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What is wrong with GSA? It is much more than what happened in Las Vegas
So we now know that happened at the GSA conference in Las Vegas. The press has thoroughly covered the conference and the unnecessary expense of over $800,000. But what is missed are the true problems...
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A Conversation with Calyptus Consulting’s George Harris
The Calyptus Consulting team has been deployed far and wide over the past several months, during which time new members have joined the Calyptus team. So when we recently had a chance to sit down as...
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Procurement and Other Issues in Public Housing
Calyptus Consulting, in the course of our public sector / private sector procurement work with transit agencies and public housing authorities, has had an opportunity to closely examine some of the...
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Moving production back
The article in the April 21st edition of the Economist indicated the underlying costs for an Apple iPad. In studying this information, I continue to be amazed about a point that many miss: that...
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Does Delta know more than the oil specialists?
By acquiring the oil refining facility from ConocoPhillips, Delta is replacing its fuel hedging strategy with backward integration but at the same time entering a particularly challenging market. The...
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DMAIC and Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives
ASQ’s Quality Progress magazine for May 2012 features an article titled “On the right course” which discusses the use of DMAIC road-map for implementing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)...
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New Old Challenges for Transit Agencies
Metro Magazine’s annual Bus Maintenance Survey published in the Metro Magazine, May 2012 edition indicates parts availability and obsolescence to be the number one concern for maintenance personnel in...
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Spotlight on Sustainable Sourcing
As summer returns to New England, Calyptus is devoting the month of June to focusing on a frequent topic of discussion in the procurement community – sustainable sourcing. Given the range of...
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Intel – Sustainability Inside
In follow-up to the last post in our sustainable sourcing blog series, this week we turn our focus from shoes to semiconductors. Like the footwear industry, electronics manufacturers source product...
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Productivity: A lost science
There has been lots of press coverage and professional journal coverage of operational excellence, cost structure, organization, logistics and supply chain management over the last 5-7 years. What has...
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