Flourish Conference Looks Beyond Gift Cards to Branded Currency Article by Alex Palmer in Incentive Mag (online) published on 11 April 2017. The article covers the first day of the Flourish conference in Omaha, NE, with coverage of Kate Vitasek’s keynote. Here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/mhbyh74
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Get in Gear for your Everests
April marks the beginning of the season for climbers to tackle the biggest of all climbs – a Mt. Everest expedition. The Himalayan Times reported the first batch of climbers for the 2017 climb starting on March 27th. It is predicted that more than 500 foreign climbers are expected to attempt to scale the world’s highest peak […]
Procurement Think Tanks Join Forces to Introduce Palambridge
Palambridge is the brainchild of Philip Ideson, who runs the Art of Procurement website that has produced a series of podcasts over the last year or so that feature interviews with procurement leaders (including one in which I talked about Sourcing Business Models.) His partner in this venture is Kelly Barner, the owner/director of Buyers Meeting Point, also a well-known […]
Logistics Management — March 2017
DOS is seeking a new approach to a single source contract that, at its core, is doing what 3PLs do best: providing customized, reliable services through multiple modes of transportation.
Outsource Magazine — March 2017
Paul J. Zak: doing the math on trust Article by Kate Vitasek published in Outsource Magazine on 27 March 2017 Paul J. Zak is answering age-old questions about the evolutionary and scientific – actually neuroscientific – basis for identifying and establishing trust. For example, why do people trust each other in the first place? Is […]
Forbes — 20 March 2017 — Supply Chains and Adjusting to Trump
Supply Chains And Adjusting To Trump: Think Local And Global Article by Kate Vitasek published 20 March 2017 in Forbes It’s still early in the Trump presidency, but not too early for supply chain professionals to begin planning for what could be major challenges in global markets and trade agreements, especially if President Donald Trump […]
SIG Inside Sourcing Newsletter — March 2017
Rethinking Supplier Metrics: From “Best Practice” to “Best Fit” Article by Kate Vitasek published 9 March in the SIG Inside Sourcing Newsletter. Here’s the link: http://src.sig.org/newsletter.php?id=10095
Supply Chain Brain — 2017 Resource Guide
2017 Supply Chain Management Resource Guide Supply Brain Brain’s annual resource guide published 27 Feb. 2017. Here the link to the digital edition: https://supplychainbrain.magtitan.com/magazine/issues/SupplyChainBrain-Jan-Feb-2017 Other links to articles by Kate Vitasek, Karl Manrodt and Joe Tillman: Kate’s article on SBM — https://supplychainbrain.magtitan.com/magazine/issues/SupplyChainBrain-Jan-Feb-2017/strategic-sourcing-in-the-new-economy Kate’s article on education — https://supplychainbrain.magtitan.com/magazine/issues/SupplyChainBrain-Jan-Feb-2017/putting-people-and-processes-in-position-to-prosper Karl’s story on education (with Donnie Williams) — […]
Change the People – or Change the People!
Often when I teach or talk about Vested and its implementation, I say, “Change the people or change the people.” For some that have never worked in a highly collaborative, win-win relationship founded on transparency and trust, it can even be a leap of faith that is difficult to embrace fully. Two Harvard Business School […]
BPI Network — February 2017
Collaborative Contracts and Competitive Bidding: Not Mutually Exclusive! Article by Kate Vitasek published on 13 Feb. 2017 by the BPI Network Views & Commentary site. Can collaboration and competition co-exist to create the best contract bidding relationships?… Here’s the link: http://bpinetwork.org/thought-leadership/views-commentary/434/collaborative_contracts_and_competitive_bidding_not_mutually_exclusive
