Earlier in the week Dave Stephens commented that he hopes to prove Debbie Wilson wrong that most bloggers are a transient bunch through his own work at Procurement Central. Personally, Dave has already convinced me that his blog will live on, despite his new venture. But in her post on the subject, I think Debbie [...]
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I liked the recent article on SupplyManagement.com entitled What’s the Big deal? that quoted Professor John Bessant who stated “Purchasing has an essential role to play in triggering innovation” because that’s precisely what I believe. After all, I did start the blog Sourcing Innovation and the companion resource site SourcingInnovation.com.
Today, the companies that [...]
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Yesterday, I got a couple of emails from readers voicing both agreement and disagreement with my criticism of Rearden Commerce?s marketing. Usually, I would not get into marketing matters on Spend Matters, but in the case of Rearden, I believe so strongly in their potential, that I do not want to see any execution issues [...]
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Global Services, a CMP publication, recently featured a good survey article on procurement BPO (or managed procurement services, as some call it). You can check it out by clicking here. One of the graphs in the piece shows that procurement BPO satisfaction lags other outsourcing areas, but I’d argue that the sample size is probably [...]
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Since Doug Smock has joined as a Supply Excellence contributor, I have gone back and re-read my now dog eared copy of his book, Straight to the Bottom Line. It contains extremely insightful strategies for measuring supply management performance, quantifying the financial impact of supply improvements, and securing support and alignment from C-level executives for [...]
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Last month, the ISM awarded a number of individuals and organizations the R. Gene Richter Award for Leadership and Innovation in Supply Management. The recipients were primarily organizations that had demonstrated massive improvements in their sourcing and procurement functions which came about through concentrated improvement efforts. These improvements were the direct result of [...]
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I just heard from Jamie Bedard, Aberdeen’s CEO, late this afternoon that his firm has hired Andrew Bartolini, formerly of Ariba, to bulk of their supply management research team. Andrew will focus on sourcing, eProcurement, spend analysis and indirect category spend as his coverage areas. Look for additional analysis of this hire in the coming [...]
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I think that it’s incredible cool that Iasta has chosen to publish thought leadership via RSS on their blog rather than just in traditional formats like whitepapers. In their first week of pushing out this extra content, their new weekend series hit the mark for its deep-dive detail and analysis of the On-Demand market. [...]
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As a bit of an A&D buff, I often find myself trolling for news on the sector, especially as it relates to procurement and supply chain topics. I recently caught this interview with Boeing’s President and CEO, James McNearney, on Flight International’s site. In the discussion, McNerney is asked about his view on lean [...]
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Straight to the Bottomline co-author Doug Smock’s recent post on product costing has drawn a lot of attention and comments. I have elected to reprint those of Jessica Dunlop, head of ITT Industries’ e-sourcing program. As noted in previous posts, reverse auctions are a key tool in ITT’s sourcing tookit. Here Jessica offers an alternative view on how reverse auctions are [...]
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