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Saturday, February 04, 2012
Saturday, February 04, 2012
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Wrestling for equality 
“Rubbish”, is how one leading female CPO responded when Procurement Leaders quizzed her about whether obstructions exist that prevent women from getting to the very top in the procurement profession, by Richard Edwards.
16:32, 16 Dec, 2008
Suppliers facing a bleak 2009
With corporate budgets set to shrink over the next year, supplier insolvencies will rise, leaving procurement to deal with supply shortages, writes David Rae.
10:22, 16 Dec, 2008
Career minded
Developing a clear and consistent framework for measuring procurement skills that everyone can adhere to is the next challenge laid down to our profession.
14:27, 17 Dec, 2008
Profile: Ton Trommelen - Splendid Communication
DSM International’s headquarters may be off the beaten track far from transport links, but as CPO Ton Trommelen tells David Rae, purchasing is certainly not something you do in isolation – it’s an integral part of business strategy.
17:12, 16 Dec, 2008
Practise makes perfect
According to Geoff Colvin’s latest book, natural talent always helps, but it is drive, persistence and an almost obsessive desire to improve their performance that separates those who succeed from the also-rans, writes Malcolm Wheatley.
12:02, 17 Dec, 2008
Licenced to bill
Software asset management does more than ensure compliance, it reduces IT spend, maximises usage and assists future purchasing decisions, writes Robert Blincoe.
13:00, 16 Dec, 2008
Moves: Joost the man for KPN
On the move in the procurement world..
16:35, 16 Dec, 2008
Going Dutch key to growth
More than 150 senior procurement executives from around the world gathered at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam in October to discuss the most important and strategic sourcing and supply chain issues in the current climate.
15:23, 17 Dec, 2008
Emerging costs
Procurement and supply chain professionals have long taken advantage of low-cost country sourcing, but the competitive advantage it once provided has been substantially weakened now that the vast majority of companies make use of the strategy.
14:55, 17 Dec, 2008
Year we go again
It's safe to say that very few of us will have experienced 12 months quite like those we’ve just been through. The interesting thing is, however, that not that many of us will have been through anything like what we are about to experience either – a once in-a-working-lifetime recession, writes David Rae.
16:00, 17 Dec, 2008
Danger ahead
A leading CPO recently told Procurement Leaders that it wasn’t so much the size of the events, as the pace at which they have happened that has made 2008 one of the most challenging years in the history of business, writes Richard Edwards.
08:28, 17 Dec, 2008
Cutting out labour costs
Companies are building relations with specialist agencies with knowledge of local labour markets and customs to source temporary staff, writes Malcolm Wheatley.
15:38, 16 Dec, 2008
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