by Janice Marquardt | Sep 17, 2024 | Contracts, Processes
Disclaimer: I am not an attorney and cannot give legal advice. This series is from a supply chain practitioner’s perspective on negotiating contracts and is simply offering my perspective on common contract clauses. Seek professional legal advice for your own...
by Janice Marquardt | Sep 10, 2024 | Contracts, Definitions, Savings
Disclaimer: I am not an attorney and cannot give legal advice. This series is from a supply chain practitioner’s perspective on negotiating contracts and is simply offering my perspective on common contract clauses. Seek professional legal advice for your own...
by Janice Marquardt | Aug 6, 2024 | Definitions, Savings, Supply Chain Career
The inimitable Mathew Schulz posted on LinkedIn last week about how the best procurement pros chase value instead of savings. This got me thinking about savings vs. value, and the differences between a procurement team who thinks tactically vs. one who thinks...
by Janice Marquardt | Jun 18, 2024 | Definitions, Org Chart, Supply Chain Career
Supply Chains in different industries have a lot in common – including price sensitivity, negotiations, the importance of resiliency, warehouse space issues (always either too much or too little), and the typical process of bid to purchase order to receipt. However,...
by Janice Marquardt | Jun 3, 2024 | Org Chart, Processes, Supply Chain Career
Recently we’ve been talking about which C-suite role a supply chain team reports to, both the more common executive leaders and the less common ones. So today we’re going to talk a bit about the structure of a supply chain team in an organization. In particular, we’ll...
