Agenda
Despite volatile market conditions, a major new study shows that stand-out procurement functions continue to extend their reach and value contribution.
By Wolfgang Steck and Simon Rycraft |
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| Nov 1 |
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Crafting a Successful Global Strategy
Supply Chain Management Review
The pace of globalization continues to foster opportunities, challenges, and uncertainties for companies around the globe. World exports grew more than two times as fast as world GDP growth from 2000 to 2006, and the trend is consistent across all regions and industries.
By Mirko Martich, Sean Monahan and Sumit Chandra |
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| Oct 1 |
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Supply Quality: Today's Pressing Priorities
Supply Chain Management Review
In today’s global environment, assuring product quality throughout the supply chain has become more important—and more difficult—than ever. The guidelines presented here can help companies meet that challenge.
By David Hanfland |
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| Sep 1 |
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Buying in a Sellers’ Market
Supply Chain Management Review
Suppliers have become more powerful than ever, which means buyers must adjust quickly to a new playing field. To help supply management professionals make that adjustment, A.T. Kearney has developed The Purchasing Chessboard.
By Christian Schuh and Ramon Romero Perez |
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| Aug 1 |
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Podcasting: A New Way to Create, Capture and Disseminate Intellectual Capital
Information Outlook
In today’s web 2.0 world, leading-edge organizations need to harness the many different ways of capturing knowledge.
By Helen Clegg and Susan Montgomery |
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Accelerating the Procurement Transformation
Supply Chain Management Review
With certain key success factors in place, you can speed the transition from a tactical paper-pushing procurement function to a strategic supply chain organization.
By Carrie Ericson |
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Huge Potential in Contract Labor Substitution
Supply Chain Management Review
As companies battle to reduce costs and improve cash flow, some are finding that a new approach to contact labor can deliver significant results.
By Mike Hales and Christian Hagen |
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| Apr 1 |
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Get Control of Your Inventory
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
To a chief financial officer, inventory is often a line item on the balance sheet that measures inventory turns against the income statement. This COGS analysis provides an overall view of how much inventory is held across the company's supply chain. What it doesn't provide are the reasons why the inventory is there in the first place.
By Sumit Chandra, Mirko Martich, Shalin Shah and Kumar Venkataraman |
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Low-Cost-Country Sourcing
eSide Supply Management
Maturing labor and supply markets. Rising costs of delivered goods. Increased supply chain risks. Growing awareness of environmental impact. All these factors herald Latin America's rising popularity as a low-cost-country sourcing alternative to Asia.
By Ricardo Ruiz-Huidorbo |
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| Dec 13 |
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Tailor Catalogs to Capture Savings
Purchasing.com
Most companies put enormous effort into clinching the sourcing deal with a supplier, but less effort into teaching employees outside the procurement organization how to buy under the new contract terms. Online catalogs can solve the problem.
By Randy Watson and Suman Sakar |
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| Nov 1 |
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The Sustainable Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management Review
The best companies view sustainability not only as a chance to contribute to social goals, but also as a powerful source of competitive advantage.
By Daniel Mahler |
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| Nov 1 |
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The Future of Suppy Chain Management - Part 3: Oganization + Talent
Supply Chain Management Review
What lies ahead for supply management? Part 3 focuses on the future organizational structure for supply management and the related talent considerations.
By Philip L. Carter (Executive Director for CAPS Research) and Joseph R. Carter (Department of Supply Chain Management for W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University) |
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| Oct 1 |
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The Future of Suppy Chain Management - Part 2:Technology, Collaboration, Supply Chain Design
Supply Chain Management Review
What lies ahead for supply management? Part two of this three-part series examines this critical question within the contexts of enabling technology, collaborative relationships,and supply chain design.
By Thomas H. Slaight, John D. Blascovich and Joseph R. Carter (Department of Supply Chain Management for W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University) |
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| Oct 1 |
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What Supply Management Can Learn from MySpace
Supply Chain Management Review
The social networking technologies our teenagers have embraced possess capabilities that can be leveraged to tackle some tough supply management challenges.
