Announcing Commodity Edge — a New Type of Sourcing and Procurement Conference
I’d wager that among Spend Matters readers, I’ve probably attended more procurement and supply chain conferences than most. Yet virtually no events I’ve been to have had a consistent focus on economic and commodity outlooks specificall…
The Walmart Inflation Test (Part 1)
For all you CPG and food companies in the audience (not to mention manufacturers), it should be no surprise that many producers are beginning to pass along the impacts of commodity price inflation, longer lead-times and in certain…
2010 Trends: What Do Commodity Prices and H1N1 Vaccines Have in Common?
As I was driving my kids to school this morning in Chicago, I passed a local Walgreens bearing a large digital sign that proudly flashed a message
something like: “Get your H1N1 vaccine — available today.” Two months
ago, there was a mad rush …
Cisco: When Supply Chains Can’t Keep Up With Demand
One of the relative secrets of the recession has not been just how
commodity prices have come down (or how certain suppliers have been
willing to virtually give away the roofs over their factories in the
form of 20%+ APR financing just to ke…
