Thankfully there aren’t that many IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) in Somalia but my contact (click here for Part 1 in this series to learn more […]
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Pirates of the Supply Chain: Cost, Insurance and Russian Cowboys (Part 1)
The price tag for this piracy protection starts around $200,000 per engagement (for more information on what the British rules of engagement and defense strategies […]
Dispatches From Nairobi: Pirates of the Supply Chain
With the procurement conference in Nairobi (see my previous dispatches from late March at the end of this post), an additional few days in town, […]
Spend Matters Chairs Procurement Conference in Africa (Part 3)
I am at the East Africa Procurement Summit 2013, a 3-day procurement conference held in Nairobi, Kenya. In my last post, I wrote about the […]
Spend Matters Chairs Procurement Conference in Africa (Part 2)
Jambo! (“Hello” in Swahili) Check out Part 1 here. It’s my second day here in Nairobi – now with luggage and everything! My main activity […]
When Local Sourcing Messes With German Beer Purity Laws (Part 1)
Here at Spend Matters, we take our beer seriously. Some of us brew. Others are reformed home brewers (bottles, sippy cups and pots of sticky […]