Supply Chain

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 […]

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

  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

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