Jason Busch on Spend Matters has strong opinions on how to introduce professionalism into the procurement role in organizations. In this 3rd installment of his series, Jason talks about how 'apprenticeship' might contribute to the effort. The long hours and quick decisions required of an apprentice would expedite the knowledge acquisition so important to the process. Read it HERE.  

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) sees continued strong growth for exports and reshoring. The impact on supply chains will be significant, and more jobs are forecasted. Read Patrick Burnson's analysis of the BCG information on the Logistics Management site HERE.  

WalMart buys a lot of stuff overseas. They seem to be making moves to indicate a change in direction, or are they? The Supply Chain Digest speculates there's an effort to eliminate the middleman for some types of purchases. Read the article HERE.