It’s a question our purchasing and procurement experts are hearing more and more: How are world-class manufacturing enterprises eliminating waste and reducing costs in their supply chains? The answer can be found in one word: collaboration. Getting to the Heart of Collaboration When manufacturers can establish trust and set up high-level channels of communication with…
At the beginning of the month, I was fortunate enough to attend the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) briefings seminar. The CAR conference had a record 1,000 attendees. While attending world class networking in the evenings, it was great to interact with other executives in procurement, manufacturing, operations, finance and sales. If you have not…
Last weekend my 13-year-old son brought a set of triplet brothers up to our cottage for a weekend. While my wife and I already know the boys, we had not interacted with them on a consistent basis in over 5 years. So the boys were put into a strange environment, asked to do things they…
Advanced Purchasing Dynamics reaches a milestone in June and July in that we have been in business for 10 years. We incorporated in late June 2004 and started operations in July. So please indulge me while I spend some time reflecting on why APD was started, what we have achieved and where we plan on…