by Mary Ruth Williamson, CEO | Apr 29, 2026 | PE Procurement
Private equity value creation gets a lot of attention in the right places: revenue growth, pricing strategy, operational efficiency, working capital improvement. These are the levers that show up in every operating plan and every board deck. Procurement usually...
by Mary Ruth Williamson, CEO | Apr 24, 2026 | Direct Materials Sourcing, Featured, News
A real-time view of supply chain risk is no longer optional. Over the past two weeks, global supply chains have entered a more fragile and reactive state driven by geopolitical escalation risk, shifting freight dynamics, and tightening commodity signals. For...
by Mary Ruth Williamson, CEO | Apr 22, 2026 | Spend Analysis
Most manufacturing organizations don’t have a data problem. They have a structure problem. Purchasing transactions exist often in abundance, spread across multiple ERP systems, plants, and operational teams. The data is there. What’s missing is the...
by Mary Ruth Williamson, CEO | Apr 16, 2026 | Spend Analysis
Most manufacturers have a reasonable suspicion that savings exist somewhere in their procurement spend. The challenge is knowing where to look. Direct materials purchasing tends to evolve organically. Plants build supplier relationships independently. Sourcing...
by Mary Ruth Williamson, CEO | Apr 9, 2026 | Featured, Manufacturing Procurement, News
If last month’s takeaway was that industrial metals markets were tightening, this month’s signal is more urgent: The disruption has moved downstream, and it’s accelerating. What started as a geopolitical and energy story centered on the Strait of Hormuz is now showing...
