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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Chief Procurement Officers are being asked to deliver even more. Organizations are seeking procurement-based savings to offset some of the impact caused by an economic slowdown. At the same time, globalization, decentralization, and merger and acquisition activity have made it more difficult to implement best practice standards and create a common information infrastructure […]
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After completing my whirlwind tours of Boston and North Dallas (more to come), I started my virtual whirlwind tour of Atlanta (since I couldn’t find three consecutive dates that coincided with the availability of everyone I wanted to meet with), and the first call on that tour was Mitch Free of MFG.com. […]
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Back in the go-go days at the turn of the millenium, digital marketplaces were taking the world by storm. Everywhere you looked, industry groups were creating business-to-business marketplaces. Sales at Commerce One and similar software companies were exploding by selling to digital marketplaces and exchanges. Millions of dollars in revenue were anticipated […]
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