Hello HARDI members. I hope all of you are enjoying the remaining weeks of summer. Isn’t it unbelievable how quickly the time flew by? Personally, I have had a summer full of great discussions, feedback and memories with my HARDI family. The year has been so outstanding thus far that I am even more determined to make the remainder of the year extra beneficial and valuable to our members. HARDI has put forth a lot of hard work to keep you engaged in the rest of the events planned this year. I look forward to hearing how all of you enjoy them.
Just around the corner is the Purchasing Optimization Conference Sept. 14-16 in Newport, Rhode Island. Speakers Robert Benedict, Karl Manrodt, Soheila R. Lunney and Jason Bader will strengthen members’ purchasing skills by improving their negotiation tactics, use of performance measurement tools, inventory management and development of supplier scorecards. I look forward to meeting with all of you once again and learning how all of you will use the content from this conference to increase purchasing effectiveness at your respective companies.