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In 2021, Stay Informed and Entertained with These Procurement and Supply Chain Management Blogs and Podcasts

In 2021, Stay Informed and Entertained with These Procurement and Supply Chain Management Blogs and Podcasts

In the procurement and supply chain management space, there is no shortage of talented, well-informed, and passionate bloggers and podcasters who discuss and write about practically every topic imaginable. These…

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Reuters Ranks the World’s Most Innovative Universities

For the past five years, Reuters has compiled a list that ranks the world’s most innovative universities that are doing the most “to advance science, invent new technologies and power…

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APICS Officially Becomes the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)

Built on the foundation of APICS, it was announced on January 22 that the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) officially launched. ASCM’s mission is to be the global leader in supply…

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For the New Year: A Selected List of Procurement-Focused Journals and Magazines, Including Supply Chain

Most of the magazines and journals listed below are offered in print and digital formats, and have accompanying websites that provide access to valuable information. Due to many of them…

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Cottrill Research’s Open Access Research Provider List of Honor

In recognition of Open Access Week, which was last week (Oct. 23 – 29), Cottrill Research is honoring research resource providers that make available information and data of value to…

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Announcing the Launch of ProcureSearch!

Announcing the Launch of ProcureSearch! ProcureSearch is an open access hub that lists and updates key supply market intelligence resources. In 2014, Kelly Barner and I published Supply Market Intelligence for…

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Open Access to Scholarly Literature (Including Procurement and Supply Chain Management) Gets a Boost Thanks to Disruptor Unpaywall

“We’re setting up a lemonade stand right next to the publishers’ lemonade stand…They’re charging $30 for a glass of lemonade, and we’re showing up right next to them and saying,…

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Getting Off That Dead End Road

A big thank you to Amber Christian, Founder, ConsultAce, for writing an article entitled, Getting Off That Dead End Road, featuring my podcast, On the Road to Strategic Relevance. Here are her words about…

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The Art of Procurement Interview: Kelly Barner Discusses Supply Market Intelligence

Philip Ideson, the Host of the Art of Procurement, interviews Kelly Barner (Buyers Meeting Point) on the topics of procurement trends, Robotics Process Automation (RPA) and Supply Market Intelligence (SMI).…

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