supply chain professionals

With May just around the corner, June will follow, and then summer. For the procurement department, especially if it operates in an industry or for a company that sees a slowdown in activity during the summer months, this period calls for special preparation that requires a structured plan. That’s what we’d like to explore with […]

It is your responsibility as a procurement expert to systematically track deliveries ; this practice will prevent many headaches and distinguishes proactive buyers from reactive ones. However, there may be times when, no matter how much you’ve prepared, planned, and followed up, you have to face the facts : the expected delivery will be late […]

A text by our redaction team, with the precious collaboration of Ovidiu Ciochina, J2 procurement expert. The way procurement specialists work has changed. Numerous events have impacted their daily workload : the pandemic, pricing issues, port strikes, Canada Post strikes, the redirection of international shipping routes to the Cape of Good Hope, strikes in railways […]

A text by Gleides Araujo, procurement expert at J2, in collaboration with J2’s redaction team.  A common perception of procurement specialists is that they are the “ugly duckling” whose principal function is to spend the company’s money. However, contrary to that belief, the complexity of procurement and therefore the buyer’s experience have a direct impact […]