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2020 Disrupted: Five Essential Actions to Take Now
The Hackett Group has released a new report offering companies guidance on how to respond…
PODCAST: Procurement’s Response to COVID-19 Beyond the Next 2 Weeks
Guest: Christian Heinrich As we run this podcast, the entire world is consumed with the…
Six Ways To Stay Productive When You’re Working From Home
This weekend, Scott Morrison announced a list of tighter rules in an effort to restrict the…
COVID-19 and contingent workforce ramifications
Much of the focus on COVID-19 and supply chains has been about the impacts on…
Why cyber-hygiene is nearly as important as hand-washing during the COVID-19 crisis
A report published on the World Economic Forum’s COVID action platform has stressed the importance of…
Staying agile through different stages of the COVID-19 crisis
Unprecedented, uncharted, and uncertain. These words describe the global situation we are in right now with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The…
Protecting the supply chain with a COVID-19 rapid response framework
COVID-19 will ultimately impact every step of the value chain. Companies can protect their supply chains by…
PODCAST: Category Spotlight – Uniforms
Guest: Rich Ham “When it comes to managing uniform rentals, you just are forced to…
Top 10 websites for supply chain management advice during the COVID-19 crisis
Supply managers worldwide are under pressure to keep essential goods and services moving despite massive…
Procurement and supply chain teams urged to learn from Australia’s recent underpayment scandals
Top retail executives have blamed offshore software not configured for “Australia’s relatively complex labour environment…
Procurement Puts Cost, Technology, & Analytics On the Front Burner
Procurement faces a dual challenge in 2020 – reducing both external and internal operating costs…
Air Cargo Essential to Fight Against COVID-19
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and its members continue to support governments in their…
PODCAST: Leading in a Crisis
Guest: Jan Griffiths It is safe to say that we currently find ourselves in unprecedented…
Protecting Australia’s logistics industry
According to the Australian Logistics Council, the logistics sector provides $131.6 billion to Australia’s economy…
PASA Coronavirus update
Talk about three days being a long time in politics. Try three days as an…
To proceed or not to proceed….that is the question
As we hit ‘peak panic’ or ‘peak hysteria’ in relation to Covid-19 we are being…
Blindsided By A Poor Performance Review? Here’s What To Do Next
Receiving poor feedback during a performance review is never easy, regardless of whether you’d anticipated…
Three Emerging Procurement Trends in 2020
Is the procurement profession known for being a trendsetter? In some ways, yes. Procurement is…
10 (More) Tips From ProcureTECH 2020
The recent annual PASA ProcureTECH conference in Sydney, now in its 7th year, offered much…
Coronavirus and Business Travel Policy Survey
With organisations and individuals reassessing their need to travel due to coronavirus travel managers and…
4 Steps to Protect and Manage Your Travel in 2020
(Travel as the Early Test Case for Efficiently Managing Multi-Category Supply Volatility) Travel is neither…
PODCAST: Powering Procurement’s Social Impact
Guest: Paul Polizzotto Everyone wants to have a positive social impact on their community or…
How To Negotiate With Your Suppliers When You Haven’t Got The Upper Hand
Procurement professionals are forever being advised on how to negotiate effectively and fairly with their…
How To Rediscover The Spirit Of A Small Business
Almost every successful large company started its existence as a small business. With growth being…
The roadblocks to using data in the supply chain
Right now the Australian Government considers the freight and logistics industry as an essential component of the…
Reverse Auctions: It’s Time to Embrace the Future
“We’ve always done it this way.” The landscape of failed businesses is littered with this…
Five Trends Set to Disrupt Global Supply Chains In 2020
Earlier this year I met up with some of the best brains in the supply…
Penalties. Sanctions. Jail time. Why Chain of Responsibility should make supply management professionals very nervous.
PASA interviewed Larry Phillips, Services Director at Chain of Responsibility Australia to learn more about…
Is Your Procurement Governance Robust Enough to Mitigate Risks?
Procurement governance has never been a particularly exciting topic. Given increasing compliance requirements, procurement has…
What API Platforms and Blockchain Mean for the Logistics Industry
The effectiveness of vital business applications relies on the ability to extract actionable insights from…