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Recommended Webinars Oct 14-18: Risk, Visual Contracting and the 2020 Digital Procurement Mandate
  Supplier Risk Assessment Program Best Practices (Zycus, GRMS) October 14th, 1:30pm ET This event, presented by GRMS President Gerard Smith, promises to share the supplier risk assessment program best practices of companies around the globe. The specific topics to be covered include risk alerts, supplier insurance compliance and financial status and diversity considerations.   Cut Throu...
By Kelly Barner
Posted in Weekly Event Recommendations on 14 October 2019
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Kelly Barner

Recommended Webinars Oct 7-11: Top Tips, Transforming Direct Procurement and The Real State of Ops and Outsourcing
  Thomas Top Tips for Procurement Pros (ThomasNet) October 9th, 1pm ET Something like a sales funnel, the outcome of a sourcing project is determined – in part – by the suppliers invited to join the evaluation process from the beginning. If you are relying on Google only to manage your supplier discovery, you’re on a labor-intensive fishing expedition. Join Thomas’ Tom Greco and Cathy Ma to h...
By Kelly Barner
Posted in Weekly Event Recommendations on 07 October 2019
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Kelly Barner

The September ISM-New York Report on Business: Proceed with Caution
  Report Rundown In September, New York City purchasing managers expressed milestone pessimism about the long term indicators, the Six-Month Outlook and Expected Revenues. Current Business Conditions fell to a 40-month low of 42.8 in September (referencing 37.2 in May 2016), down from August's 4-month high of 50.3. The Six-Month Outlook dropped 26.2 points to reach 45.2 in September, from 71....
By Kelly Barner
Posted in Procurement on 01 October 2019
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Bill Michels

Trade Wars, Not So Easy?
From the point of view of the White House, trade wars might still generate a big win, but in the meantime, it has been very hard on companies with long supply chains that run through China or depend on aluminum and steel. The moves and countermoves by the U.S. and China, in particular, have rattled investors and in the worst case, could tip the global economy toward a recession. The research firm ...
By Bill Michels
Posted in Guest Posts on 28 August 2019
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Arthur Piszczor

Empowering Procurement to Drive M&A Activity
  Get a baseline understanding of the data: What, how and from whom are you buying? Having a basic understanding of each business unit’s data is critical. You want to make sure you are comparing apples to apples. Regardless of the procurement software used, make sure you are pulling data from the same timeframe, using the same data headers, and standardized Units of Measure (UoM). Consult acc...
By Arthur Piszczor
Posted in Guest Posts on 24 July 2019
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Kelly Barner

Answer: Sometimes people are just jerks
Some of the questions were easy: What was one of my early hobbies? Rowing – I went to one of the only public schools in Massachusetts (at the time anyway) that had a crew team, and so I walked straight into the Varsity boat in college. Fun fact: I rowed the Head of the Charles 4 times. Where did I go to school? Clark University (B.A. English and History), Simmons College (M.S. Library and Informat...
By Kelly Barner
Posted in Buyers Meeting Point on 09 July 2019
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