In the current business environment, reducing costs is a necessity. Having the right procurement strategy in place to make your buys more efficiently and cost-effectively will help you do that. Bill Brown has some suggestions on steps to take in a blog on the Supply and Demand Chain Executive site, which you can read HERE.  

Not everyone is comfortable with change. Rosabeth Moss Kanter in a Harvard Business Review blog talks about why employees may resist and what leaders can do to address the issue. Read it HERE.  

This article by Mark Morley on the GXS site has it all: supply chain, cloud, links to a goofy YouTube video by a South Korean DJ that has had upwards of 3 million views, and a (tenuous) description of how it all fits together. It's an interesting take on the use of the cloud for supply chain management. Do yourself a favor: if you haven't seen the video, click on the link at the bottom to check it out. Read the blog HERE.