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For those of you who haven’t noticed, Jason Busch over on Spend Matters has found a new cause - Anti-Dumping Fever. (Much better than the China Fever he had last summer and fall.) And I have to agree with him this time … but what’s really peaked my attention is how fast the [...]
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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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On the first day of X-Emplification my blogger gave to me Notes on Some Bartering ToolsOn the second day of X-Emplification my blogger gave to me Some Spending Rules and Notes on Some Bartering ToolsOn the third day of X-Emplification my blogger gave to me Optimized Buys Some Spending Rules and Notes on Some Bartering [...]
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To the tune of Closing Time by Semisonic.Buying time - time for you to go out, go out and meet the dayBuying time - turn the lights on your suppliers near and far awayBuying time - one month left on the contract, so finish your auction or quoteBuying time - you don’t have to decide [...]
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Ever since Coupa shook the e-Procurement world to its foundations by announcing the first transparent pricing model for its hosted enterprise open-source e-Procurement solution, Coupa has been getting a lot of press (which, of course, started right here on Sourcing Innovation). To date, their latest release has been covered by Software CEO, Supply & [...]
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To the tune of “When I Was Your Age” by Weird Al Yankovic parodied by Gruff Purchaser Let me tell you sonny… let me set you straight You kids today ain’t never had it rough Always had everything handed to you on a silver plate You lazy brats think nothing’s good enough Well, [...]
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To the tune of Mark & Bob Mothersbaugh’s “American Dad” TV theme. I’m Sorry USA,I have to tell you that it’s now a sad and miser’ble dayThe sun in the sky has a frown on his face and Stephen Colbert’s out of the presidential race!Oh boy, it’s sad to say: “I’m sorry [...]
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To the tune of “UHF” by Weird Al Yankovic. Put down your old-school textbook Throw out your online Guide Put away your jacket There’s no need to go outside Don’t you know that we control the horizontal We control the verticle, too We gonna make a sourcing leader out of you That’s what [...]
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