If a broken mirror causes seven years of bad luck, then what does it mean when your smartphone screen shatters? Uncertain of the answer, I really didn’t want to find out. So the other day, facing this fateful predicament,...
Read MorePerhaps more than any other category, the involvement of human capital in construction sourcing is paramount when it comes to outcome success or failure. The sheer volume of manpower involved in the overall process — from the...
Read MoreSoftware has become crucial to every industry. Yet ensuring the software system you are buying or licensing is authentic and free from defect or malware is a challenge. The QA procedure in old-school manufacturing is to test a...
Read MoreWe are in the midst of a perfect storm. Customers are becoming more informed and demanding, and therefore, organizations are rapidly implementing technology (IoT, AI, machine learning and blockchain) to address these demands....
Read MoreThis month, the U.K. government alongside the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, raised the bar for companies “to conduct appropriate due diligence in their supply chains to identify, prevent and mitigate human...
Read MoreSupply 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....
Read MoreOn December 1, leaders from China and the U.S. broke bread with their enemies and reached consensus to halt the mutual increase of further tariffs until March 1, 2019. As of now, the total U.S. tariffs applied exclusively to...
Read MoreTell us about your career path. How did you get into this field? Was it purposeful or by accident? I am currently at the beginning of my career. I have been in the workforce, and in sourcing, for about a year and a half. I...
Read MoreThe job market has changed radically in the last four years. This is now a candidate driven market and employers consistently name skills shortages as their primary challenge in refining procurement. This lack of talent is what...
Read MoreTell us about your career path and how you got into this field – was it purposeful or by accident? My interest in sourcing sparked while studying Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University. Having just finished the...
Read MoreI recently met with a senior supply chain leader who, fresh off a redeye flight from Asia, faced a day of meetings that he barely participated in because of interruptions. Not a meeting went by without a call about a supplier...
Read MoreThere has been a lot of buzz about “cognitive procurement,” the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to support buying goods and services to free up humans to handle valuable procurement functions that AI cannot manage....
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