Browsing All Posts published on »November, 2012«
A Tale of Two Princes: A Modern Day Story with a Machiavellian Twist (Part 1 of 3)
November 14, 2012
Editor’s Note: The following is a post that appeared in Roz Usheroff’s The Remarkable Leader Blog. Shortly after this post was written, Microsoft gave Steven Sinofsky the proverbial boot. Even though both Forstall and Sinofsky had incredible success in driving the fortunes of their respective companies, they had reputations for being extremely difficult to work […]
Outsourcing by Colin Cram FCIPS
November 9, 2012
Since 1990 it has sometimes seemed that no UK government could outsource enough. The Labour Party, for the information of those readers outside the UK, is generally thought to be the most left wing of the main political parties and, as its name suggests, has a close relationship with the trades unions. However, when it […]
Top PI Blog Posts Countdown No. 1: Managing Supply Chain Risk (The Nokia and Ericsson Case Study)
November 5, 2012
Editor’s Note: I have now hit 1,000 Procurement Insights blog posts. Over the past week, and leading up to this milestone, I have been sharing with you the top 5 posts in terms of overall reads. Today’s submission, which ranked number 1 with 14,649 reads, was written on May 18th, 2011. It is amazing to […]
Top PI Blog Posts Countdown No. 3: Is There a Difference Between Purchasing and Procurement? (A PI Q&A)
November 1, 2012
Editor’s Note: As we approach my 1,000th Procurement Insights blog post, over the next week I will be sharing with you the top 5 posts in terms of overall reads. Today’s submission, which ranked number 3 with 8,515 reads, was written on July 21st, 2008. Posing the simple yet seemingly powerful question “is there a […]
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Is supplier diversity really that important? (Part 1 of 3)
November 27, 2012
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As highlighted in the above image from the Cigna website, supplier diversity is important because the company believes that . . . “the success of minority- and women-owned businesses and other under-represented suppliers adds to our success and to that of the communities we serve. Minority- and women-owned businesses are often in neighborhoods that benefit […]