Vol. 1, No. 5
September/October 2008

Features

• Putting Supply Management On the Map
  
  How to communicate the benefits of early involvement across your organization
  Dr. Sandra Tanner-Simmons
  Dr. Susan Williams
  
  
• Calling a Supplier's Bluff
  
  6 questions to determine how much they need (or don't need) your business
  Omid Ghamami
  
  
• Incorporating Project Management Principles Into Supply Management Practice
  
  
  Jo Anne Zingo
  
  
• Help! I'm Out of Control!
  
  Using statistical process control in supply management
  Keith Wagoner
  
  
• Esc! Delete!
  
  How to avoid the most common mistakes when investing in technology tools
  John Hasson
  
  

Sustainability & Social Responsibility

• Consumers Weigh In on Corporate Social Responsibility
  
  Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility, a joint study by Fleishman-Hillard International Communications and the National Consumers League, details the expectations of more than 2,000 U.S. adult consumers regarding corporations' social responsibility efforts last year. It also analyzes the role that media and technology play in disseminating this information.
  RaeAnn Slaybaugh
  
  
• Cost Reductions, Product Enhancements and Innovation
  
  These days, sustainability efforts are inspired by more than moral and social obligation
  Patrick Penfield
  
  

CPSM^® Update

• The CPSM^® Goes International
  
  Eduardo Shelley with Oracle de Mexico is the first person outside the United States to earn the coveted qualification.
  RaeAnn Slaybaugh
  Dina Giovale
  
  

Research & Surveys

• Vietnam: Prime Real Estate for International Retailers
  
  Ranked fourth last year, the country tops A.T. Kearney's 2008 list of attractive emerging market retail destinations.
  RaeAnn Slaybaugh
  
  
• Social Media Does Have a Place at Work
  
  How to encourage its adoption from the middle up
  RaeAnn Slaybaugh
  
  

Around the World

• Doing Business in India
  
  India is a hugely popular sourcing destination for good reason: It represents the world's 12th-largest economy, has the fourth-largest purchasing power and boasted a growth rate of 9.4 percent last year — among the fastest-growing in the world. It is also home to the world's second largest labor force at 516.3 million.
  RaeAnn Slaybaugh
  
  

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