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Being a CPO – five things I’m pleased I did (part 1) 27 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
We recently featured a series (which you can find here) about my time as a CPO (in the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, the Department of Social Security and the NatWest Group ) and regrets around... [[...
Spend Matters Papers – Is your Supplier Selection Process a Source of Competitive Disadvantage? 27 Aug 2013 | 02:25 pm
So here’s a plan – through August we’re going to highlight all the research papers, briefings and so on that we’ve produced in the last two and a half years. We’ll include what we said when we... [[...
Ryanair – do they care about their (cost management) reputation? 27 Aug 2013 | 09:07 am
We all know how important reputation is to companies these days. We sell the whole concept of Corporate Social Responsibility on the basis of the risks to organisations in terms of their public image....
Reading Festival review, day 3 – Biffy, Twenty One Pilots, Family Rain, City of Lights, Dog is Dead 26 Aug 2013 | 02:47 pm
The last day at Reading and the best weather by far, a lovely day for sitting on the grass (or what is left of it) and chilling out. That does have one unfortunate effect – some bands played to... [[...
It’s a Holiday today… 26 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
To our non-UK readers, just to explain that today is a public holiday in the UK so you won’t get the usual procurement stuff today. I will of course be slaving away at a hot keyboard to make sure... ...
Reading Festival Review – day two with Eminem, Imagine Dragons, Savages and Childhood 25 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
Day Two in the Big Brother House.. I’m sorry, at the Reading festival. It did seem at times yesterday that we were being experimented on from a weather point of view – let’s stop the rain so they all....
Reading Festival Review, Day One – Green Day, Bastille, Frank Turner, Kodaline and Slaves star 24 Aug 2013 | 01:57 pm
The rain held off and it was one of the warmest evenings I can remember at Reading – overcast but very pleasant. And continuing on that positive note, well done to the organisers – the focus on... [...
Encouraging Risk, Procurement Scenario Planning, Robert Plant’s 65th Birthday 23 Aug 2013 | 06:41 pm
Direct procurement webinar next week! Join Pierre Mitchell and E2open’s Mondher Ben Hamida as they discuss the results of our recent direct procurement survey conducted with ISM. Takeaways... [[ This...
Down the Procurement Pub with David Smith, Peter Coates, Bola Afolabi, Ms Mr, and the (invisible) Labour Party 23 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
Well, no surprise about today’s lead story – last night’s CIPS Surrey branch meeting featuring David Smith and a “Lifetime in Procurement”, with me acting as his straight man. However, it was a) a.....
Egypt – country level risk needs to be on the supply chain agenda 23 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
The tragic events in Egypt are a reminder of how fast things can change. Not long ago, it was seen as one of the most stable, open and successful countries in the region. Indeed, it was being... [[ ...
