Marketplaces
Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies recently ran an article that asked if supplier portals were so great, then what went wrong? that had a really good history of supplier “portals” and some insights into the reasons why they may have failed. However, I have to question whether or not their statement that the [...]
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Knowledge @ Wharton China recently ran an interesting article that asked when are emerging markets no longer ‘emerging’?. According to the article, dozens of countries, many of which show signs of a strong and growing middle-class population, fall under the label even though they are evolving at their own pace and with their own [...]
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A couple of months ago, Knowledge @ Wharton China ran an article on how to retain talent in a fast-growing market like China that the doctor couldn’t resist skimming. It notes that protecting your workforce from competitors eager to recruit experienced staff is a challenge in fast-growing markets as well as stable markets (which [...]
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This series has been examining the joint study by the ISM, A.T. Kearney, and The Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies released late last year that addressed how a company might go about Succeeding in a Dynamic World. To date, it has reviewed the eight major forces identified by the report (part I and part [...]
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Little GPO, you’re really lookin’ fine Three staplers and a printer only $389! “GPO” by Dot and the ‘Riba BrothersIf this is all you’re looking for in a GPO, then you’re looking for the wrong thing. It’s not selection or price, it’s service. Furthermore, the fact of the [...]
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* Oh My God! Rolling on the floor laughing! “Distinguishing the Indistinguishable: Exploring Differences in Supply Chain Software Packages Using Centering Resonance Text Analysis” What the f*ck? You mean he’s serious? One of the presentations I just had to sit in on at the 5th Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management was [...]
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Not that long ago, Strategy+Business ran a very thought-provoking article entitled Big Impact in a Small Format that noted that small format retail stores are gaining popularity and traction in Europe and Latin America where the popularity of the big-box store may actually be on the decline. According to the article, smaller stores [...]
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Last week, Wired was on a Crowdsourcing kick that was pretty hard to miss if you were even a casual reader. Crowdsourcing, a topic I first tackled in Purchasing Innovation VI, then in Cambrian House: Crowdsourced Software, and more recently Democratizing Innovation Vs. Crowdsourcing is the process of delegating various tasks for which you [...]
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The Ariba - Orbian partnership is something I expected everyone and his dog would be picking up on and writing about, but with the exception of Mickey North Rizza’s (AMR) and Jason Busch’s (SpendMatters) analyses, I haven’t really found anything of note, which is surprising given the potential significance of the partnership (if Ariba pulls [...]
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Ashton Udall has a good discussion on why the Chinese are likely to copy your products and steal your Intellectual Property over on the Product Global blog (which was inspired by a posting on the DesignSojourn blog). The great thing about the post is he breaks it down into two major themes, each [...]
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