The squeeze is on — and it could be choking your productivity rate.
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Tags: inventory, orders, product, production, productivity, sales
Does your left hand really know what your right hand is doing, when it comes to supply chain planning and execution?
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Tags: inventory, just-in-time, running lean, supply chain, supply chain planning
Famous last words: “We don’t need an outside auditor. We trust our people.”
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In many cases, you can’t help but wonder what the people who call the shots must be thinking. Wonder no more: Here are the answers.
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Tags: cost containment, customer demands, risk management, supply chain
Sometimes, waiting even just a few days for a customer’s check can impair your company’s ability to secure premium purchasing rates from your own vendors.
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Tags: accounts receivable, customer, factor, invoice, vendor
There are times that when a contracted supplier fails to deliver, you’d like to be able to call someone and complain — like the police.
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Now more than ever, it’s critical to be able to convince the budget keepers that the lowest unit price doesn’t always translate into the best value.
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Tags: costs, delivery, procurement, purchase
Take our office equipment survey and be entered in a drawing for 1 of 10 guides from Better Buys for Business.
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There are a lot of nervous employees looking over their shoulders these days. And they’re hypersensitive to everything said by anyone who is even one rung higher on the corporate ladder.
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The biggest challenge facing many Procurement pros today? Finding the best ways to protect your position (and employment, for that matter).
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Tags: boss, procurement, solution
