My Points: Track your balances for 100�s of loyalty programs all in one spot, and grow your balances by trading, exchanging and buying the points and miles you need. Reward yourself by redeeming at all the top retailers!
Just signed up for an interesting Website that not only tracks your reward points and programs but also allows you to trade or exchange points among programs.
I don't see the great appeal of the "trade" as you also have to pay a transfer fee.
However, I was able to exchange some basically useless Amtrak rewards points that I last earned in 2009 for Best Buy rewards points which I can redeem for reward certificates.
Unfortunately, not a ton of programs allow you to exchange points.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
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Friday, January 11, 2013
The Challenge of Legal Sourcing
The Challenge of Legal Sourcing
I used to work in the Procurement group of a Fortune 500 Technology company in Massachusetts. Unlinke many procurement groups, we reported directly to the CFO.
One challenge we found was that many groups had a "free pass" when it comes to sourcing many strategic categories, such as Marketing, Sales and Engineering. Many of these folks could purchase anything they wanted from any vendor they wanted. The reason being is that these groups had a lot of "pull" with top management.
One group that has such pull in many companies is Legal. An many (most?) big companies, Legal is not a category that is touched or influenced by the procurement group.
A few smart folks have seemed to unlocked the secret of Legal Procurement, most prominent among them Argopoint a Boston-based consultancy focused on Legal Sourcing at Fortune 500 groups. (Disclaimer: a good friend works there).
Here is a very good overview for those organizations who are thinking of making a move to address some of
their out-of-control legal spending:
"Legal Sourcing Steps into the Spotlight"
By Jason Winmill and Celia Parsons.
Inside Supply Management Magazine Volume 23, No. 9; pgs. 28-31. - Nov. 15, 2012
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Dirty Water Blog - Version 2.0
This was my original blog that I somehow stopped updating when Google bought Blogger.
Not sure why I stopped on this particular one, I think it had to do with the fact that the system forced me to pick one user name across all blogs.
Anyway, here is the link to the new one:
Dirtywaterblog.blogspot.com
Not sure why I stopped on this particular one, I think it had to do with the fact that the system forced me to pick one user name across all blogs.
Anyway, here is the link to the new one:
Dirtywaterblog.blogspot.com
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