Necessity is the mother of invention.” –Plato Every year over 10 million tons of polystyrene foam (Styrofoam) are produced worldwide. It comprises almost 30% of…
Supply chain disruptions are nothing new. They can be caused by a wide variety of events, ranging from extreme weather to labor conflicts. However, 2020…
By Andy Beth Miller Tomas Wiemer has had many years of experience within Global Direct and Indirect Procurement Category Management, specifically with a focus on…
By Ronald Hedley Crystal Khalil is CEO and founder of Crystal Khalil and Associates. She launched her company after working nineteen years for Porsche, most…
By Chris Doxey Despite extensive focus on risk management and internal controls, why are there still situations in which payments are mistakenly paid to criminals…
By Ronald Hedley In his 2018 article entitled 10 Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel, Sterling Miller ofers compelling evidence to in-house lawyers,…
By Andy Beth Miller You could cheekily say that Austin Dittrich—via his role in Purchasing, In-Car IT & Innovation at Volkswagen Group of America—drives a…
By Andy Beth Miller The way Patrick Foelck, Head of Strategy and Transformation Global Procurement at F. Hoffman-La Roche, describes it, his passion for procurement…
By Tammy Rimes, MPA Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, acknowledged the importance of people with her oft-quoted statement, “People are a company’s…
By Ronald Hedley In 1833, a sixteen-year-old slave from Maryland was sent to work for a poor farmer and self-proclaimed slave-breaker named Edward Covey. True…