Okay, per my previous post I dug up the data. And I do mean dug, thank you Edgar (SEC website containing archives of 10-Q’s, etc).
To remind you, my friend had asked me to revisit my analysis of Oracle vs. SAP. This time, he asked I include Siebel and Peoplesoft (pre-acquisition), and model how the combined [...]
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Today we are happy to bring you some very thoughtful comments from Kevin Brooks at Apexon, a leading vendor in this section of supply management. Kevin’s background is originally with Ariba and now heads up marketing for Apexon in San Jose.
Anyone with even a passing interest in supply chain issues will tell you that [...]
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Last week I revealed recommendations for evaluating contract management solutions. I also directed Supply Execellence readers to a new industry initiative to deliver a request for proposal (RFP) template  that builds on best practices for contract management solution selection and that can serve as a foundation for such evaluations.
This post spurred inquiries for assistance in evaluating [...]
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We had some friends over for dinner Saturday, and it was the first time I was embarrassed to have my blog entries quoted back to me. It’s definitely a weird experience to throw your opinions out here on these pages & then have your network of friends and acquaintances so “dialed in” to your latest [...]
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Friday we introduced you to supplier performance management and yesterday we discussed some of the challenges in developing and implementing a supplier management program. Today we will discuss some best practices and steps to success.
Many of the eight best practices that we discuss below grow out of the C5 (connect, [...]
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Dave Stephens, author of Procurement Central, isn’t the only blogger who likes to muse about Procurement’s “Long Tail”. As you may recall, Doug Hudgeon of Vendor Management prognosticated on the issue in Are your vendors the Spice Girls or Arcadia? and I wrote about some of my own musings last month in my post Build [...]
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Back in May, Jaume Ferrer and Johan Karlberg of Accenture published Supply Chain Management: How to Build a Successful Global Operations Model in the Accenture Outlook Journal where they noted that despite the facts that 93% of respondents to a recent survey reported global operations to be a central component to their business strategy and [...]
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As pointed out in e-Sourcing Forum’s post on Green Suppliers back in May, Interface Inc., the world’s largest carpet manufacturer, was able to save $260m from waste reduction initiatives, as pointed out in this Purchasing Magazine article. But the story continues.
As pointed out by Lindsey Parnell, the CEO and President of Interface Europe, in [...]
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Yesterday we introduced you to supplier performance management, a methodology for reducing supply risk, driving continuous cost reductions and performance improvements, and accelerating savings. Proactive supplier performance management programs can improve service levels by 10 to 30%, improve invoice accuracy by 10 to 20%, and reduce inventory levels while increasing on-shelf availability. [...]
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For the last six weeks, I have been exploring problem solving methodologies you could use to help you with your sourcing problems. At a later date, I’m most likely going to take up six sigma and lean, but today I’m going to rant.
There’s no such thing as a Spend Intelligence Solution!
And before you [...]
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