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I don't do them? I have been asked and I am reluctant to try and be creative in this area. Posting on LinkedIn on a daily basis takes up a lot of time. I can't imaging how much time some individuals spend creating online content. When I did a lot of commuting, I spent a lot of time listening to various #podcasts. I found this list of procurement related podcasts that James Meads posted and I thought others might want to take learn from some of the best. Let me know what you think and which podcast you listen to. You have so many choices: James Meads, Daniel Barnes, Dustin Lanier, CPPO and, Kelly Barner are a few that I know.

Jill of all trades Have you noticed that there are a number of jobs that are hard to fill? If you are in construction then you know that skilled employees are hard to find. Don't believe me then read the attached document. There is a huge demand for people and the supply portion of the equation needs to increase. The concept of Jill of all Trades is an excellent starting point. There are also other examples of what can be done but I will focus on one person and how she is making a difference. Chantalle Hepburn's primary job is that she is the Business Development Manager for Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance. She is also the founding member of the Women in Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES) Society. The other group that she helps with is the National Women In Roofing. Both groups offer support, training and networking opportunities. What is QCsolver Inc. doing to help? If you need to be registered in our system and you are a small supplier, then we will waive our administration fee. We also waive our fee for indigenous and not-for-profit organizations. Just our way of also trying to make a positive difference.

Jill of all trades Have you noticed that there are a number of jobs that are hard to fill? If you are in construction then you know that skilled employees are hard to find. Don't believe me then read the attached document. There is a huge demand for people and the supply portion of the equation needs to increase. The concept of Jill of all Trades is an excellent starting point. There are also other examples of what can be done but I will focus on one person and how she is making a difference. Chantalle Hepburn's primary job is that she is the Business Development Manager for Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance. She is also the founding member of the Women in Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES) Society. The other group that she helps with is the National Women In Roofing. Both groups offer support, training and networking opportunities. What is QCsolver Inc. doing to help? If you need to be registered in our system and you are a small supplier, then we will waive our administration fee. We also waive our fee for indigenous and not-for-profit organizations. Just our way of also trying to make a positive difference.

Bus factor This is a concept that I use a lot. What would happen if? Sketchplanations created this visual and I thought I would put a few things in perspective. QCsolver Inc. has experienced some dramatic growth in 2024. We have added a lot more customers and hired key contributors. As you read this, I am away on vacation and trying to make sure that I don't have to work. I am confident that Rachel Ford has everything under control. She does what I hate doing and she is good at it. In order to stay organized we have Victoria Woudsma who also backs up Rachel if she is also away or too busy. Victoria is the individual who helps our clients and works with their suppliers to get them fully updated in our supplier management portal. Todd Phillips is our lead developer and we also have Kiana Safavi Baygi as his backup. The last member of our team that I will mention is Diksha Kumawat who is our latest addition to the team and we are greatly leveraging her Power BI and analytical skills. Rachel also happens to be Diksha's backup. So as you can see we have done our best to cross-train everyone so we are not worried about someone being "hit by a bus". We can just concentrate on running the business.

What aspect of purchasing do I enjoy the most? For me, I do enjoy facilities purchasing. There is something about the nature of the job. Always new challenges. Never enough money. Things wearing out. Suppliers come and go and some stay too long. Yasar Mushtaq put together this document that I am sure you will enjoy reading. Looking for your next challenge, then I would highly recommend joining an organization that has multiple locations across the country. You will be busy and find the job to be very rewarding. By the way, QCsolver Inc. has always focused on facilities and it is great that Kinetic GPO has several contracts that facility purchasers can quickly use while remaining trade agreement compliant.

Procurement Maturity Matrix: a roadmap to excellence Everyone needs a road map so that they can determine where they are and where they are going. Let's not call it a vision statement which are mostly words of what you want to be versus an action plan. Also, don't call it a strategic plan as often they are way too generic for my liking. What I prefer are roadmaps. You determine where you are, what will it take to get to the next level and how are you going to accomplish what you have set out to do. strategic sourcing sphere created this document which outlines what you might want to do. You also might want to connect with Simon Brown who has developed a similar tool to help you assess your own personal roadmap. Happy trails!

Intro to Lean Six Sigma I am sorry that I don't know who created this document or I would have given them credit. What I enjoyed the most about this particular handout was the amount of useful information visually explained. Enjoy!

Importance of feedback in procurement I can attribute a lot of my own personal success to the fact that I get a lot of feedback. Some of it I don't want to hear especially when I am wrong. Now I know that feedback for improvement is the most important gift anyone can give you. Here is a gift that I would like to share from the Procurement League.

Your second most valuable resource! Of course, the first has to be your people. While inventory is often a very close second. Properly managed, inventory is an organization's savior. Yet often, you have too much or too little. Bad planning, poor systems, and the Bullwhip effect are all major contributors to having too much inventory. With any luck, this handout from Nicolas Boucher will help solve your inventory challenges.

On average I am doing ok. This is a great image that helps you put things in perspective. I also have used the imagery that the top half of my body would be in a freezer and the bottom half would be in a stove. One set to -60 degrees Celsius and the other + 60 degrees Celsius. As you can see on average, I should be ok. Now when it comes to posting on LinkedIn, what I want to attain is to be the best average person. This means that there are some of my posts that will resonate with my audience while others will not gain traction. As long as I am doing my best then that should be good enough for me. After all maybe average isn't all that bad. Except of course when it comes to QCsolver Inc. which when you check us out you will see that we are exceptional rather than just plain average. Thanks, Sketchplanations for the visual.