http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/Sigaria Limiteden-GBSquarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)David RaeTue, 08 Jan 2008 10:05:05 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/2008/1/7/time-for-procurement-to-justify-place-at-the-top-table.html#comments24789:786461:comment/1208991
A CPO I was talking to recently told me that a programme to integrate procurement teams, with which he was involved, was shelved despite it promising savings of around $80m. I can't see that happening too many times in the next two or three years.

As this story from Bloomberg shows (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ac7ZyK0ovWrM&refer=us) US traders are already gambling on the price of oil reaching $200 by the end of the year...]]>D brownSun, 09 Dec 2007 11:41:10 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/frenzied-pace-of-construction-illustration-of-dubais-offshor.html#comments24789:786461:comment/1161325david hillMon, 19 Nov 2007 20:32:23 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/2007/11/19/businesses-battle-against-global-warming-set-to-hot-up.html#comments24789:786461:comment/1126018Therefore people will have to come to the reasoning, sooner or later, that the ORE-STEM complex, thought out by some of the foremost scientific minds (the late and great US scientist Dr. Glenn Seaborg included who was the major thinker on the matter – Element 106 Seaborgium) is the only answer. For to stop the now ever-growing human destructive juggernaut in its tracks, only something of an immense undertaking of an equal magnitude will do this. The sooner politicians and industrialists realize this, the sooner the world may have a chance to prevent what is on the horizon for humankind.

Dr David Hill
World Innovation Foundation
Bern, Switzerland
www.thewif.org.uk

Ps. Note that Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC is one of the World Innovation Foundation's newest Honorary Consulting Members. There are now nearly 3,500 Global Consultant Fellows and Honorary Members of the WIF who see a new way forward for the world-at-large and a strategy for Survival in the long-term where the sustainability of the human existence is their primary objective.
]]>Alan BuxtonWed, 14 Nov 2007 10:28:40 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/2007/11/13/spend-matters-research-shows-elp-network-leading-the-way-in.html#comments24789:786461:comment/1117638
According to Alexa my blog (shameless plug: http://alanbuxton.wordpress.com) comes in at a respectable 645,349!). I suspect that this is more reflective of the demographic of its readership rather than the actual number of hits in total.

All the best

Alan]]>David RotorMon, 05 Nov 2007 16:17:40 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/2007/11/5/what-drives-globalisation.html#comments24789:786461:comment/1103274
Cheers,

David Rotor ]]>padraic phelanTue, 30 Oct 2007 13:19:08 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/2007/10/18/pushing-too-hard-for-procurement-perfect.html#comments24789:786461:comment/1093008
Does it have to be perfect or will excellent do ?]]>Rüdiger von DahlenSat, 06 Oct 2007 16:28:04 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/2007/9/13/contract-management-a-hard-habit-to-break.html#comments24789:786461:comment/1031107
According to my experience that key problem in using sophisticated contract management software is still a lack of clear sourcing responsibilities throughout local - central sourcing networks resulting in a fragments contract landscape. As even market leaders like SAP haven not been able to set up a practical and seamless contract distribution logic in their software a sufficient solution will still be quite visionary. Well operating software is still the major success factor for the long term cooperation of global procurement networks as the software supports the managements guide lines and ideally acts as a neutral instance.
]]>EhsanSat, 08 Sep 2007 07:16:53 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/2007/8/30/top-12-places-to-do-business-in-a-shrinking-world.html#comments24789:786461:comment/984717'Less then a Dollar',Yes you are right, but we have some places where you can pay as 20-100 Dollars too for a haircut, but this is a part of the rush which Bangalore is witnessing with respect to investments and Global Citizens coming here.
]]>LondonMon, 20 Aug 2007 09:35:29 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/2007/8/2/london-heads-new-york-in-battle-for-global-domination.html#comments24789:786461:comment/959604JonasFri, 06 Jul 2007 19:42:31 +0000http://blog.procurementleaders.com/procurement-blog/how-global-is-your-supply-chain.html#comments24789:786461:comment/898368