Welcome to ProcurementAlert.com – the free weekly e-newsletter that keeps procurement and supply chain professionals up on the latest information you need to save money, save time and to make your job easier.
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Negotiations is a trial-and-error process with no promise of positive results– because the person on the other side of the table is trying to gain more than they’re giving away, too.
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News flash: Fewer finance pros on the job market are saying, “Show me the money.” This is a major shift over the past five years, according to a salary survey done by Robert Half International.
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Maybe you’ve heard the Letters of Credit fluttering in the wind lately: Many procurement people are saving money by opting not to use Letters of Credit, especially to secure smaller transactions.
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Today’s harsh financial climate is forcing companies to put every department under the financial microscope, to trim off the edges and pump up performance. Procurement functions will no doubt fall under the same scrutiny (if they haven’t already), but taking the initiative now will help you control the process.
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Tags: A/P, costs, supply chain
It’s getting tougher to keep cool as our economic climate gets hotter and hotter. To survive in this environment, companies like yours need to know they’re getting top-notch information on the important subjects procurement, inventory and purchasing professionals need to know about.
But if you’re like most supply chain professionals, you don’t have the time to wade thrrough print-heavy and ad-laden industry magazines, or surf the Internet, to try to figure out what’s working and isn’t.
That’s where ProcurementAlert.com comes in.
We’ll tell you about what’s happening today – and what you can expect to happen tomorrow, in short, snappy doses, updated daily. We sift through the Web sites, studies and other sources of procurement news, and give you only the most important elements.
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Charlie Walker
Editor, ProcurementAlert.com
cwalker@pbp.com
