Sourcing Innovation
Gartner recently named Source One’s free WhyAbe.com platform as a Cool Vendor in Procurement and Finance for 2008. This is a big score for the sourcing and contract management toolset, when you consider that not many sourcing providers get this recognition from Gartner and that previous winners have included FreeFlow, Vinimaya, and BIQ - [...]
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Having trouble getting approval for that brand new e-Sourcing system you want to buy? Even though you know the return is there, if your CFO has not yet seen the light, then you’ll need to start small and get some quick wins. How do you do that? Eric Strovink of BIQ has [...]
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Are we in a recession? Unknown. However, you do know whether or not you believe we are in one, and if you do believe we are in one, you’re likely to go overboard on belt-tightening and cost-cutting. That’s why I want to point out a great article that appeared on Business Week last [...]
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I’m reminding you of this because it appears that there are still some vendors out there that would have you believe it’s e-Sourcing or e-Procurement, or some fractured combination of both - because that’s what they have and they want all of your business.e-Procurement and e-Sourcing are not the same thing. They’re too halves [...]
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Yesterday’s post discussed Measuring the Black Box, a recent article in Chief Executive that made some very good points about innovation metrics. In particular, we discussed the major measurement traps that a company needs to watch out for and indicated that many of the metrics suggested by the author in the input, process, and [...]
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Chief Executive recently posted an article on Measuring the Black Box that had some decent advice on the design and implementation of innovation metrics, especially considering the intended audience. In the article, the author noted that the challenge for companies seeking to improve their ability to create growth through innovation is that the [...]
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In Part I of our review of Succeeding in a Dynamic World: Supply Management in the Decade Ahead, we overviewed the various external forces that will impact a company’s supply chain. In Parts II and III we took deep dives into the eight major forces that were identified specifically by supply managers who took [...]
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In Part I of our review of Succeeding in a Dynamic World: Supply Management in the Decade Ahead, we overviewed the various external forces that will impact a company’s supply chain. In Parts II and III we took deep dives into the eight major forces that were identified specifically by supply managers who took [...]
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In Part I of our review of Succeeding in a Dynamic World: Supply Management in the Decade Ahead, we overviewed the various external forces that will impact a company’s supply chain as identified by CAPs, AT Kearney, and the survey respondents. We then concluded with the eight major forces that were identified specifically by [...]
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In Part I of our review of Succeeding in a Dynamic World: Supply Management in the Decade Ahead, we overviewed the various external forces that will impact a company’s supply chain as identified by CAPS, AT Kearney, and the survey respondents. We then concluded with the eight major forces that were identified specifically by [...]
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