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The Difference Between Supplier Relationship Perception And Perspective – ADOPTION!

Procurement Insights

Information technology plays a significant role in supporting relationships between the customer and the supplier using electronic data interchange to share data between both sides, this technology provides fast, accurate information and business efficiency to the firm ( Mulligan and Gordon , 2002). But that is a discussion for another day.

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Will the procurement workforce expand or contract in 2024?

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However, the same individual concluded that “one strategic business thinker with the right skills and capabilities is worth 10 or 12 of your normal, run-of-the-mill purchasing people.”

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What role does governance play in cluster development and the globalized supply base?

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” I also gave a lecture at “ #eWorld on Cluster Development & the Globalized Supply Base (2010) with case studies including Tesco and Walmart – [link]

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Riddle: How is a person in a dinghy lost at sea like a procurement data analyst?

Procurement Insights

Hints: 2002 – Adapting To Supply Network Change Navi Radjou ( நவி ராஜூ ) Forrester 2012 – Study: less than 1% of the world’s data is analysed, over 80% is unprotected John Burn-Murdoch The Guardian 2013 – IDC Report: Less Than 5% of All Data Analyzed IDC 2018 – Up to 73 Percent of Company Data Goes Unused for Analytics. (..)

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Making sense of Corcentric: SaaS and Managed Services for source-to-pay and order-to-cash

Spend Matters

Corcentric fueled its aggressive expansion by investing in its fleet and truck parts buying (and payment/collections) business and conducting a series of acquisitions, starting in 2002 when it bought its original outsourced technology partner, Corcentric (at the time Corcentric was branded AmeriQuest).

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341: Maximize Container Efficiency, with Trakking

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Guest bio: Patrick Lo graduated from UBC with an Honors Science degree and obtained his MBA at the Richard Ivey School of Business in 2002. In 2002, he assumed the role of President and CEO of Canaan Group.

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CPO Spotlight: Magdalena Shakallis

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The first company I applied to for work, back in 2002, did some tests about my profile and the outcome suggested I would be a good fit for procurement. What made you choose a career in procurement and how much has procurement changed since you started 20 years ago? Procurement chose me.