The best books for developing strategic business contracts Article by Kate Vitasek published by Shepherd on May 16, 2022 Link: https://shepherd.com/best-books/developing-strategic-business-contracts
SupplyChainBrain – 12 May 2022 – Vested
Article by Kate Vitasek in SupplyChainBrain The ‘Vested’ Approach: A Better Way to Outsource “COVID-19 exposed and exacerbated supply chain challenges. The pressures on supply chains remain enormous, leaving many supply chain professionals with a key question: Is there a better way to work with suppliers, including critical outsourcing partners such manufacturers and third-party logisticsproviders?” […]
SupplyChainBrain – 10 May 2022 – Procurement Skills
“Companies’ Procurement Skills Are Woefully Lacking” Article by Kate Vitasek in Supply Chain Brain “Even before the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical skills gap across the procurement and logistics landscape, a report by the American Productivity & Quality Center put a pin in the talent shortages facing today’s industry professionals…” Link: https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/35003-companies-procurement-skills-are-woefully-lacking
SupplyChainBrain – 8 February 2022 – Supplier Relationships
How Can You Strengthen Your Supplier Relationships? Article by Marisa Brown Link: https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/34516-how-can-you-strengthen-your-supplier-relationships
Supply Chain Management Review – May/June 2022 – Competitive Bidding
Article by Kate Vitasek, Bonnie Keith, Jeroen Van De Rijt and Andrew Downward · published online on May 3, 2022 The ABCs of Competitive Bidding — https://www.scmr.com/article/the_abcs_of_competitive_bidding “Every day, hundreds of organizations conduct competitive bids to pick the best supplier to meet their needs. Unfortunately, too many organizations are using the wrong tools for the wrong job—often […]
Collaboration is always the key
Everyone, it seems, is searching for answers on how to improve supply chain processes, especially in the post pandemic world. The pandemic exposed long-standing supply chain challenges, and APQC has identified the major obstacle blocking supply chain improvement: lack of collaboration. This is no surprise to me because I’ve been banging the collaboration drum for […]
Forbes – 4 May 2022 – Transparency is key
When seeking to build reliable, long-lasting and mutually-beneficial business partnerships, transparency isn’t just a good idea: It’s key.
Forbes — 29 April 2022 — Keep Business Relationships Simple
Article by Kate Vitasek published 29 April 2022 No matter the industry or money-making niche, if you run a business of any kind, relationships can make or break how well things progress. To ensure that yours are positive, well-managed, and mutually beneficial, here’s a rock-solid piece of advice: keep ’em simple. Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2022/04/29/heres-why-its-best-to-keep-business-relationships-simple/?sh=4903bf7f68c9
Shepherd and the Best Books on Negotiating
If you are a negotiation geek, and like to read about the wonderful and often intense world of getting your negotiation right, check out my top five favorite books for negotiating great strategic business relationships, published last week by Shepherd. Shepherd’s mantra is to “discover the best books,” and when they reached out to ask me […]
Forbes — 8 March 2022
Why Collaboration Yields Improved Productivity (And The Science Behind It). Post by Kate Vitasek on 8 March 2022. URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2022/03/08/why-collaboration-yields-improved-productivity-and-the-science-behind-it/?sh=115643be5d55
