#silent slope

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What Does The Term Silent Slope Mean To You?

When you hear the word silent slope, which one of these three definitions comes to mind?

Even nonsports enthusiasts in procurement will get this analogy. The Canadian Football League has nine teams. When I was growing up in the 1960s, two of the nine teams were called Roughriders. With only nine teams, the league couldn’t figure out how to come up with nine different original names, which was a common joke. The only way to distinguish between the two teams is by how “Roughriders”…

What Does The Term Silent Slope Mean To You?

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The Relationship Between The Bullwhip Effect And The Silent Slope (1930, 2009 and 2024)

What are the three practices that would have limited the impact of economic policy on our supply chains?

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s post aims to identify the patterns or similarities of three significant economic policy events. These events should challenge us to better understand and prepare for the inevitable impact on our collective supply chains both today and in the future. The big question is will they finally enable us to implement the three most important supply chain practices? The Silent…

The Relationship Between The Bullwhip Effect And The Silent Slope (1930, 2009 and 2024)

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What makes a procurement professional a good negotiator?

How does a procurement professional turn a black diamond slope green?

I recently received an invite to an upcoming 30-minute webinar titled “These 3 Practices Will Boost Your Career: The power of data-driven negotiating.” In this live webinar, Rod Sherkin will describe three Procurement Practices that will drive down purchase costs; strengthen your supply chain; and advance your career by quantifying the value you create. The two immediate thoughts that came to…

What makes a procurement professional a good negotiator?