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egrahambarter
May 18, 20213 min read
What's In Your Inflationary Pricing?
Raw material prices aren’t the only growth in an inflationary price increase – margins are inflating too Post-pandemic inflation has...
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egrahambarter
Mar 23, 20213 min read
How to Determine Whether Your Purchasing Strategy Is Working For You: Direct or GPO?
Procurement is the backbone of a mining operation and whether it happens in a large department committed to sourcing around the clock, or...
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egrahambarter
Mar 5, 20212 min read
The Next Supercycle Means Supply Constraints In Mining Regions
A scan of recent economic headlines points to a frenzy around the word supercycle. Though industry watchers are dissecting and debating...
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egrahambarter
Feb 10, 20212 min read
Procurement Takes Centre Stage – From Crisis To Innovation
Procurement in 2020 wasn't for the faint of heart. Observing procurement from the outside in became a public past-time through the...
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egrahambarter
Jan 20, 20213 min read
Bracing for Inflation; 2021 Is a Year to Keep a Lid on Costs
If volatility was the theme of 2020, inflation will likely be the watchword for miners in 2021. As a K shaped economic recovery unfolds,...
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egrahambarter
Jan 4, 20212 min read
Intelligent Procurement for Mid-Miners Includes Efficiencies Brought by a GPO
It was true before COVID turned the economy upside down and it will be true after the pandemic is over; the mining sector is in a period...
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egrahambarter
Dec 11, 20205 min read
Charting a New Normal - Uncertainty and Conflicting Signals in the Mining Sector
Miners adapt to continue operations on shaky ground and look for signals going forward It has been a long ten months in the mining...
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egrahambarter
Nov 23, 20201 min read
A supplier's eye-view to working with Tamarack Mining Services - a new mining industry GPO
The client-customer relationship is the foundation of a successful business. When the materials being bought and sold are part of the...
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egrahambarter
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Tamarack Mining Services in the Northern Ontario mining sector
Tamarack is thrilled to be working in Northern Ontario - serving miners and suppliers by delivering significant procurement savings...
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egrahambarter
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Tamarack Mining Services - Launching Group Savings in the Mining Sector
Tamarack is very pleased to work with great partners - members and suppliers - in the mining industry. Together we will deliver cost...
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egrahambarter
Oct 30, 20203 min read
What is a GPO and how does Tamarack create value in the mining industry?
What is a GPO? All buyers know that purchasing big volumes yields big discounts, and that big operators are benefitting from savings not...
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