By Cheryl Hayes for Procurement Foundry Once a procurement professional always a procurement professional? As procurement leaders are increasingly being seen less as cost savers (or spenders) and more as strategic enablers, we need to consider what procurement will and should look like in the imminent future. “Seasoned” procurement folks have years of experience, many […]
Jon Hansen For most people, there is often a lament with any change that it never comes easily. Whether it is because of comfort with the familiar or fear of the unknown, there is always a natural, almost reflex hesitation to embrace a new idea or way of doing things. It can be especially challenging […]
Jon Hansen “What’s old, of course, always becomes new again,” begins the recent PYYMNTS.com article about how digital is “stirring a new age of bartering.” While bartering has been around in many different forms since the beginning of time, it became popular in the 1930s during the Great Depression when money was in short supply. […]
Jon Hansen Go ahead and do a Google search using the term soft skills. While we all have a variety of vague musings regarding what it means when people say that a person has excellent soft skills, Google provides a litany of personal attributes. The fact that there is a long list suggests that in […]
Andy Rhodes for Procurement Foundry With a mission of fundraising, education, and advocacy for children’s rights to ensure that kids worldwide have the opportunity to reach their full potential, at UNICEF USA we have a clear vision of what we are doing and why we are doing it. Unlike many private sector organizations that are […]
Dave Sheppard for Procurement Foundry It goes without saying that ‘digital transformation’ and ‘automation’ are hot topics and popular catchphrases for procurement professionals, but the stark reality is an organization must learn to crawl before it can walk. Unfortunately, and in their enthusiasm to jump to the digital promised land, most tend to overlook the […]
Mike Cadieux When it comes to the digital transformation of your supply chain, is your head in the cloud(s)? It is virtually impossible to read an article, attend a webinar, or for that matter, talk about supply chain today without the discussion turning to digital transformation and cloud computing. Some pundits are now even talking […]
By guest Jon Hansen When you hear the words “something fishy is going on here,” the implication is clear: someone is doing something shady and usually dishonest. Sadly, and when it comes to the seafood supply chain, the term is more literal than it is figurative. According to a March 2019 National Geographic article, mislabelling […]
Mike Cadieux Quick question; what is the difference between purchasing and procurement? If you do a Google search, you will find that purchasing involves the process of ordering goods and services. Conversely, procurement involves the sourcing, negotiation, and strategic selection of goods that are important to an organization. Of course, additional searches reveal many variations […]
Insights from procurement recruiting expert Mark Holyoake It’s interesting that when it comes to interviewing for a new job or having a performance review, almost everyone assumes the hot seat position. Meaning, that people enter these sessions with a unilateral mindset, in which the boss or person doing either the hiring or review is the […]