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Comment on You Are Your Supply Base by Up-To-Date Supply Base Managment and Analytics Work Better Than ‘Gut Feel’ | Intelligent Supply Management

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:15:59 +0000

[...] a follow up to You Are Your Supply Base, I’ve come across a lot of research that seems to indicate the need for better supply base [...]

Comment on Effective Order Management Requires Control of End-to-End Processes by Big or small – Order management at its core

Big or small – Order management at its core — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:07:41 +0000

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Comment on Getting the Most Out of Your Source to Pay Initiatives (Part 3 – Evaluate and Adapt) by admin

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:26:44 +0000

Cristina:

I have Part 1 and 2 for you here:

Part 1

http://www.intelligentsupplymanagement.com/?p=351

Part 2

http://www.intelligentsupplymanagement.com/?p=355

Comment on Getting the Most Out of Your Source to Pay Initiatives (Part 3 – Evaluate and Adapt) by Cristina

Cristina — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:13:14 +0000

Hello Rob

I came across the information provided here and found it very interesting; however I cannot find part 1: could you please e-mail me “Part 1″ or direct me to the page containing it?

Thanks
Cristina

Comment on Procurement Profession Growing In Stature and Influence? by Xavier Rallen

Xavier Rallen — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:24:07 +0000

Found an interesting view of IT Lifecycle management – software management is being lumped in with break/fix and help desk needs. I always thought of them in separate worlds but apparently some companies are using a new methodology – http://global-serve.com/Soluti.....fault.aspx

Comment on Procurement Profession Growing In Stature and Influence? by admin

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:00:59 +0000

I don’t think there’s any question that creating a department to manage procurement and the supply chain will ultimately bring costs down and make that chain more efficient. But the question is how much time and money will be spent in terms of ramp up? That’s why outscoring makes a lot of sense. It costs less to implement and you’re up and running a lot faster.

Here’s a couple of good links for you: The first is our Procure to Pay brief. It give you some idea of the benefits of Outscoring.

http://www.quadrem.com/Portals.....Screen.pdf

The second is an pretty good piece on recommendations for minimizing supply chain risks from offshore outsourcing arrangements. While it has a bit of an IT or business-process outsourcing slant, it’s an interesting guideline for general product outsourcing as well:

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS.....pe=content

Comment on Procurement Profession Growing In Stature and Influence? by Candice Witz

Candice Witz — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:24:31 +0000

If you are multinational company managing multiple vendors across the globe, is there any benefit to creating your own department to manage the supply chain or is it better to outsource the management? I’m consulting for a client now and keep going up against this question but have found some interesting perspectives on this http://global-serve.com/SOLUTI.....fault.aspx

Comment on Purchase to Pay or Pay to Purchase? by sudheer prattipati

sudheer prattipati — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:45:23 +0000

This article sheds light on very important decisions and the advantages of moving from paper to automatic. I like to add few more details to the points mentioned above.

Procurement through a shared services, It is considered to be one of major changes and when things are moving smooth it is not easy to convenience for changes. I think it needs executive support for the initial investment or initiation to study the ROI for going in this route. This adds lot of value with the size of organization, the benefits are great if the organization are big and medium. It takes time, effort and lot of knowledge to implement this idea. When it comes to smaller organization, high level management need to drive this idea for reaping great benefits in long run.

The biggest task of changing from paper to automatic is mention as internal cultural shift. I think cultural shift is one of the major tasks for any organization and time consuming when it comes to cultural shift
This involves lot of collaborating pieces, process reengineering and the initial investment. Implementation of this idea requires “strong executive sponsorship”, good planning and understanding the impact of changes. It brings great value to organization, but carries “enough risk” of completing the project. I think market places need to fill in this gap to some extent by providing experienced consulting resources on request from clients to participate in this process. This will help in a great way to the success of project, with lot of insight in the process. So this will “lower the risk” of achieving the objectives for both market places and trading parnters.

Comment on How Strategic is Your Sourcing? – Part 1 by Tim McMahon

Tim McMahon — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:18:22 +0000

Really wonderful post. I look forward to more.

Comment on Battling Complexity in the Supply Chain by admin

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:16:42 +0000

You make a very good point, Mark. What we do in our business is often complex by definition, especially in terms of the advancing technology. Great technology can be complex, but I think the chief difference has to do with process. You want the process to be less complex, thereby reducing time and costs and doing so in a shorter timeframe. The good complexity is the ability to create best-in-class, flexible, compliant and adaptable applications that ultimately make the process of managing your supply chain simpler and more cost-effective, thus, in your words, adding value.

Excellent post. Thank you for your comment.