By RSouthard on
7/30/2009 6:00 AM
This is pretty much a repost from my favorite daily blog at Sourcing Innovation where Michael Lamoureux is known as “the doctor" of Sourcing Innovation.
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By RSouthard on
7/28/2009 6:00 AM
Someone asked me recently if SafeSourcing was the best at what we do in retail. The normal reaction is to blurt out; “Of course we are!” But let’s step back for a minute and figure out what a best practice really is or is not.
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By RSouthard on
7/24/2009 6:00 AM
This post was first published on 7/28/2008. I re-post it about every 3 months because for retailers the message is timely, important and should not be ignored regardless of the economic condition.When si the last time your incumbent supplier offered you greater than a 10% discount just because they valued your business?
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By RSouthard on
7/23/2009 6:00 AM
This famous old saying applies all of the time to industry and other surveys relative to how the data is reported or sometimes manipulated.
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By RSouthard on
7/22/2009 6:00 AM
Ok, so this is a small play on words. I think this actually was part of an old Ken-L Ration dog food commercial which does in a related way bring us back to retail product focused procurement.
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By RSouthard on
7/21/2009 6:00 AM
The answer is that it depends on who you talk to. This author believes that an RFI should be used almost as often as an RFQ particularly if you have been using the same supplier for a number of years.
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By RSouthard on
7/20/2009 6:00 AM
Where should Request for Information or RFI data come from?
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By RSouthard on
7/17/2009 6:00 AM
So, how can we drive better returns and possibly avoid these results without wasting time by evaluating everything to death?
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By RSouthard on
7/16/2009 6:00 AM
It’s a shame when a company has to declare bankruptcy. Consumers suffer, employees suffer, suppliers suffer, and in fact all stake holders suffer.
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By RSouthard on
7/15/2009 6:00 AM
It’s a shame when a company has to declare bankruptcy. Consumers suffer, employees suffer, suppliers suffer, and in fact all stake holders suffer.
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