Today’s deepening financial doom and gloom can turn out to be a great opening for you to ride in on your cost-cutting horse and save the day.

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Tags: checks, customers, electronic transactions, suppliers

Are you seeing red yet over “going green?” Seems like every time you turn around, somebody or something else is going green or even yellow in certain cases — since the astronauts are now recycling urine!

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Tags: CEO, costs, customers, logistics, pallets, procurement

Maybe it’s a sign of the times: Escaping reality is a steady growth industry for procurement pros at video gaming companies.

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Tags: carriers, customers, procurement

What impact can you really expect today’s economic problems to have on prices you pay to suppliers?

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Tags: cost, credit, customers, procurement, purchasing, shipping

Natural disasters like Hurricanes Ike and Gustav have stretched resources and supply chain operations to the breaking point

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Tags: customers, deliveries, supply chain

It’s one thing to get what your company needs in the door when your company has to have it.

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Tags: customers, quality, scorecards, supplier

Now, more than ever, your company is counting on you to keep a close eye on the flock — your inventory.

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Tags: creditors, customers, discounts, inventory, suppliers

It’s a tightrope you walk every day: Keeping enough inventory on hand that you always have what you need — without tying up too much of your company’s cash.

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Tags: customers, inventory, ordering, sales, supplier

You can have the smartest staffers, the best hardware and software, and all of the experience in the world

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Tags: counting, customers, inventory, production, scanners, shipping