I recently came across a discussion with IDC?s Simon Ellis over on Supply Chain Digest that offers up a perspective on how companies should think about global sourcing in the context of the post low-cost-country sourcing (LCCS) world. Simon?s take is…
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I decided to enter a 10K race last weekend. It was a distance that I?ve not run in at least five years. Even though I consider myself in fairly good shape and jog short distances a number of times per week, the predictable happened. After completing …
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I recently laid out my thoughts how Web 3.0 will change sourcing and procurement by increasing the volume of information about buyers and suppliers. B the time that evolution occurs, the internet itself will be massive. Actually…what am I saying…it already is massive and that’s why everyone relies so heavily on Google to index everything.
But […]
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Companies with any supply interests — or potential supply interests — in Central or South America would do well to take the information in this post, along with the articles referenced, to heart. As anyone who has been following the major political…
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This is part three of a three-part series.Two days ago, we overviewed the key points that Jason “The Prophet” Bush, the Spend Master of Spend Matters, is making in his annual soapbox road tour, including his five — new and improved — predictions for the procurement world of tomorrow. Yesterday we discussed what it […]
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Earlier this morning, Ariba announced that it had prevailed in its patent suit against Emptoris. According to Ariba?s press release on the subject, “Yesterday, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas returned a verdict tha…
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In Part 1 of this post, I provide some basic details on the AECSoft solution set as well as offering up a few thoughts on where I thought AECSoft had differentiated capabilities in the market. In today’s analysis, I’d like to continue to explore the …
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A member of the Buyer & Supplier Contracts Group on LinkedIn recently posted a very interesting question to the community:
In this Volatile market scenario is it ethical to renegotiate the existing contracts? Is this the only way to survive in the business?
In the current economic and credit climate, I’m sure a lot of companies are […]
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This is part two of a three-part series.Yesterday we covered the five — new and improved — predictions of Jason “The Prophet” Bush, the Spend Master of Spend Matters, that he has issued from high (on his soapbox) to the supply management community as part of his fall conference tour. These predictions were: […]
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Earlier today, Aravo announced its latest customer win, a supplier information management (SIM) deployment that spans ?500,000 Suppliers, Six Languages, [and] Ten Countries? at GE. According to the announcement, ?GE manages what is arguably one of th…
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