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Sep25	Purchasing Doesn't Do Rebates Matthew W. Grant September 25, 2006 Know More: Personal Experiences, buying, procurement, purchasing, sourcing, supply chain 2.0, supply chain Many years ago, when I first became a Buying Assistant in a large company, I remember the first time an end user called the Procurement Department and had picked out an item she wanted to buy because it had some... Posted at 11:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 4	Service without the Smile Matthew W. Grant May 4, 2006 Have you ever had a service vendor that was so bad, the account rep would never even call you back? I have! I once had a rep that was so bad... (Audience yells, "How bad was he?) He was so... Continue Reading Posted at 9:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar31	Working With Legal Matthew W. Grant March 31, 2006 I've talked in other posts about various departments with which Purchasing interacts frequently including Accounting and Receiving. Another department that deserves its own post is Legal. When I worked at a large company, I was very fortunate to work with outstanding... Continue Reading Posted at 2:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar28	The Bus Leaves At 6 Matthew W. Grant March 28, 2006 As part of my new category on PurchaseRealm called Purchasing Perspective, I've been reading other Know More Media posts and commenting on the purchasing angle or topic they suggest. I loved the entry Woe To Him Who Distrusts The Vision in... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar17	Supplier Report Cards Matthew W. Grant March 17, 2006 Has your company started using (or perhaps stopped using) Supplier Report Cards? Don't the title and topic of this post just bring up all kinds of feelings that you might rather forget? I remember the day "they" (who will remain nameless... Continue Reading Posted at 11:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Keeping Records Matthew W. Grant March 17, 2006 When it comes to keeping records of your Purchasing work, I have one piece of advice: SAVE EVERYTHING! A logical prerequisite to being able to save everything is that your work is in tangible form. Therefore, e-mails are preferable to conversations. Of course, e-mail is... Continue Reading Posted at 11:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
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