Bayer CropScience is a company steeped in a tradition of innovation, research and development. Following this framework, Procurement engaged with an external service partner with the goal of...
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Large companies with significant direct material spend strive to transform buying practices to contain increase in cost of goods sold. This transformation spans procurement strategy and...
Why do so many deals that looked great on paper end up in tatters? Negotiators on both sides probably focused too much on closing the deals and squeezing the best terms out of one another - and...
Original Source: Harvard Business Review by Mark Gottfredson, Rudy Puryear, Stephen Phillips
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As globalization changes the basis of competition, sourcing is...
Original Source: Harvard Business Review
FROM THE JANUARY 2006 ISSUE
"WE ALL KNOW THE POWER OF THE KILLER APP. OVER THE YEARS, GROUNDBREAKING SYSTEMS FROM COMPANIES SUCH AS AMERICAN...
The UN General Assembly held its regular meeting in New York this fall. But this year its purpose was different – and with significant implications for the future of the human condition. More than...
"Senior executives are one of the toughest crowds you’ll face as a presenter. They’re incredibly impatient because their schedules are jam-packed — and they have to make lots of high-stakes...
"An audience can’t listen to your presentation and read detailed, text-heavy slides at the same time (not without missing key parts of your message, anyway). So make sure your slides pass what I...
Team work makes the dream work! Today more than ever an organization's ability to be agile in managing their external workforce has been a key differentiator in remaining resilient through moments...
Join Baber Farooq, Senior Vice President of Procurement Product Strategy in a fireside chat with Melissa Mohesky-Schmidt, Principal/President of Innovative Insights Group LLC. Baber and Melissa...