In his series of posts on The Spend Management Talent Game (Part I , Part II, and Part III) over on Spend Matters, Jason Busch discussed some of the issues that affect an organizations suffering from a talent shortage and offered some advice for identifying talent.
Organizations that lack the necessary talent to compete at [...]
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Supplier performance management has been the elusive brass ring of the supply management discipline. Long recognized as vital to supply management success, a consistent and efficient method to measure and manage supplier performance can help companies focus resources, identify performance glitches, develop strategies for supply chain improvements, and determine the total cost of ownership (TCO) [...]
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Like any application that is implemented into an existing process, there are ways to “grease the wheels†and propel a better ROI. With an e-Sourcing app, this is just as critical to build momentum. So, how do you get this needed boost? I am glad you asked:
Executive endorsement: This is extremely [...]
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This summer, one of my weekend series over on eSourcing Forum focused on Procurement Outsourcing. This series discussed some basic reasons for outsourcing, discussed the different levels, gave you some high level direction into what you should outsource, some tips for identifying a good Procurement Services Provider (PSP), some suggestions for tackling the SLA (Service [...]
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You have to tip your “Red Hat” to Larry Ellison. After building a world class support organization, he’s now countered Red Hat’s assault into Oracle’s tools business by unveiling discounted support for linux.
Enterprise customers have to be happy. After all, this is about lower prices for enterprise support their servers. And Red Hat, as a [...]
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Nothing new to say – here’s their press release. Please refer to my previous post on last quarter’s numbers as it applies equally “well” to the current quarter.
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Though I’ve only been to the world’s oldest continent, Australia, once, I loved it. I stayed in and around Sydney. Which, come to think of it, is like saying you love the US because you visited New York. But indulge me.
I remember as I was leaving, a local gave me some great insight by predicting [...]
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I once wrote that “strategic sourcing provides the greatest and most direct lever for controlling costs and managing performance across the supply chain.” While not profound, this statement was somewhat controversial when I made it. At the time, the world’s largest enterprises were rushing to automate their requisitioning proceses in the hopes of driving down [...]
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Another great article in the current Frasers/PMACNewsLetter this month is Paul Inglis’ article Supply management takes on the value creation challenge.
According to the article, cutting costs and improving quality is no longer enough (echoing the fact that good sourcing goes beyond simple cost cutting, as discussed in Dr. Lamoureux’s recent post It Only Starts with [...]
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I am always on the prowl for good conferences because, frankly, I see so few that are worth the money for both exhibitors and attendees to justify the value. I came across this one last week which was highlighted in European Leaders in Procurement. In the US, the annual Institute of Supply Management [...]
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