Port of Los Angeles Struggles with the Domino Effect of Congested Ports Due to global supply chain issues caused by COVID-19, the Port of Los Angeles is becoming congested. Cargo …
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Ever wondered how exactly to advance your career within procurement and get promotions? It is not a topic often talked about, but one that is often sought after. Here are …
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Artificial intelligence for sales and procurement planning: fundamental success criteria
I am often asked whether Artificial Intelligence can help to achieve better sales forecasts and procurement planning. My answer: Yes, it certainly can, and especially the improvements by using machine …
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Supply Chain Sustainability: If a leopard can’t change its spots, can supply chains ever be sustainable?
They say a leopard can’t change its spots but if they could, how would they change them? What color would the spots be? Would they even want to change them …
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Procurement 2020… Will anything change?
by Kelly Barnerby Kelly BarnerIt seems as though procurement has been anticipating the arrival of 2020 since the minute the ‘Y2K’ buzz wore off. Predictions and research, webinars and report titles… ‘Procurement 2020’ has …
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The Potential and Risks of Cryptocurrency in Procurement
by Kelly Barnerby Kelly Barner“Change of this magnitude is hard. You know you’re on to something when so much pressure builds up.” – David Marcus, Co-creator of Libra on Twitter. There has been a …
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Which came first: The transformation or the talent?
by Kelly Barnerby Kelly Barner“Some executives used to think of procurement as the place you send staff away in order to never see them again.” ~ Carlos Mena, Remko van Hoek, Martin Christopher, Leading …
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Balanced Perspectives on Small Suppliers’ Smallness
by Kelly Barnerby Kelly BarnerSome procurement and supply chain trends are so pervasive that it is easy to stop questioning the logic behind them. The benefits associated with small suppliers is a perfect example. …
Collecting data is part of what makes the big players like Google and Facebook so successful. The amount of time that users spend on Facebook declined by 50 million hours …
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Yes, Virginia, Procurement Needs to Believe in Santa Claus
by Kelly Barnerby Kelly BarnerIn 1897, an eight-year old girl named Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the Editor of the New York Sun, a prominent New York City newspaper of the time. She …