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Opinion Pieces for Procurement

Procurement Innovation Can Drive Productivity Gains
by William Gindlesperger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, e-LYNXX Corporation
Innovation is required if the United States is to regain the level of productivity that it enjoyed toward the end of the 19th Century through the mid-20th Century. However, innovation by itself is not enough. Just as our parents and grandparents adopted electricity, the automobile, credit cards and airplanes in the period from 1870-1950, businesses and organizations of the 21st Century must embrace change.
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Five Game-Changing Rules for Vested Outsourcing
by Kate Vitasek and Mike Ledyard of Supply Chain Visions
In this article, Kate Vitasek, author of a new book, 'Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules That Will Change Outsourcing', and her colleague Mike Ledyard, describe a new approach to outsourcing that they believe will provide maximum mutual benefit in client/provider relationships.
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