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Avoiding Inventory Overload
As chief procurement officer for Nortel Networks Ltd. during the downturn in the optical business…
An Inevitable Clash
Corporate governance is a pretty dry subject in the best of times, but it just…
Savings in Your Backyard
In our work at freebenchmarking.com, one of the surprising findings is the amount of cost…
Many Advantages of a Strong Knowledge Chain
Knowledge chains enable supply chain performance. They bring together the information and context that let…
The Post Capitalist Society
To paraphrase Peter Drucker in his book, Post Capitalist Society, what Karl Marx envisioned has…
The Myth vs. Reality of Worker Productivity
I am disturbed by how many of my friends are unprepared for retirement. I shouldn’t…
LiveChat Follow-Up on Price Competitiveness (Part 2)
As promised in my previous post, LiveChat Follow-Up on Price Competitiveness, Part 1, I am…
LiveChat Follow-Up on Price Competitiveness (Part 1)
Several of you have asked for more specific information on how to achieve better pricing,…
The Price Change Equation
The late Richard Beckhard, industrial psychologist and adjunct professor at the MIT Sloan School of…
