An Update on Fine Tune’s Sustainable Promise
Sustainability and circularity as they relate to procurement and the consumption of goods and services has, for urgent reasons, emerged as an increasingly critical issue facing corporations. At Fine Tune, […]
Expert Q&A: Dr. Elouise Epstein, Partner, Kearney
We recently sat down with Dr. Elouise Epstein to chat about the future of procurement, newly available technologies disrupting the market, and the need to drive value creation. Q: You’ve been […]
Expert Q&A: Jill Robbins, President, Business Fierce
We recently had the pleasure of collaborating with Jill Robbins, President of Business Fierce, on an internal Fine Tune project. As a result, we chatted how Procurement professionals can become […]
The Revolving Door of Corporate Procurement & Resulting Bottom-Line Vulnerabilities: Part III
As detailed in the previous installment of this series, a marathon sales process, which saw four changes to our category contact over a 39-month period, had finally resulted in a […]
The Revolving Door of Corporate Procurement & Resulting Bottom-Line Vulnerabilities: Part II
In the first installment of this series, The Revolving Door of Corporate Procurement & Resulting Bottom-Line Vulnerabilities: Part I, I introduced a few anecdotes highlighting the perpetual and inevitable nature […]
Gain By “Reducing”
No one is exactly sure who coined the phrase, but somewhere in the early to mid-‘70s the slogan “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” became a rallying cry behind conservation initiatives. Nearly 50 […]
The Revolving Door of Corporate Procurement & Resulting Bottom-Line Vulnerabilities: Part I
We founded Fine Tune in a basement in Bloomington, IN in 2002. On June 30th, we’ll have our first 15-year client, a global industrial/chemical conglomerate. As we closed in on […]
Procurement Incentive Plan Flaws: Part 3
In the first two installments of this series, we’ve identified that corporate procurement incentive plans frequently fail to promote optimal bottom-line results (Procurement Incentive Plan Flaws: Part 1) and that […]