One year ago today, I brought you The Wit and Wisdom of the SpendFool, culled from all of the foolish comments I could find over on SpendMatters. The SpendFool was also kind enough to leave some very juicy tidbits again this year, but in case you missed them, here are the highlights.The WitFrom Risk [...]
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Pinky and the Brain They’re Pinky and the Brain Yes, Pinky and the Brain One is a genius, the other is insane They’re advertising guys Their mind is on the prize They’re dinky They’re Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, BrainBefore each night is done Their plan will be unfurled [...]
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Last month, the Supply Chain Management Review published The Sustainable Supply Chain by Daniel Mahler that was based upon a joint study to assess corporate sustainability practices by A.T. Kearney and the Institute for Supply Management. The study found that sustainability efforts have started in a number of firms, and that it appears [...]
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Fortune recently posted their 101 Dumbest Moments in Business for 2007. I found the following five supply-chain related moments to be quite humorous.Free Virus for All! A Belgian IT security consultant, testing Google’s ability to block harmful advertising, posts an add that reads “Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!” Google accepts [...]
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Over on SpendMatters, Jason Busch is doing a Casey Kasem-like countdown of his favorite posts of the year. (That is, if Mr. Kasem wrote and recorded his own songs.) The multi-part series is a not so subtle reminder of the great service Jason is doing for the supply management sector.
In the spirit of plagiarism being [...]
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CPO Agenda recently ran an interesting article in their Winter edition called The Amazon Effect which, although it asked a good question, did not, in my opinion, give a full answer. It also got one of its facts wrong! Coupa, and not Ketera, was actually the first company to actively promote the user-friendliness angle [...]
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Recently, Supply and Demand Executive published an article called The Three Things You Need to Get Right in Your Extended Value Chain by Steve Mehltretter and Vadim Kapsutin which suggested that there are only three critical operational resources that businesses need to balance and get “right” in order to succeed: capacity [...]
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Earlier this year, I noted China’s plan to embrace sustainable business practices. A recent Wall Street Journal article shows signs that country leadership is making good on its green promise.
Under new anti-pollution rules, China’s Ministry of Commerce threatened to shut down polluters for a period of one to three years, depending upon the severity of [...]
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I took a trip in the way back machine and reviewed some of my favorite posts of 2007, which I have neatly repackaged in concentrate form here, its a mixture of good strong best practices and interesting topics:
Hello World! Announcing eSourcingWiki!
Two stage reverse auctions
We are very, very special
Issues in eSourcing: Adoption and Penetration
The 7Cs Cheat [...]
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To the Tune of “Christmas Rappin’” by Kurtis BlowDon’t you get me all that JIVE about code you used before I’s alive, Cause this ain’t 1965 – ain’t even 1999! Now I’m the guy named Lamoureux and Spend is one thing that I know. So every year, just about this time, I celebrate it with [...]
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