Procurement: Profession or Trade?
Kim Myung-hwan of LG Energy Solution says that the “rising cost of construction, shortages of skilled personnel and volatility in the price of […]
Supplier Sabotage
In this week’s Economist is an article of concern to any company buying materials from China. This is the link but, if […]
Your Procurement Assistant…
…or your replacement? Judge for yourself. ChatGPT was asked to create an RFP for an international Integrated Facilities Management program in Europe. […]
Client Partnership – Urrgghh!
In Proxima’s new ‘2023 CPO Report – What’s next for procurement?’, Russ Stewart comes closest to saying what is needed, but even […]
Procurement Digitisation – Yawn
Is Procurement Digitisation passé? A lot of procurement people now confess their organisations have done little other than talk about Procurement Digitisation. […]
Procurement’s Digital Delusions
Martin was head of Procurement and Supply Chain. His background was Operations and he didn’t claim a lot of Procurement experience. He openly admitted […]
Autocracies and AI
Why do governments want to control artificial intelligence? The official reasons given for controlling AI are threats to human wellbeing. The real […]
Cock a Doodle Doo
Dear Bob As a respected expert and leader in procurement and supply, we believe that your insights and expertise would be invaluable […]
The Greenhouse Effect
The following quotes are from THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT, a study by the Environmental Conservation Committee of an oil major. “The concentration of carbon […]
Not an investment; just another cost
The myth about people being an asset revealed in a new study. It is an inconvenient truth for Procurement that employees are […]