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BOOKS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T19:03:52+00:00Dear Friends, available on Amazon you can find the VOLUME I and VOLUME II of my book “Logistics Planning for Exploratory Well Projects in Remote Locations”. Volume I provides a comprehensive description of the conceptual basis for project management based on PMBOK® Philosophy (Project Management Institute...

Exploratory Well Logistics and Project Management

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T19:00:26+00:00The need for petroleum-based energy self-sufficiency has led nations to continuously seek new discoveries and maximize hydrocarbon extraction, either on the basis of achieving optimization and technological improvements in exploration and production processes, or by expanding exploratory horizons to search for hydrocarbons. The 1950s marked an...

Sourcing Strategies & Procurement Processes

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T18:55:20+00:00No hace mucho, la función de compras se consideraba un trabajo de oficina, monótono, burocrático, pasivo y más bien administrativo. Los gerentes de compras eran los chivos expiatorios, cuyo único objetivo era abastecer la planta y evitar la rotura de stock. Hoy en día, la situación...

The 7 Steps of a Strategic Procurement Process

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T18:51:13+00:00The procurement process can be complicated one. Strategic procurement is an organization-wide process. It requires input from all departments and functional areas for an organization. Organizations should set up a strategic procurement team. This team sets the overall direction for procurement, aligned with the business...

DHS Provides Flexibility in Completing Form I-9 and Responding to Form I-9 Audits Due to COVID-19

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T18:46:49+00:00DHS Provides Flexibility in Completing Form I-9 and Responding to Form I-9 Audits Due to COVID-19   On March 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that documents presented by employees in connection with the Form I-9 can be reviewed remotely (e.g. via video...

APICS Houston President Message – Supply Chain Risks & the Failure to Plan for the Unexpected

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T18:42:17+00:00Dear Fellow APICS Houston Members, Recent years have seen a substantial increase in digital transformations and artificial intelligence (AI). As supply chain capabilities evolve with emerging technologies, companies operate as integrated end-to-end business model – as a result, the game to manage risk has changed, from...

Pareto Principle and Bundle Services Discount Strategy

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T18:39:15+00:00Pareto Principle or Pareto Law is a useful tool to help you prioritize and manage the work in your business, among other applications and disciplines. The pareto principle has become a popular business maxim that is based on the prediction that 80% of effects come...

PUBLISHED BOOKS

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T18:38:55+00:00Dear Friends, now available on Amazon the VOLUME I and VOLUME II of my book “Logistics Planning for Exploratory Well Projects in Remote Locations”. After covering the first portion of this study, the first book (Volume I), which provides a comprehensive description of the conceptual basis...

My New Book

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T16:46:13+00:00Dear Friends, now available on Amazon the VOLUME II of my book “Logistics Planning for Exploratory Well Projects in Remote Locations”, in two presentations: e-Book and Paperback. After covering the first portion of this study, the first book titled “Logistics Planning for Exploratory Well Projects in...

Bundle Service Discounts Strategy

Javier Zambrano Cardozo2025-08-12T16:20:19+00:00First of all, let’s start by explaining what does this commercial strategy mean. Bundling is a marketing tactic that involves offering two or more goods or services as a package deal (consolidation of requirements) for a discounted price, which is negotiated and mutually agreed between...