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July | 2012 | Innovative Advancement
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When do you build your foundation? July 16, 2012, 11:06 pm. Software implementations are never perfect. A glitch here or there, some missed process, unforeseen compatibility issues etc. It’s always something. You do your best planning but there is always some down time. I have seen some that go nearly flawlessly and others that cost days of wasted resources. A couple of disclaimers:. The check in at 5am took almost 2 hours (normally 15 minutes). After surgery there was a period of time where no staff...
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March | 2012 | Innovative Advancement
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When do you build your foundation? Dollars on the table. March 20, 2012, 5:10 pm. Filed under: Process Improvement. Are you leaving a dollar on the table with any of your vendors? What about your processes? What about your inventory? It’s hard to swallow the cost of hiring a consultant in these tenuous times. Have you really considered the cost if you don’t get help? Here’s another staggering statistic*: If you look at cost reduction and avoidance as a percentage of the total spend you see 3%. ...Reprint...
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June | 2012 | Innovative Advancement
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When do you build your foundation? When do you build your foundation? June 22, 2012, 5:08 pm. I talk to a lot of companies at different stages of development from start up to large and everywhere in between. I’m always surprised when start up companies say they don’t need help with supply chain “YET”. What does this mean? When is the right time to build your supply chain foundation? If you don’t start tracking your purchases, capital assets and other expenses from the beginning you have made a lot ...
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Dollars on the table | Innovative Advancement
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When do you build your foundation? Dollars on the table. March 20, 2012, 5:10 pm. Filed under: Process Improvement. Are you leaving a dollar on the table with any of your vendors? What about your processes? What about your inventory? It’s hard to swallow the cost of hiring a consultant in these tenuous times. Have you really considered the cost if you don’t get help? Here’s another staggering statistic*: If you look at cost reduction and avoidance as a percentage of the total spend you see 3%. ...Reprint...
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Month End Again! | Innovative Advancement
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When do you build your foundation? March 1, 2012, 3:58 pm. Filed under: Process Improvement. Tags: Month End Close. Welcome to March, spring is just around the corner although it’s snowing outside my window right now. Strange Seattle weather! Many of our friends are embroiled in the month end close process and it gets me thinking about process improvement. What is your month end process like? Can it be improved? 1 Comment so far. March 1, 2012 @ 4:53 pm. Feed for comments on this post. You are commenting...
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Implementation Nightmare | Innovative Advancement
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When do you build your foundation? July 16, 2012, 11:06 pm. Software implementations are never perfect. A glitch here or there, some missed process, unforeseen compatibility issues etc. It’s always something. You do your best planning but there is always some down time. I have seen some that go nearly flawlessly and others that cost days of wasted resources. A couple of disclaimers:. The check in at 5am took almost 2 hours (normally 15 minutes). After surgery there was a period of time where no staff...
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When do you build your foundation? | Innovative Advancement
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When do you build your foundation? When do you build your foundation? June 22, 2012, 5:08 pm. I talk to a lot of companies at different stages of development from start up to large and everywhere in between. I’m always surprised when start up companies say they don’t need help with supply chain “YET”. What does this mean? When is the right time to build your supply chain foundation? If you don’t start tracking your purchases, capital assets and other expenses from the beginning you have made a lot ...
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February | 2012 | Innovative Advancement
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When do you build your foundation? February 23, 2012, 5:32 pm. Filed under: Vendor Management. Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a webinar presented by My Purchasing Center. The topic was Innovating with Suppliers to Reduce Costs. A subject I can get really excited about! Partnering with your suppliers is a given. What does that truly mean and how can you do it better? On the buy-side vs. the sell-side overwhelmingly innovation was the top of both lists while cost reduction came in fourth....
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