Just as 2015 came to a close, our last post chronicled our 100th Procurement Damnation that you, as a Procurement professional, have to deal with on a regular, if not daily, basis. That’s an almost unimaginable number of damnations that torment you as you attempt to do your job and why only the best of the best can be Procurement Professionals!
Since there are so many damnations (that it took us an entire year to chronicle them all) we thought it would be a good idea to summarize the complete list in one post so that you could go back and review any posts in the series that you might have missed during your hectic conference and vacation seasons as this was SI’s biggest and most aggressive series to date, much longer than both the 15-part “Future” of Procurement series and the 33-part “Future” Trends Expose series (that followed) combined and double the length of the maverick‘s 50 Shades of Pay (on Spend Matters) series (assuming it gets completed) which, to date, only has 20 parts up and available for your reading pleasure.
There’s more that could be said, but as we’ve already said so much, without further ado, here are the links to all 100 Procurement Damnations for your reading pleasure.
Introductory Posts
Economic Damnations
- 001 Fiscal Crisis
- 002 Bank Failure
- 003 (Un)Employment Rate
- 004 Gen X, Gen Y, and Gen Z
- 005 Currency Strength
- 006 Mega Global Corps & the M&A Frenzy
- 007 The 1%
- 008 Outdated Financial Models
- 009 Oil & Gas Reserves & Price Shocks
- 010 Mini-Trends vs. Macro-Trends
Infrastructure Damnations
- 011 Postal Services
- 012 Airlines
- 013 Ports & Labour Strikes
- 014 Roads
Environmental Damnations
- 015 Waste & Waste Legislation
- 016 PETA
- 017 Greenpeace
- 018 Natural Disasters
- 019 Water
- 020 Oil and Natural Gas
- 021 Climate Change
- 022 Solar / Explosive EMPs
- 023 Food Shortages
- 024 Rare Earth Minerals
Geopolitical Damnations
- 025 Government Actions
- 026 WTO
- 027 UNCLOS
- 028 Customs Acts
- 029 Trade Embargoes
- 030 TPP & the Poison Pill
- 031 China / New Silk Road
- 032 Political Unrest / Riots
- 033 Taxation
Regulatory Damnations
- 034 Tariffs
- 035 Health & Safety
- 036 Labeling
- 037 Industry Associations and Standards
Societal Damnations
- 038 Sharing Economy
- 039 Brand
- 040 Crime & Piracy
- 041 Fraud & Corruption
- 042 Pandemics
- 043 (Rapid) Urbanization & Mega Cities
- 044 Education Quality & Cost
- 045 Lack of Math Competency
- 046 Mass Hysteria
- 047 XaaS Part I and
XaaS Part II - 048 Worker’s Rights
- 049 Gamification
- 050 Talent Tightness
- 051 Talent
- 052 Project Management
Organizational Damnations
- 053 Engineering
- 054 Marketing
- 055 Sales
- 056 Legal
- 057 Finance
- 058 Logistics
- 059 Warehouse Management
- 060 Human Resources
- 061 Leadership & Fiefdoms
- 062 Shareholders
Authoritative Damnations
Provider Damnations
- 066 Tier 1
- 067 Tier 2
- 068 Carriers
- 069 3PL Firms
- 070 Outsourced Providers
Consumer Damnations
- 071 Government
- 072 Corporations
- 073 Individual Consumers
- 074 Demand Planning
Technological Damnations
- 075 Mobile Movement
- 076 Cybersecurity / Cyberattack
- 077 e-Currency
- 078 e-Privacy
- 079 Big Data / Data Scientists
- 080 The Cloud
- 081 Social Media
- 082 The Secret Seven
- 083 Spreadsheets
- 084 Dashboards
- 085 Apps
- 086 Template Mania
- 087 OLAP
- 088 Computing Leap
- 089 IP & Patents
- 090 Open Source
- 091 Proprietary Madness Part I andProprietary Madness Part II
- 092 Data Loss
- 093 Technological Disasters
- 094 The New Industrialization Era
Influential Damnations
- 095 Competitors
- 096 Consortiums
- 097 Analysts
- 098 Pundits / Futurists
- 099 Conferences
- 100 Bloggers
Bonus Posts!