Measure of success

In Search of Supply Chain Excellence

Three Lessons From Healthcare Procurement Applied More Generally

ISM semiannual report calls for continued economic growth in 2012

Met to stop buying paper

Beyond Price Benchmarking: Spend Benchmarking (Part 1)

Quick wins for 2011 savings

Balancing Demand and Supply in a Rapidly Changing World:

The New Normal for the Procurement Organizations

Can you demand manage your way out of a crisis?

Articles in category: Demand Management

1. DoE to approach small power producers for REIPPPP before year-end Explore Engineering News (Apr 9 2013) Demand Management , Sustainable Procurement , Utilities The Department of Energy (DoE) will, before the end of this year, advertise for small power producers, with projects under 5 MW, to participate in its small-generator programme under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), DoE deputy director-general of energy for programmes and projects Dr Wolsey Barnard said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Power & Electricity World Africa conference, in Sandton, on behalf of Energy Minister Dipuo Peters, he noted that the small-generator programme was designed to stimulate participation of small and emerging project developers. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   South Africa   Eskom

2. Limpopo mine drawing power from 1 MW solar plant Explore Engineering News (Feb 13 2013) Demand Management , Fuels & Lubricants A 1 MW off-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) facility has officially been integrated into the electricity supply system at Cronimet’s chrome mine, in South Africa’s Limpopo province. The mine, which forms part of a larger international enterprise that supplies and recycles stainless steel raw materials, has introduced the PV facility in an effort to reduce its reliance on diesel generators. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   South Africa   Germany   China

3. Solar developer sees project scope beyond DoE-led programme Explore Engineering News (Dec 7 2012) Demand Management , Sustainable Procurement South Africa’s much-praised Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP) should be seen as only one part of the nation’s renewable-energy opportunity, large-scale solar power plant developer Ciel & Terre South Africa business development manager Yoann Joyeux argues. Addressing industry stakeholders and members of the French South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry this week, Joyeux said that South Africa’s Department of Energy (DoE) was starting to replicate successful foreign renewable-energy initiatives through the REIPPP. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   South Africa   Eskom

4. Beyond Price Benchmarking: Spend Benchmarking (Part 1) Explore Spend Matters (Jul 20 2012) Demand Management , Sourcing , Spend Analysis & Benchmarking Spend Matters welcomes a guest post series from The Hackett Group's Pierre Mitchell. We strongly encourage Spend Matters practitioner readers to take advantage of the offer Pierre will share in Part 2 of the series next week. Most procurement org... (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Hackett Group   USA   Thomas Kase

5. The New Normal for the Procurement Organizations Explore Spend Matters (Jul 17 2012) Demand Management , Sourcing , Spend Analysis & Benchmarking , Leadership As a result of the 2008 global recession, many companies were forced to abandon collaborative sourcing approaches in order to obtain immediate cost reductions. While there is no doubt that generating immediate savings has a substantial impact to a company and its financial wellbeing -- it is a short-term gain that typically is not sustainable. As the economy recovers, procurement's value proposition is resurfacing with a stronger focus on sustainability and governance. (Read Full Article)

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6. Capital gains Explore cpoagenda.com (Feb 28 2012) Contract Management , Demand Management , Capital Equipment How can procurement develop the capabilities to deliver on the organisation's capital investment agenda? (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   China

7. Procurement to tackle £3.5bn loss at Lloyds Explore Procurement Leaders Network (Feb 24 2012) Demand Management , Sourcing , Supplier Diversity , Financial Services , Leadership Advances in group sourcing at embattled British bank Lloyds will be a core strategy for addressing at least some of its massive £3.5bn loss, according to its latest results statement. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Procurement Leaders Network

8. Balancing Demand and Supply in a Rapidly Changing World: Explore Supply Chain Management Review (Feb 23 2012) Contract Management , Demand Management This is the first of a four-part weekly series, “Are You Ready for the Megatrends?” The premier supply chain organizations are those that do the best job at balancing supply and demand across multiple products and locations.  The best companies can do this because they are either able to anticipate and address small-scale imbalances before they become larger problems, or because they are capable of responding very quickly, after-the-fact, when inevitable spikes or dips in demand or supply occur. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   China

9. Too Bad the US Post Office Did Not Follow Royal Mail's Lead Explore Sourcing Innovation (Feb 23 2012) Demand Management , Sourcing , Value creation , Public Sector The US Post Office is in dire straits. So dire that, as per the transcript of this PBS.org Newsmaker Interview from December 5, 2011, on how the U.S. Postal Service Faces Big Changes Amid [its] Struggle to Deliver on Profitability, the post office is planning to shutter almost half of the nation's mail processing centres next spring. Given that it is currently 15 Billion in debt and owes about 5 Billion for retiree health benefits, it needs to save 20 Billion fast and it's solution is a significant restructuring that it hopes will allow it to ... (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Iasta   Royal Mail

10. Fertiliser industry passes price risk to supply chain Explore supplymanagement.com (Feb 18 2012) Demand Management , Online Supply Communities Greater transparency between manufacturers, wholesalers, farmers and traders would reduce price volatility. (Read Full Article)

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11. Measure of success Explore cpoagenda.com (Jan 25 2012) Demand Management , Spend Analysis & Benchmarking , Value creation What are the top procurement performance benchmarks used by CPOs and how effective are they? Measuring procurement performance can be as complex and nuanced as the value that the function can deliver. (Read Full Article)

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12. Four Key Strategies for Supply Chain Managers in 2012 Explore Supply Chain Nation (Jan 16 2012) Demand Management , Sourcing , Value creation Demand variability, globalization, new product introduction and increasing customer expectations will all contribute to continued volatility in 2012. That being said, supply chain managers should seek strategies that deliver profitability, reliability and agility. This requires synchronization across two dimensions: 1) … (Read Full Article)

