Month: December 2020

Spend and Rebate Forecasting

Author: Brad Vickery

The new Spend and Rebate Forecasting process implemented this year is in its final quarter of review and input by our Plant Forecasters.  This estimated supplier spend for Q4 will be used to calculate the year-end rebate amounts by supplier and member.  Looking back, I was cautiously optimistic as DevonWay was developing the software system...

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Executive Spotlight – December 2020

Author: Brad Vickery

Remember the Material Cost Reduction (MCR) project?  Well I am happy to report MCR is alive and well at our member stations.  I remember a face-to-face meeting in year one of the project back in 2017 and Tim Rausch, Susquehanna CNO and USA BOD chairman, asked me how we are planning to institutionalize the tools...

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