Procuring Insights Into China’s Supply Chain

　　A Korean Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) told me something at the Procurement Leader’s Forum in Singaporelast week that surprised me. I had presented the keynote speech that day to set the tone for the conference on investigating how the role of purchasing had to change within the context of a global economic slowdown and the dramatic changes happening in China’s economy and society.
　　
　　During t...