Lean Principles in procurement In the August 2011 issue of Inside Supply Management, Lisa Arnseth (Senior writer) is writing about about how Lean process methodologies are part of the global procurement leadership culture at Capital One Financial Corporation. Here we have compiled some of the highlights from her article “Transforming Traditional Lean Principles”. Implementing lean […]
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Procurement – Global Supply Chain Strategy
Procurement – Global Supply Chain Strategy In a recent issue of Knowledge@Wharton (University of Pennsylvania) there is an interview with Marshall L. Fisher. For the last decade or so, Fisher’s research has been focused on retail supply chain management and now he is planning to introduce an MBA minicourse on global supply chain management. In […]
Interview with Christina de Luca
Interview with Christina de Luca As one of the leading supply chain professionals at BP, Christina De Luca has spent the past few years coping with extreme volatility of sales and purchases. She talks about the ongoing challenges of working in the oil industry and turning 10 per cent savings into 30 per cent. It’s […]