By Joe Raudabaugh |
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| Sep 1 |
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The Future of Suppy Chain Management - Part 1: Category Strategies and Supplier Management
Supply Chain Management Review
What’s in store for supply management—and supply management professionals—in thedecade ahead? An in-depth study conducted by CAPS Research, the Institute for Supply Management, and A.T. Kearney tackled this question head on. In this first of a three-part series, presented are the findings on two key areas of the research: category strategies and supplier management.
By Robert M. Monczka and William J. Markham |
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| Sep 1 |
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Key Partner Management
Supply Chain Management Review
Taken cost reduction with your supply base as far as it will go? The next level is to build partnerships with key suppliers that add real value to the relationship.
By Mike Hales |
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| May/Jun |
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New Technologies Boost Procurement’s Potential
Supply Chain Management Review
By leveraging the capabilities of today’s technologies, supply management leaders can enhance the value they deliver to their organizations.
By Marc Hochman |
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| May 1 |
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Succeeding in a Dynamic World: Supply Management in the Decade
Inside Supply Management
Finding report on A.T. Kearney, CAPS Research, and ISM study on the future of supply management.
By the Editorial Staff |
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| Apr 1 |
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Taming the Corporate Legal Spend
Supply Chain Management Review
What’s needed is a total cost view that targets equal improvements in both the rates (prices) and quantity (number of hours) of the legal services provided.
By Daniel Mahler |
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From CPO to CEO
Inside Supply Management
The road to the corner office may not be such a long haul after all, based on a recent advancements by supply management professionals.
By John Blascovich |
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| Mar 1 |
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Bringing Rigor to Risk Management
Supply Chain Management Review
Risk management takes on a challenging new dimension in today's extended supply chains. Meeting that challenge begins with a robust planning process.
By Kish Khemani |
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Value-Based Sourcing: Comparing Apples with Oranges
CPO Agenda
A.T. Kearney consultant Jules Goffre explains how moving from a sourcing process based on minimising cost to one based on maximising value means embracing supplier differences.
By Jules Goffre |
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Want a More Flexible Supply Chain?
Supply Chain Management Review
Risk management takes on a challenging new dimension in today's extended supply chains. Meeting that challenge begins with a robust planning process.
Randy Garber & Suman Sarkar |
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| Jun 1 |
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How to write an RFP for Information Products
Information Outlook
A.T. Keareny Knowledge Mangement Experts share compelling insights on how to write a sound RFP.
By Helen Clegg and Susan Montgomery |
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Complex Services and Strategic Sourcing Unite
Electric Perspectives
Companies in many industries use strategic sourcing to develop long-term relationships with contractors. The objective is to plan and manage procurement of products or services from a systemwide “strategic” level to complement a company’s larger goals. In most cases, by sourcing from a strategic level instead of purchasing materials and services on a localized, as-needed basis, companies have cut procurement costs from 5 to 10 percent per year on average.
By Vance Scott & Everett Johnson |
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| Spring |
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Thinking Outside the Box
CPO Agenda
CPOs can help their firms escape the clutches of patent-protected, monopolistic suppliers using a process called 'invention on demand'.
By Christian Schuh and Boris Piwinger |
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| Dec 1 |
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Seven Steps to Sourcing Information Products
Information Outlook
By Helen Clegg and Susan Montgomery |
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Eprocurement
Supply Management
By Haydn Jones |
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Out with the Old
European Leaders in Procurement
Handing your procurement functions over to a third party to source and manage can make a huge difference to your organization's efficiency, but only if you get it right.
By Haydn Jones |
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| Spring |
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Scaling New Heights
CPO Agenda
What separates the leaders from the followers in procurement today? A major benchmarking study offers some answers.
By Jules Goffre, Wim Plaizier and Jesper Schade |
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| Dec 1 |
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The ROI Case for e-Sourcing
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Procurement professionals increasingly are turning to e-sourcing tools to help them save time by accelerating their strategic sourcing efforts.
By Carrie Ericson |
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