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Inventories Still Dropping
I’m catching up on the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business for November and looking at inventory levels, which are on a 43-month trend downward. The index is 41.3, a 5-point drop from October … more →
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Inventories Still Dropping
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smartsourcingblog wrote 1 week ago: I’m catching up on the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business for November and looking at inven … more →
Actual Change in GM Supplier Relations?
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smartsourcingblog wrote 1 week ago: One of our mantras here is that suppliers don’t give their best ideas to their worst customers … more →
Wal-Mart's Speedier Pay
smartsourcingblog wrote 3 weeks ago: Looking at this news from Wal-Mart — using a very smart strategy to reduce its supply risk by … more →
Slagging Dairy Supply Management
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thebovine wrote 3 weeks ago: In the opinion piece from the National Post excerpted below, Terrence Corcoran implies that consumer … more →
More Inflation Cautions
smartsourcingblog wrote 1 month ago: The Institute of Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for October that was repo … more →
Have we hit the bottom .... of prices?
smartsourcingblog wrote 1 month ago: Governments around the world have pumped billions. Wait. Trillions into economic stimulus and bailou … more →
Project Management Group Discussion- Fractured Projects
instituteforsupplymanagement wrote 1 month ago: The presentation will address Fractured Projects and Program, and how to: • Identify holistic goals … more →
Once upon a time...
SWE wrote 1 month ago: … in the magic land of Industree, there worked a little purchasing pixie, whose name was Theeb … more →
China Smog
smartsourcingblog wrote 1 year ago: We’ve been helping our clients source from China for years, but recent developments leave some … more →
Why Buyers & Suppliers Must Work Together
tcummins wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this week, I presented to a large – and highly regarded – supply management team … more →
Megapundit: Free trade in chicken eggs or bust!
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Chris Selley wrote 1 year ago: Must-reads: Jeffrey Simpson on trade hypocrisy; Gary Mason on aboriginal progress in the Yukon; Andr … more →
Note to CEOs - The World is Upside Down
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smartsourcingblog wrote 1 year ago: Chief executive officers, maybe you haven’t been pumping your own gas, but every one of your supplie … more →
Treat Suppliers Well Because You Depend on Them
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smartsourcingblog wrote 1 year ago: Here’s an obvious truth that buyers often overlook in their drive to pressure suppliers to low … more →
Challenging Times For Procurement: Will Suppliers Show Pity?
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tcummins wrote 1 year ago: At a recent IACCM meeting, a senior member observed: ‘Our industry, and industries like automo … more →
Tabbing GROWTH
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Unfamiliar Territory wrote 1 year ago: At 7.41%, the inflated Indian economy couldn’t get worse! HIgher metal and food prices have so … more →
Flip the switch to Cost Containment
smartsourcingblog wrote 1 year ago: We enjoyed a supply managers’ market for over a decade where cost improvement and value improvement … more →
The best way to find your weakest link is NOT by hammering on every one.
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smartsourcingblog wrote 1 year ago: Chrysler’s production hiccup this week is a great lesson in how and why. How NOT to treat a st … more →
Chrysler and Plastech -- a preventable fiasco
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smartsourcingblog wrote 1 year ago: Better supply chain risk management would have prevented a shutdown of Chrysler LLC factories this w … more →
Cost Containment and the Economy
smartsourcingblog wrote 1 year ago: Congress and the President are getting ready to put a few hundred bucks into the pockets of most Ame … more →
