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While many supply chain leaders recognize the importance of negotiation, quite a few organizations struggle to cultivate this skill among their procurement staff. APQC…
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This year is quickly turning out to be an unprecedented one for supply chain management. In late 2019 and early 2020, APQC conducted a survey of 234 supply chain…
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Modern procurement is a whole new ballgame and the rules of the game are changing. The ongoing disruption caused by COVID-19 is only one example of how interconnected and…
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New market realities are changing the procurement landscape and increasing demand for skilled talent in the function. With credentialing often falling short of expectations…
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2020 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges
In this webinar, APQC's Marisa Brown presents the findings from its sixth annual supply chain priorities research and discusses some of the biggest priorities and challenges…
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A wide range of organizations across industries use the Net Promoter® Score (NPS®) as a tool to measure and track customer loyalty. A good alternative to longer and more…
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To gain real-world insights into how procurement leaders can transform their organizations to maximize sustained value, APQC turned to Michael van Keulen, a seasoned…
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Michael van Keulen is a procurement executive with more than 20 years of experience in procurement and finance. Most recently he was at lululemon athletica, where he led a…
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Transforming Procurement to Maximize Sustained Value
In this webinar, Marisa Brown (APQC) and Michael Van Keulen (former global procurement director at lululemon athletica) discuss the key ingredients in procurement…
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Cost control consistently ranks high on organizational priority lists, but it’s just the beginning of what a skilled procurement or sourcing expert can bring to the table…
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APQC's research team members have been looking at key trends in 2019 and providing their outlook for 2020 and beyond. The wildly successful social media campaign for…
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Digital transformation has taken the business world by storm. Organizations of all sizes and industries are investing in new technologies to boost productivity, cut costs,…
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Supply Chains in 2020 and Beyond
In November 2019, Marisa Brown (senior principal research lead, Supply Chain Management at APQC) and Bob Trebilcock (editorial director for Supply Chain Management Review at…
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This article’s magic number is 10: Specifically, the 10 skills deemed most important by participants in APQC’s Future Skillsets of Procurement Professionals research. The…
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As part of APQC’s Future Skillsets of Procurement Professionals research, which features responses from 204 global participants across a wide range of industries, APQC…
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