State Of Virginia Pioneers Supplier Access To State Contracts Article by Kate Vitasek published by Forbes on 16 December 2015 The State of Virginia has unveiled a new online procurement tool that’s designed to help suppliers “Meet-Connect-Collaborate” on state government procurement contracts. This is not only good for the large contractors, but is also expected […]
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Buyers Meeting Point — December 2015
Book Review: Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy Book review posted by Kelly Barner on 17 December 2015. “In November, Kate Vitasek and a team of co-authors released Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy: Harnessing the Potential of Sourcing Business Models for Modern Procurement. Vitasek is best known for her Vested Outsourcing series of books, […]
Supply Chain Resource Cooperative — July 2015
A Tale of Two Procurement Books: Cox’s Sourcing Portfolio Analysis (Cox) & Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy (Keith et al.) Robert Handfield’s blog, “Supply Chain View from the Field” (NC State University Supply Chain Resource Cooperative) has the first review of the Vested book, Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy. The post was published […]
Forbes — March 2015
Procurement Departments Negotiating ‘Too Aggressively’ Article by Kate Vitasek published by Forbes on 3 March 2015. Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2015/03/03/procurement-departments-negotiating-too-aggressively/
BlogTalkRadio — 28 January 2015
Procurement Unplugged: The Three Most Important Questions For 2015 Kate Vitasek talks with Jon Hansen on 28 January 2015 Here’s the link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jon-hansen/2015/01/28/procurement-unplugged-the-three-most-important-questions-for-2015
Procurement Insights — December 2014
Virginia Forum 2014 in Pictures by Jon Hansen Posted 17 December 2014. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Based on these great shots from the Virginia Forum 2014, I think this is true. Here’s the link: http://procureinsights.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/virginia-forum-2014-in-pictures-by-jon-hansen/
Va. Dept. of General Services: Forum 2014 — November 2014
Leveraging the Power of Procurement Panel discussion from the conference, featuring Kate Vitasek speaking at Virginia’s largest event for state and local procurement professionals and supplier partners, held Nov. 16-19, 2014. Forum 2014 was sponsored by the Virginia Department of General Services. Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47RZYvJuPYA#t=23
Virginia’s Forum 2014: Challenging Procurement Norms
I was pleased and honored to participate earlier this week at Forum 2014, Virginia’s Department of General Services’ big event for state and local procurement professionals and supplier partners. Indeed it is a very large event, taking place at the Hampton Roads Convention Center over four days, featuring more than 80 sessions, anchored by more than […]
Longitudes (UPS) — November 2014
The Pit Bull of Procurement Is the quest to obtain perfect optimization causing your business harm? Vested blog post by Kate Vitasek republished 15 November. Here’s the link: http://longitudes.ups.com/2014/11/14/pit-bull-of-procurement/
Do You Know a Pit-bull of Procurement?
You probably have come across someone that I call the “pit-bull of procurement” – basically, that’s the person with a severe case of the Penny Wise and Pound Foolish ailment, making decisions based only on costs, the quick fix and the short term bottom line. The pit-bull is a major contributor to an organization’s optimization […]
