Joe Pendergast: 12/10/20 2:00 AM
The COVID pandemic has changed every part of our world, including where we work. The term “office” may now be obsolete, and perhaps it is time to transition to using “workplace” as the all-encompassing term for the places we will work.
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Edmund Zargorin: 12/3/20 12:00 AM
By Edmund Zagorin, Founder and CEO of Bid Ops People talk about “best-of-breed” a lot when it comes to digital transformation in procurement, but I’m...
Michael Cadieux: 11/18/20 4:00 AM
Within the context of a recent Procurement Foundry watercooler discussion, the “Hiring from Within” session at a recent virtual conference was...
Sarah Scudder: 10/21/20 1:00 AM
The relationship between marketing and procurement has often been tumultuous since “marketing procurement” appeared on the scene more than two...
Stephanie Shrader: 10/7/20 1:00 AM
Can you imagine a world where the buyer and the supplier are both committed to each other’s success? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you, the supply...
Michael Cadieux: 9/30/20 1:00 AM
We recently caught up with Peter Hall, who is VP and Chief Economist at Export Development Canada (EDC), to talk about the state of Canada’s oil and...
Alexander Sergeev: 9/10/20 2:00 AM
Why do some supply chain teams—despite having all the right commercial skills, tools, systems, and processes—still fail to achieve excellence and...
In simple terms, a category strategy answers the 5 W’s (Who, What, Where, When, Why) and the How of a particular group of like expenditures....
Dana Small: 8/27/20 7:05 AM
We have all learned about creating and making partnerships and best practices when you are in person. But what happens when an entire workforce goes...
Sarah Scudder: 8/6/20 8:47 AM
As the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. began to spiral upward in March, most marketing and marketing procurement leaders quickly recognized that...