The classic stereotypes of slim suave beret-adorned Pierre, arrogant in his self-conceit, doing his best to charm every vixen who passes his gaze; or of snooty waiter Michelle, head high to the sky, gaze anywhere but on his customer, and disdain dripping with every syllable he mutters; or of distant temptress Marie, with ruby red […]
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Dave Stephens was the first of the well-known sourcing samurai to enter the ring this week with his post The Three C’s - Cost, Complexity, and Compartmentalization. Makes one even more anxious to see what the other regulars, or should I say irregulars, of the sourcing space have to offer. Guess I’ll have […]
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Man, I’m tired about writing of software vendor comings, goings and happenings. But it’s that time of year, so even though I’d much rather hurl forth on trade, economics, and other related aspects of procurement, I feel an obligation to the sector to cover the latest on the software front, especially considering that the industry […]
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When the dumb tech masses — myself very much included — will buy a company’s products without doing sufficient due diligence, what incentive does any organization have to get things right? This appears to be the case with Microsoft, which reported booming profits last quarter. According to the The Times Online, “Sales of Windows Vista, […]
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After a lightning brigade tour of some of London’s most popular tourist traps (the London Eye, the London Tower, Harrods, various pubs), I had the honor of kicking off the second-annual Supply Management 2.0 Forum series at the swank Millennium Gloucester hotel.
The stars of the show included an encore performance of ITT Industries’ e-sourcing program […]
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Ammiel was kind enough to respond to my comment and provide more information about their overall solution offering over on SpendMatters. However, given that I copied my comments here and that this is very good information for a prospective buyer, the comment deserves to be repeated.
Regarding in-depth briefings to “affiliated” bloggers — IMHO it […]
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At Sapphire, SAP announced it would offer two different sourcing products: SRM sourcing (which is part of the SRM 6.0 / 2007 release) and E-Sourcing. The later is available in both an On Demand subscription-based model as well as behind-the-firewall software — although with some limitations, as the legacy Frictionless architecture can only support certain […]
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Just as the Discovery Channel pioneered “Shark Week”, Jason blazed a trail on ERP week from SAP Sapphire, last week. His posts have been educated and informative about the direction of the industry. I raised a very skeptical eyebrow on his first post about 3 sourcing events for under $10k, but he clarified […]
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As usual, a day late and a penny short due to the overwhelming interest in my new startup Coupa, I’m pleased to bring you my vieww on what the “Top 3″ issues are holding purchasing departments back.
First, some housekeeping. Michael L. of Sourcing Innovation came up with the idea for this series. Imho, he provides […]
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Since the blog software trashed my formatting, here are my responses to Emptoris’ Setting the Record Straight.
Response, Part I
(1) They should read the post again.
(a) I said MindFlow was in many ways far superior, that MindFlow had a better sourcing model, and that it contained many elements that should have […]
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