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September 2009

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Providing you with the latest perspectives in Supply Chain Management, including research, articles and leading-edge points of view to help you succeed in this increasingly volatile, global marketplace.

Feature Stories

		Sourcing in a Demanding Economic Environment: Generating Value in Challenging times In a volatile economic environment, companies must dig deep across their supply chains for optimization and efficiencies to help combat the impact of a challenging economy. Sourcing of direct and indirect material continues to grow in emerging areas. To create a new roadmap for the supply chains of the future, today’s sourcing and procurement organizations should adopt a strategic sourcing approach that includes initiatives designed to drive efficiency, productivity and – ultimately – business results. Learn more

		Assuring Delivery Excellence in the Public Sector through Smarter Program Delivery Smarter program delivery provides the key to organizational agility and is central to the prioritization of scarce resources to those programs that will deliver the most value. Learn how the application of accelerator methodologies can help deliver improved efficiency and drive better value. Read more

		Socially Responsible Procurement – Doing the Right Things for Everyone Discover the six dimensions of a socially responsible procurement program as well as the keys to success to benefit the workplace, the individual, the organization, and the community. Learn more

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Three Short Videos:
Justin Suter, IBM UK's Retail Supply Chain Practice Leader, shares his perspectives on challenges facing supply chain directors today and the critical actions needed to respond to client demands in this volatile global marketplace, in 3 short videos: Cost Containment, Customer Demands and Visibility. Learn more

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Executive Spotlight

A Note from Sanjeev

In this issue, read the latest paper from the Institute of Business Value on supply chain sourcing and how to generate value during challenging times. To continue the discussion on value, read how accelerators can aid in creating value through a more efficient delivery program, and in the third paper read about socially responsible procurement.

You'll also find three short videos on 'Cost Containment,' 'Customer Demands,' and 'Visibility.'

I hope you find this edition interesting. We welcome your feedback! If you would like us to focus on any specific topics in future editions, or would like to have letters to the editor posted, please click on the feedback button below.

Sanjeev Nagrath
Global Supply Chain Management Leader,
IBM Global Business Services

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