Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, September 2011 National report (USA), released by ISM on October 3 2011. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in September for the 26th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 28th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®. The […]
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Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum 2011
Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum 2011 On November 7-8 the i-Procure.com team will participate in Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum 2011 in Miami, FL. The Forum is designed around three track sessions: Setting Innovative Sourcing Strategies Do you have a sourcing strategy in place that takes advantages of new technology offerings, such as mobile […]
Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum EMEA 2011
Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum EMEA 2011 Following the Miami event (Nov 7-8), we will join our colleagues from the i-Procure headquarters on the Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum EMEA 2011 event in London (Nov 30 – Dec 1). The program Some of the topics we will dig into: The New Sourcing Imperative: Aligning […]
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, August 2011
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, August 2011 National report (USA), released by ISM on September 1 2011. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in August for the 25th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 27th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®. The […]
Interesting take on segmentation
Interesting take on segmentation In a recent blogpost in EBN (Online Community for Global Supply Chain Professionals), Chris Gordon from Wipro Consulting Services is looking into lifecycle segmentation as “The Cure for Chronic Inventory Distress”. Nine of the companies in Gartners “2011 Supply Chain Top 25” are high-tech firms, but many high-tech supply chain executives […]
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, July 2011
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, July 2011 National report (USA), released by ISM on August 1 2011. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in July for the 24th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 26th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®. The report […]
The Challenge of Outsourced Purchasing
The Challenge of Outsourced Purchasing In a recent blogpost in EBN (Online Community for Global Supply Chain Professionals), the Community Editor Barbara Jorgensen is discussing the conflicts between outsourcing and staying in control. As Jorgensen says, “One of the classic conflicts in outsourcing is how much control an OEM cedes to its subcontracting partners.” In […]