As pointed out by JP Massin in his Strategic Sourcing Europe [WayBackMachine] blog, APICS and Protiviti recently released a study on “Procurement Contract Risk Management”. As noted by JP Massin, the conclusion is that a large proportion of organizations need to improve the management of their procurement contract risks and opportunities. And this seems to […]
When I reviewed Next Level Purchasing’s (NLP) (now the Certitrek NLPA) course offerings to date: Mastering Purchasing Fundamentals (Parts I and II), Savings Strategy Development (Parts I and II), and 14 Purchasing Best Practices (Parts I and II), I did so in two parts. In the first part, as I did in Part I, I […]
Those of you following along will remember that I have reviewed three of Next Level Purchasing’s (NLP) (now the Certitrek NLPA) course offerings to date: Mastering Purchasing Fundamentals (Parts I and II), Savings Strategy Development (Parts I and II), and 14 Purchasing Best Practices (Parts I and II). This course, like the last three, is […]
… because, as we noted in Part 1, while it looks great on the surface, in our space, looks can be deceiving and what you get may NOT be what you want. (And you’ll have to read this full series to find out if it’s good, bad, both, or neither.) In Part 1, we discussed […]
Founded in 2004 to help public and private sector companies save money through reverse auctions, the Curtis Fitch Solution has expanded since then to offer a source-to-contract procurement solution, which includes extensive supplier onboarding evaluation, performance management, contract lifecycle management, and spend and performance management. Curtis Fitch offers the following capabilities in its solution. Supplier […]