Sometimes I need to take a minute to realize that the whole world does not already just “get it”, when it comes to the SaaS model. Although we have built our tools in the on-demand framework from the beginning, there are still many that are only now coming to the realization that the application [...]
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Sustainability was a key theme of Procuri Empower 2007. Keynote speakers from Salesforce.com to Kellogg’s shared how their companies have turned environmentally and socially responsible business and supply practices into cost savings, competitive advantage, and profits. While their approaches to sustainability differ, all presenters agreed that any company can make great strides towards sustainability by [...]
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No, this isn’t the 12 Steps to Serenity in a different guise, and I certainly will not be asking you to accept God as your personal savior, which I consider to be a downfall of many such programs as you cannot accept that which is against your fundamental religious beliefs, which are different for every [...]
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Not that long ago, I happened to notice the title of a SupplyManagement.com blog entry … that asked a really pointless question … specifically What is the most common name in procurement? Then it started with: while reporting on the profession we have been struck by the number of procurement professionals with the same first [...]
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Pre-script: This post deals with the sustainability issue most important to me – me! As time goes on, not only do I continue to spend a significant amount of time having what seems to be the same one-sided conversation explaining what I do, what I don’t do, and why I do, and do [...]
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First of all, here are the posts to date. The Future of eSourcing – Less is More Alan Buxton The Future of Sourcing: Results-Based Process Specialization Charles Dominick Sourcing Innovation Series [...]
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Please don’t misconstrue last week’s news of alleged corruption and graft in Defense Department purchasing in Iraq. A few bad apples should not spoil the years of red-tape cutting and purchasing efficiencies (and just downright effectiveness) that the DoD has achieved.
I was fortunate enough to witness the initial wave of governmental initiatives to streamline and [...]
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Boston Consulting Group, a highly respected consultancy, has released a new publication named Sourcing From China – Lessons from the Learners. It is another one of these reports that I have come across recently which is a digestible size and easily read. I recommend downloading and saving, if your organization does any offshoring [...]
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As those who have been paying attention will know, I was at the 5th International Symposium on Supply Chain Management last week in Toronto. This conference simultaneously had one of the better keynotes I’ve heard in a long time and what is definitely the worst keynote I’ve ever attended. Before I cover the content of [...]
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If you are a small business (as defined by Aberdeen as sub $1b in revenue), then you are probably getting tired of being classified as a Laggard in every study that comes out. I came across a nice short brief by Aberdeen which packages up the details of the smaller enterprises very well. [...]
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