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I took a long weekend and went to Carmel and Monterey with my wife and brother in law. I just love the California Ocean. I have to admit though; it was pretty hard shifting from 62 ° weather back to 92 ° when we got home to Sacramento. Anyways, we stopped at the Strybing Arboretum […]
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I bought my wife a new tv for her recent graduation. She got her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. I’m really proud of her. I want her to become a purchasing professional. Unfortunately, she doesn’t, but I won’t tell anyone if you don’t. Anyways, when I was a kid, all you needed was an antenna
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Procurement Training By Camel I spent the last 10 days in Egypt on a purchasing training and consulting assignment with one of the biggest companies in the country. I spent most of my time in Alexandria, a beautiful Mediterranean-like city on the water. After my work was done, I found time to sight-see a
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I’m a huge fan and history buff of the original Three Stooges. Back then, they would produce two-reel 20 minute “shorts” that were shown before a movie would start at the cinema. Nowadays we have to endure an endless litany of undesirable advertisements before movies start – which is usually not until 15 minutes after
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Purchasing is the school of hard knocks. A really good purchasing professional is one who’s made a lot of mistakes, but was a little smarter after every one of them. Sometimes those mistakes are big though, and can take you to “purchasing hell”. I define “purchasing hell” as when a supplier is doing *exactly* what
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How interested are you in the starter in your car? How about in the motor in your hair dryer or the hinges to your front door? Not very much interest there either, that’s what I thought. How about if any of those don’t work? Then do you have interest in them? Suddenly you do! These
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I was in Houston this last week teaching procurement negotiation seminars. There are two quotes I distinctly remember from past trips to Texas. One was “Welcome to Texas. If you don’t like the weather, wait a few minutes.” The other one, in response to me asking about how the food is in Houston, was
You Don’t Really Know TCO Until the Purchase Life Cycle is Complete Read More »
While in the beautiful country of Bali, Indonesia, I went to a coffee plantation and tried a rare type of coffee called Kopi Luwak. It’s rare because it first passes through the intestines of a civet, which is a member of the mongoose family, before being roasted. Hopefully they wash it first, but I don’t
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Are you a coffee drinker? I’m a big latte drinker. Years ago, I did a Make-vs.-Buy analysis, comparing the horrific amount I was spending at coffee shops on lattes to what it would cost me to buy a big foofy latte machine and make them myself. My wife approved, and that was more important than
Even the Best Companies Pour Supply Chain Costs Down the Drain Read More »
