Kate Lee, the senior director of research and strategy at Fronetics Strategic Advisors, has been named by Procurious as one of the 24 Most Influential People in Procurement. The online business network for a new generation of procurement and supply chain professionals compiled the list to show who “you should be connecting with.” Kate said
Within five years social media literacy will be the single greatest factor distinguishing top performing procurement leaders from the rest. Now don’t get me wrong – that’s not to diminish the importance of superior financial skills, sourcing, and/or change or people management abilities, but simply to say that social media will add a new dimension
Running a strategic consulting business for the high-tech supply chain, I encounter many companies who ask me to institute the “best-practice” for their particular need or business segment. The term “best- practice“ has almost become synonymous with success. I hate to be the one to break the bad news to these executives, but nothing could be farther
