by Janice Marquardt | Aug 25, 2026 | Creative Solutions
In late 2020, I started listening to podcasts. Not because of COVID, but because I bought a car that liked Spotify and my daughter briefly picked up a sport that involved a lot of roadtrips. While she lost interest in archery sharply once she entered her teenage...
by Janice Marquardt | Jul 19, 2026 | Creative Solutions, e-Auctions
A few weeks ago, the amazing Laura Damian wrote a thought-provoking article about e-auctions. Everything she said was correct. I’ve seen the exact situation she discussed: no suppliers showed up to the auction and she spent _months_ repairing relationships....
by Janice Marquardt | Jul 14, 2026 | e-Auctions, Processes
There’s a bit of a debate in e-auction circles. Really, there are several, but let’s focus on one in particular: To RFP or not to RFP? If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, you know I favor an RFP before an e-auction in most situations. However, there are no...
by Janice Marquardt | Jun 23, 2026 | Supply Chain Career
I dropped my daughter off for her last year of camp, one of our favorite camp staff with her arm around my beautiful 16-year-old. As I walked back to my car to start the 8-hour drive home, I felt more sad and contemplative than I did when I dropped a small 9-year-old...
by Janice Marquardt | Apr 7, 2026 | Org Chart, Processes
Most procurement teams don’t have a category strategy problem, they have a category taxonomy problem. If your categories are unclear, inconsistent, or overly broad, everything built on top of them starts to break down. And yet, category taxonomy is something that...
