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, […]

The “Future” of Procurement: Ongoing Blues Part I

Wow. One week and fifteen (15) “future” trends later we’re finally getting to trends that are recent enough to be classified as “we should be mastering this” as opposed to “we should have mastered this (a) decade(s) ago”. You’d think this was good news, but considering that it’s going to be eleven (11) more trends […]