The “Future” of Procurement: Interlude II

And this is why the discussion of fake “future trends” should stop once and for all! Even LOLCats in their ninth life have been driven to drink from the discussion of 26 “future trends” so old that they remember them from their first life! They don’t even care that we’ve finally progressed to trends recent […]

The “Future” of Procurement: Like New Remanufactured Shoes, Part I

It only took nine (9) days*, but we’ve finally reached the point where we are down to the seven (7) “future” trends that are actually new enough, with the right interpretation, to fall into the “future trend” category. 7. Supplier Pre-Payment We’ll admit that this belongs in the ancient category with governmental regulation, margin pressure, […]