Charles Dominick of Next Level Purchasing and Soheila R. Lunney of Lunney Advisory Group recently released The Procurement Game Plan: Winning Strategies and Techniques for Supply Management Professionals. In our last post, we set the stage with The Purchasing Professional's 10 Commandments. In this post we're going to continue our fairly detailed ... (Read More)
Charles Dominick of Next Level Purchasing and Soheila R. Lunney of Lunney Advisory Group recently released The Procurement Game Plan: Winning Strategies and Techniques for Supply Management Professionals. We're going to do a fairly detailed review of this book over four to five posts, but to start, we're simply going to cover the purchasing ... (Read More)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The services sector expanded at its fastest pace in a year in February, helped by a gain in new orders and as the housing market shows signs of stabilizing. The Institute for Supply Management said its services index rose to 57.3 in February last month from 56.8 in January, in sharp contrast to economists' expectations for a ... (Read More)
The U.S. service sector expands at a somewhat faster pace in February and indicates growing optimism about the economy, according to a closely followed survey of senior executives. The Institute for Supply Management says its service index rose to 57.3% last month from 56.8% in January. (Read More)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth in the U.S. services sector unexpectedly picked up in February to its highest level in a year, according to an industry report released on Monday. The Institute for Supply Management said its services index rose to 57.3 last month from 56.8 in January. The reading topped economists' forecasts for 56.1, ... (Read More)
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Late last year, Apparel ran a good article on How Bloggers' Influence Can Benefit Fashion Brands that is worth a read by all Supply Management Professionals because blogs can be used to influence more than just consumer trends in brand preference. They can be used to influence trends in technology, transition, and even talent management -- the ... (Read More)
Chief Executive recently ran a good, but short, article on Talent retention that said More than Money: Culture is the Key to Employee Retention that is worth a read by every Supply Management Director looking to recruit and retain talent, which, due to a lack of talent development programs, is in short supply at many Supply Management ... (Read More)
A recent issue of eSide Supply Management published a piece on Strategic Cost Management and the Supply Base that, while full of good advice, might be misleading to an up-and-coming Supply Management practitioner who needs to be set on the right road early on. However, before I can explain, let's review the key points from the article. The ... (Read More)
Factory orders rose 1.1 percent in December, and the Institute for Supply Management said employment in the service sector rose. (Read More)
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