Honey Laundering
On Monday, this small story (hat tip: Susan) that sits at the intersection of globalization, sourcing, international crime, corporate conspiracy, food supply, and supply risk captured my attention. The story…
Brokers Wild – Pressure on Japanese Supply Chain Intensifies
I’ve intentionally held off from discussing the Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown story because I fear the absolute worst from this situation and I hate being an alarmist. I will return to…
CPO Shop Talk: (1) Supply Risk in the Ts & Cs (2) Ph.D in Supply Management?
Our CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series takes a detour to Houston, where earlier this week, I delivered, for the first time, a detailed discussion of my recet research…
Supply Risk and its Potential to Negatively Impact Revenue
If you are looking for another example of the importance of procurement and its impact on revenue and profits, just pick up today’s business section of your newspaper do a…
Supplier Discovery
dis·cov·er \dis-kə-vər\ verb: (1): to make known or visible; (2): to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time; On Monday, 46 or 47 of the 50 US States…
Lillevik in the Field: Webster Bank’s First CPO
I recently caught up with CPO on the rise and “friend of the site,” Anders Lillevik to check on how his procurement transformation project, which began when he joined Webster…
Fraud Prevention (2) – CPO Strategies
Today, we follow up on our last article, which discussed procurement fraud and Apple's bad apple, Paul Shin Devine, who has been accused of taking more than $1 million in…
Déjà vu: Summer Supply Constraints
The dreaded dog days of summer can hit anyone. From the buy side to the supply side, we know they’re coming and yet, many enterprises keep getting hit, from the…
Fail-safe
When things don’t go according to plans, the unprepared are often forced to just grin and bear it and hope that no one notices or that the total impact of…