Elon Musk famously hates acronyms. He coined the phrase “Acronyms Seriously Suck,” or ASS. According to his autobiography by Ashlee Vance (which is a seriously good read, by the way), he lambasts anyone who uses too many acronyms in presentations and insists on them...
Elon Musk famously hates acronyms. He coined the phrase “Acronyms Seriously Suck,” or ASS. According to his autobiography by Ashlee Vance (which is a seriously good read, by the way), he lambasts anyone who uses too many acronyms in presentations and insists on them...
Elon Musk famously hates acronyms. He coined the phrase “Acronyms Seriously Suck,” or ASS. According to his autobiography by Ashlee Vance (which is a seriously good read, by the way), he lambasts anyone who uses too many acronyms in presentations and insists on them...
Elon Musk famously hates acronyms. He coined the phrase “Acronyms Seriously Suck,” or ASS. According to his autobiography by Ashlee Vance (which is a seriously good read, by the way), he lambasts anyone who uses too many acronyms in presentations and insists on them being written out in long form....
"I'm buying my widget from Supplier A because he's cheaper than the preferred vendor that Purchasing told us we have to buy from.” That's what Dave in Maintenance said to me. He figured that he could buy his £100 order for 10% less. You see, one of his friends works...
Sounds like magic, doesn’t it. Increase profit margins without raising your prices or making more sales? You’re probably thinking the only option left is slashing your costs, or curtailing investment you had planned. It’s not. It’s all about understanding what you...
Every company knows what they sell. Sales departments know, finance know, even the CEO knows the top level numbers. Compare that with how many companies truly know and understand what they’re buying. It’s shockingly few. And yet, especially in many manufacturing...
Like it or not, most Procurement organisations are still primarily measured on cost savings. Despite the movement towards a broader value-driven view of how procurement contributes to the wider business, the reality is that even though there is a tacit, new-found...