Purchasing Magazine's Business Report

In this week's Monday Mid-Day Business Report from Purchasing Magazine, they share some of the statistics from the 2007 Purchasing & Supply Management Career & Skills Report regarding the most desired skills in purchasing. Check it out here.

The MMBR is definitely worth 5 minutes of your time once a week. It mostly focuses on changes in market pricing for several commodities. But, more importantly than just saying what direction pricing is going, Purchasing shares some insights as to why pricing is going in that direction.

As I noted on Supply Excellence a while back, it is important to "know exactly what factors affect the pricing and availability of the commodity for which you are responsible." The MMBR helps you do that. Even if you are not responsible for the commodities they are discussing, hearing about other commodities helps you think more about what truly drives cost.

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Charles Dominick, SPSM
President
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