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13. In Search of Supply Chain Excellence Explore Supply Chain Shaman (Jan 6 2012) Demand Management , Leadership 2012 is the Thirtieth Anniversary of Supply Chain Management. 2012 is a big year. Time to Celebrate the Pioneers. We are currently training the fourth generation of supply chain leaders. The first generation is passing the baton. They are leaving the workforce. This generation fought for a place at a table–any table– to talk about supply chain management. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   London   Walmart   Dell

14. Can you demand manage your way out of a crisis? Explore procurement-iu.com (Dec 20 2011) Demand Management For many CPOs, demand management is a leading priority. Even though recent PIU research has revealed that there is only a limited concern with procurement leaders at the moment. However, as a precautionary measure, purchasing functions may be gearing up new demand management programmes in anticipation for another round of belt tightening within the corporate world. Yet, there may be opportunities to increase expenditure. In many areas we have seen collapse in prices for commodities recently. Early in the year, we even witnessed dramatic crashes in the price of gold and silver. The cost of shipping has remained consistently low ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Procurement Intelligence Unit

15. CPO Agenda and KPMG Global Procurement Excellence Benchmarking Survey Explore cpoagenda.com (Dec 20 2011) Demand Management , Outsourcing , Risk Management , Leadership Headline Findings While it is broadly recognised procurement’s overall value creation has progressed hugely, the research suggests that for many organisations this has stagnated. Even after 20 years since the birth of category management and strategic sourcing, there are still few organisations that achieved ‘excellence’ rating... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   KPMG   CPO Agenda

16. Lean Sourcing Maturity: Stage Three Explore Spend Matters (Dec 12 2011) Demand Management , Sourcing , Talent Management At the "Advanced" or "Level 3" maturity phase for lean sourcing, we see a mild transformation take place in the resident skills of procurement and supply chain. Often times at this level, the... (Read Full Article)

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17. ISM semiannual report calls for continued economic growth in 2012 Explore Supply Chain Management Review (Dec 8 2011) Demand Management , Sourcing While the economic recovery is showing some encouraging signs of late, it received another one this week in the form of the Institute of Supply Management’s Semiannual Economic Forecast. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Institute for Supply Management

18. Of the "10 Supply Chain Concerns for 2011"... 5 Are Clearly in Procurement's New Wheelhouse (Part 1) Explore Spend Matters (Nov 29 2011) Demand Management , Risk Management , Supplier Diversity , Value creation Over on Supply Chain Digital, I came across a recent post quoting the study highlights from a consultancy, Crimson & Co, examining the top ten supply chain concerns of 2011. Curiously enough, we count at least five that are clearly in procurement's w... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Institute for Supply Management   MetalMiner

19. Trends I am Watching Explore Supply Chain Shaman (Nov 28 2011) Demand Management , Procurement Technology , Spend Analysis & Benchmarking , Leadership It is that time again:  ring out the old and ring in the new.  The end of the year is a good time to reflect on the most significant trends of the past year and launch research into new areas.  Here I share both: Significant Trends of 2011 Supply Chain Disruptions:  With the floods in Thailand, [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Japan   China   Thailand

20. Three Lessons From Healthcare Procurement Applied More Generally Explore Spend Matters (Nov 28 2011) Demand Management , Spend Analysis & Benchmarking , Healthcare Over on Healthcare Matters, Tom Finn recently penned a great post examining three key lessons from where to focus procurement and supply chain initiatives in healthcare. But I believe we can apply his recommendations more generally. As Tom opines, wh... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Tom Finn

21. Going public Explore supplymanagement.com (Nov 8 2011) Contract Management , Demand Management , Procurement Ethics , Supplier Relationship Management , Public Sector No stranger to criticism, public sector procurement in the UK has come in for a raft of high-profile, negative reports over the years. But is this all about to change? Steve Bagshaw examines the evidence. "Procurement ain’t the most sexy thing, but look at the numbers – the numbers are sexy”, Professor Marc Day told The Times last month on the launch of the report Why public procurement is central to the UK’s economic performance… and how to transform it. Indeed, £37 billion is a ‘sexy’ sum to everybody. And that’s what the report estimates say could be ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   John Collington   Financial Times   CIPS

22. JDA and Oliver Wight's Myths and Realities of S&OP - The Verdict Part II (IV of IV) Explore Sourcing Innovation (Oct 20 2011) Demand Management Myth: S&OP is just another executive meeting. Reality: When executives take control of the process, they define the information that they need. Graphical views of aggregate information (both qualitative and quantitative) are crucial to an ... (Read Full Article)

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23. JDA and Oliver Wight's Myths and Realities of S&OP - The Verdict Part I (III of IV) Explore Sourcing Innovation (Oct 19 2011) Demand Management In Monday's post, we presented JDA and Oliver Wight's 10 myths of S&OP planning, as laid out in recent white paper. Yesterday, we presented their 10 realities of S&OP planning. Today we review the myths vs. realities and offer our own verdict on the first five myths and realities. Myth: S&OP process should be owned by Supply Chain. Reality: S&OP is an executive process that must be executive-owned and led. Verdict: It definitely must be executive owned, but it should ... (Read Full Article)

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24. Analysis: Techniques for improved forecasting Explore Procurement Leaders Network (Oct 19 2011) Demand Management For car roof-top box manufacturer Thule, April 2011's sales of the company's iconic product amounted to the business's second-best month ever. The best-ever month? July 2008, just as the British economy was sliding into what turned out to be the deepest recession for 60 years. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Markit

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