Supply Excellence Is The Aerosmith Of Purchasing Blogs

OK, OK. For those of you who don’t know Aerosmith (Really? You don’t know Aerosmith?), they were one of the most successful rock bands of the 1970’s.

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Then, once the 1980’s rolled around, they sort of dropped out of the public eye due to member changes, other problems, and music that didn’t quite compare favorably with their earlier material. Many observers thought Aerosmith was done.

But around came 1987 and, surprisingly, they became hugely successful again with a slightly different sound but great quality music that endures today.

What’s that I hear? “I thought I was reading a purchasing blog. Did I type in the wrong URL?”

Well, there is a similar situation in our field.

Supply Excellence was always one of my favorite blogs from a few years ago. Penned by Tim Minahan, then of Procuri, Supply Excellence always featured easy-and-fun-to-read, insightful, and witty commentary on current issues in the profession.

Then Ariba bought Procuri.

The once daily blog posts came to a near standstill. Eventually, the blogging picked up, but rather than by Minahan, it was done by Ariba’s category specialists. And they announced a blog editor – eeewwww, how corporate!

I admit it. I was ready to stick the proverbial fork in Supply Excellence.

But steadily, the blogging got more frequent. And better. Now, today, Supply Excellence has re-emerged as one of the best purchasing blogs out there.

Most of the posts are written by category experts and offer great category-specific advice. And Mr. Minahan even posts from time to time, giving us fans a welcome dose of his expertise and wit.

Believe it. Supply Excellence is back.

And they have a hit record in my book.

To Your Career,
Charles Dominick, SPSM
President & Chief Procurement Officer
Next Level Purchasing, Inc.
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Charles Dominick, SPSM, SPSM2, SPSM3

Charles Dominick, SPSM, SPSM2, SPSM3 is an internationally-recognized business expert, legendary procurement thought leader, award-winning entrepreneur, and provocative blogger. Charles founded the Next Level Purchasing Association in 2000, oversaw its incredible growth, and successfully led the organization to its acquisition by the Certitrek Group in 2016. He continues to blog and provide advisory services for the NLPA on a part-time basis as he incubates his upcoming business innovations. Charles is also the co-author of the wildly popular, groundbreaking book, "The Procurement Game Plan: Winning Strategies & Techniques For Supply Management Professionals."

Comments

Charles Dominick, SPSM

July 11, 2008 at 5:22 pm

Thanks for stopping by, Tim.

Supply Excellence was good then, it’s good now, and I know I’m not the only one rooting for it to continue its high quality content sharing well into the future.

Tim Minahan

July 11, 2008 at 5:07 pm

Chas:

I appreciate the reference and the analogy. Coming Aerosmith’s hometown of Boston, the band never went out of style. (In fact, the escapades of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry were always top of the city gossip. I even ran into to them upon occassion doing “normal” stuff like shopping with their kids or grabbing a burger.)

And, as when Aerosmith returned to the scene — thanks to the Walk-this-Way collaboration with Run DMC — they were better and wiser than in their earlier days. I personally feel the Supply Excellence content is much better and more insightful than was I was a solo act. (Not to mention more frequent.)

I know I read it every day. 😉

Thanks for the mention.

Tim

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