Supply Chain Management Certification Blog

Is Your Public Procurement Department Falling Behind the Digital Age?

02-12-24 09:16 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)
Is Your Public Procurement Department Falling Behind the Digital Age?
As procurement responsibilities expand, public officers require advanced strategic capabilities. That's where globally recognized CPSM certification comes in. Its comprehensive Body of Knowledge covers crucial areas like risk and relationship management, regulations and cost optimization.

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR ARMY IGNITED FUNDING IS July 31, 2022

07-01-22 08:16 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)
LAST DAY TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR ARMY IGNITED FUNDING IS July 31, 2022
LAST DAY TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR ARMY IGNITED FUNDING IS July 31, 2022 As a soldier in the US Army or Army National Guard, you're entitled to funding assistance to get training for professional credentials. Click here to learn more about the program:

7 Sourcing Mistakes That Could Threaten the Future Of The US Navy

05-10-22 02:29 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)
7 Sourcing Mistakes That Could Threaten the Future Of The US Navy
The report points out 7 mistakes the US Navy is making in the development of the uncrewed technology that puts the future of the Navy at risk. These mistakes speak directly to common mistakes made by #supplychain professionals who do not take the time to develop a #sourcing strategy,

How to Get Started in Supply Chain Management Jobs Entry Level Positions

08-21-20 04:44 AM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

How to Get Started in Supply Chain Management Jobs Entry Level Positions

In the most basic capacity, the role of a supply chain worker is to manage the processes required to produce and distribute the goods and services of a company. They must ensure that the product or service is delivered to the en...

How is the foundation of your supply chain?

06-24-20 08:01 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

How is the foundation of your #supplychain?

Your supply chain is built on a framework that determines the #resilience of your organization during times of crisis.

When building your #businesscontinuityplan, do you look at the different elements of the #lifeline framework?

Success of your #emergencyresp...

Is your Supply Chain Globally Competitive?

06-10-20 10:19 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

The supply chain industry is ever-changing, fast-paced, and is a very tough world. Supply chain professionals usually carry on a tremendous amount of workload which includes making sure that their company’s supply chain is globally competitive.

According to Stank et al, supply chain managers are the ...

What is supply chain resilience?

05-29-20 06:33 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

what is supply chain resilience - how existing networks of demand and supply operate during and after a crisis event. FEMA defines it as, ways a network or portion of a network continues the movement of goods and services even when important elements of the network are no long operating

What the Military Isn’t telling us about Supply Chains

05-28-20 06:26 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

Over the years, companies all over the world have been coming up with a plan on how to make their supply chains survive a catastrophe. Everyone thought that their supply chain is calamity proof and can withstand any disaster. What they missed out is a scenario just like today.

The corona virus pandem...

Supply Chain Resilience Program 2020 - Registration Now Open - Transform Your Ability To Respond

05-08-20 09:45 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

Registration Now Open

Join the Supply Chain Resilience Program 2020 to transform your ability to perform in any situation. 

https://youtu.be/4UAHj3DmkPM

Click here to see the details:

https://cpsmtraining.com/supply-chain-resiliency-course-register/
https://cpsmtraining.com/supply-chain-resil...

Friend, Can you join us for happy hour on Thursday at 9 pm EST / 6 pm PST?

05-05-20 11:26 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)
Friend, Can you join us for happy hour on Thursday at 9 pm EST / 6 pm PST? Dr. Randy and CAPT Knapp are very close to launching the Supply Chain Resilience course. Join virtual happy hour on Thursday to chat, ask questions, and learn about the course which focuses on how to create and manage supply ...

Your supply chain priorities don't matter to the success of supply chain resilience

04-28-20 09:28 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

Your supply chain priorities don't matter to the success of supply chain resilience. 

Surviving a crisis depends on identifying what's most important for stakeholders within your organization, not you.

Your job is to lead people to make the right decisions based on the limitations within the supp...

Is professional certification worth it?

04-27-20 07:16 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)
With a major shift in the #economic situation for many professionals, you need to consider how to best #prepare for the future.

Is professional #certification worth it?

With a major shift in the #economic situation for many professionals, you need to consider how to best #pr...

Mind Maps - The Right Tool To Make The Procurement Professional More Productive Managing Supply Chains

03-28-20 02:39 AM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

Procurement teams are an essential part of finding solutions in the current situation, so you may feel like there are a million things you want to do, need to do. Still, you can't make any progress on anything. The job requires you to fill requirements or renegotiate agreements with vendors because ...

10 Mistakes that Kill Focus & Concentration For Procurement Teams

03-25-20 11:12 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

When your procurement teams operate in a virtual environment, focus and concentration on high priority tasks can be difficult. Supply chain management is a critical operation during times of crisis because the sourcing activity feeds your organization with resources required to deliver products and ...

How Do Procurement Teams Maximize Productivity When Working From Home?

03-24-20 11:45 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)
How Do Procurement Teams Maximize Productivity When Working From Home? - Simple, Improve Your Focus

Your job as a procurement professional is critical to keeping your organization's supply chain capable of providing service and products to customers because the supply chain has been exposed as the...

Maximize Your Procurement Productivity When You Work Virtual From Home

03-23-20 11:35 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)

The current situation with COVID-19 has forced a lot of us to work from home to protect our family. Even though this may seem like a dream, I can tell you from experience that working from home is not easy with lots of distractions, like kids, "quick" home projects, and your bed for a quic...

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment

08-12-18 04:52 AM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)
Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) in the 1990s, major retailers (starting with Walmart) and their shopper merchandise partners identified the need of potential figures when it comes to precision, inventory network coordination, and general store network permeability. ...

Sustainable sourcing is economical

08-10-18 02:42 PM By Randall Mauldin - Comment(s)
Many purchasers are balancing between social responsibility and financial matters. Those working in a minimal effort by any means to lessen the cost of tasks are regularly compelled to settle on acquisition choices that abuse their very own supportability and social responsibility convictions. They ...
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