Do You Cost Model? Why Not? Part V
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Do You Cost Model? Why Not? Part IV
Supply Chain Management Training “These activities have to take place. If you don’t do them, you are making yourself irrelevant in the field of purchasing. “ So we’re on a multi-part series about cost modeling. We’ve already covered why cost modeling is important, and why cost modeling MUST be a part of your arsenal, an area where
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Do You Cost Model? Why Not? PART III
Cost Modeling Purchasing Training OK, so we’ve talked about the importance of cost modeling and why this is something you must be good at as a purchasing professional. I’ve consistently seen that purchasing professionals want their finance people to do cost models and want their legal people to do contracts. These are career killing
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Do You Cost Model? Why Not?
Procurement, Purchasing & Supply Chain Management Training Last week I wrote about cost modeling as an overall activity that all purchasing professionals MUST be good at. A lot of purchasing professionals tell me “I have a really good finance department and they do all of our cost models.” This sounds great, but it’s a
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Do You Cost Model? Why Not?
That’s one of the questions I’m going to ask at a 2 day public seminar I’m leading in Singapore next month. If you look at all the negotiation courses out there, they all focus on ways to influence suppliers to achieve your objectives. None of the negotiation courses out there, and I really truly mean
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Are You Watching Your Customers? This Will Get Your Attention!
I just recently had lunch with one of my business partners. He’s a sales executive for a major IT company. He was telling me that in his sales positions for the various companies he’s worked for, his customers (I’m not talking about purchasing mind you, I’m talking about the internal customer who is generating the
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Purchasing TCO Strategies are Changing – Are You Ready?
I was doing work for a client last week on the East Coast. Someone there asked me if today’s strategic sourcing strategies are here to stay. My answer caught her off guard. “Absolutely not” is what I said. In fact, I think we are mostly behind the curve. Before I get into why, I really
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PROCUREMENT TRAINING ~ Are Your Suppliers Changing Your TCO Value Proposition?
One of my great joys is to go out to my orchard and take care of the trees, eat the varying fruits, and enjoy the shade the trees provide as well. I have about 100 or so fruit trees of varying varieties that I planted years ago. I give to them and they give back
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Procurement Training ~ Supplier Nibbling
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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The Most Powerful Little Word In Purchasing
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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