Purchasing Blues (Repost)

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of “Summertime Blues”, which was originally posted on June 20, 2009.

Well, it’s time to raise a fuss
and it’s time to raise a holler
About diminishing returns
from the corporate dollar

I just heard from my boss
who governs me
If I don’t save the cash
he’s gonna fire me

Sometimes I wonder
What I’m gonna do
If there ain’t no cure
For the purchasing blues

My CFO he told me to
go beat on the supplier
That his margins must be high
while ours are under water

So I talked to the supplier
he said costs were elevated
He was losing all his money
at the rates we had created

Sometimes I wonder
What I’m gonna do
If there ain’t no cure
For the purchasing blues

So I found a consultant
told her about my problems
And she went and discovered that
the supplier was just stalling

Material costs were falling
and the exchange rate was fair
I had wasted all my time
just pulling out all my hair

Next time I have a problem
I’ll find me a solution
I’ll find a sourcing expert
and get my retribution

No more will I wonder
What I’m gonna do
I’ll find me a cure
For the purchasing blues