Want to rise to the top for your organization? Build your soft skills and knowledge of other disciplines, says the founder of the UCSC Extension Procurement and Supply Chain Management program.
Category: Procurement and Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management as business driver
“Procurement, acquiring goods and services, touches every single aspect of personal and business life.”
Measuring Supplier Sustainability
“Supplier performance measurement will no doubt continue, but what we measure seems to be evolving.”
Trends in Logistics: Bringing outsourcing back home
“You need to come up with unique solutions to the current problems in logistics.”
Instructors take their vision for public procurement to CAPPO
“Certification is building a foundation for your future.”
Advice to my young self
“Don’t wait around for some day.”
Growing the vision of sustainable procurement
“Organizations realize the tremendous impact their purchasing decisions can have on the environment, the economy and definitely their bottom line.”
Public procurement book elevates strategic decisions
“The beauty of procurement is that it forces us to become innovative and flexible within the space allotted by procurement … More
UCSC Extension steps up to train the next generation of supply chain managers
“Companies are recognizing the value of skilled supply chain managers who can affect the bottom line.” Darin Matthews, Founding Chair, … More
Closing the gap on salary equity in public procurement
By DARIN MATTHEWS, FNIGP, CPPO, CPSM Instructor, Supply Chain Management The procurement and supply chain profession has come a long … More