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Sep13	Spend Visibility Initiatives Matthew W. Grant September 13, 2006 Know More: Relationship Building, buying, procurement, purchasing, sourcing 2.0, buying The use of the phrase "spend visibility initiative" in Purchasing refers to tracking what is being spent in a company and analyzing that spend for the purposes of making it more efficient to produce cost savings. See this article about Giant Eagle Inc. (Google... Continue Reading Posted at 1:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep12	End Users and Fiduciary Responsibility Matthew W. Grant September 12, 2006 Buyers have to maintain split personalities! (Now that the secret is out, that explains a lot about your co-workers, doesn't it? Feel free to forward them this blog entry for proof.) Seriously, Buyers really do have two ways that they must... Continue Reading Posted at 9:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug16	When Should Suppliers Get Involved Matthew W. Grant August 16, 2006 I recently wrote an entry titled When Should Purchasing Get Involved which was about how often in the Sourcing process Buyers should be called in to assist. The same question can be asked about when Buyers should call in their... Continue Reading Posted at 10:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 9	Managing Global Sourcing Matthew W. Grant August 9, 2006 Procurement professionals everywhere know that Global Sourcing is a buzzword/concept in our business these days and has been for the last few years. We all know about leveraging worldwide spend for buying power in negotiations and finding international vendors that can service... Continue Reading Posted at 4:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When Should Purchasing Get Involved? Matthew W. Grant August 9, 2006 The question of when should Purchasing get involved reminds me of an old friend who worked in a dental office. Patients would ask her, "Which teeth should I floss?" She would answer, "Which teeth do you want to keep permanently?"... Continue Reading Posted at 6:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul28	How's Your Warehouse Management System? Matthew W. Grant July 28, 2006 Corporate Buyers may get a very different perspective on what goes on in a warehouse than manufacturing Buyers would get. When I was in a corporate atmosphere, I dealt only with the receiving aspects of the warehouse as they related... Continue Reading Posted at 1:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
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