Jason Busch reflects on some of the recently quoted numbers from Supply Management which say that "Europe is at the stage of desperately seeking procurement and supply chain talent." According to the article, "The number of supply chain and logistics vacancies has risen by 25 per cent overall in Europe year-on-year..."
How could Google's acquisition of satellite imaging company Skybox change everything in regard to how we monitor competitors, suppliers, and just about any specific location under the sun?
We've done two new (free!) papers on "putting the supply in supplier networks":
- Part 1: Welcome to Supply Management 2.0 in the Digital Supply Chain
- Part 2: Tackling the Multi-Tier Information Problem in the Inbound Supply Chain
In more free goodies, we've done another paper on supplier collaboration/innovation and are also doing a corresponding webinar:
- [Webinar] Supplier Collaboration in Strategic Sourcing: An Oxymoron?
- [Paper] Leapfrog the Competition by Transforming Your Supplier Relationships from Tactical to Strategic
Jason has begun to highlight a 2014 e-invoicing report from Billentis.
Thomas Kase enters the world of social justice, discussing predatory lending practices and the value of quality education and competition.
Here is a beautiful R&B track from Mapai:
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