This post is a little lengthy, so it’s been broken down into Comedy and Community, which you can skip to if you’re short on time.Comedy Yakko Rapid Response Management. I don’t think we’d ever have thought of that at our old jobs! […]
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This post is a little lengthy, so it’s been broken into Kicking It and Kinaxis, which you can skip to if you’re short on time.Kicking It Wakko That hits the spot! Yakko I hope […]
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When we left off in our tale of the Sourcing Maniacs 2008 Vendor Tour, they had just finished meeting with the CEO of Iasta who told them all about bringing e-Sourcing to the mid-market masses and, in particular, the benefits of applying decision optimization and supplier relationship management to your sourcing process. We catch […]
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About the same time the maniacs were back in Massacheusetts, scarfing down Boston Cream Pies, I got a call from BizNet asking if I’d be interested in reviewing their SPM solution, which is one of the leading SRM solutions used in the Oil & Gas industry. My first thought was to send the maniacs, […]
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In our last installment of the 2008 Sourcing Maniacs Vendor Road Tour, the maniacs had just finished talking with a somewhat contemplative looking gentleman from GDM somewhere near Denver, Colorado. We rejoin them shortly after their conversation with the somewhat contemplative looking gentleman from GDM.Today’s post is a little lengthy, so it’s broken up […]
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When we concluded part VIII of the Sourcing Maniacs Vendor Road Tour, the Maniacs were in Chicago visiting FieldGlass, a provider of contingent workforce management and services procurement. We join them a few days (or so) later, somewhere in Colorado. (But you can skip the mischief and jump straight to the mining* if you […]
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In yesterday’s installment, we jumped ahead in our story and recounted the Maniacs’ failed attempt to infiltrate Empower and find out what Emptoris is really up to, whether or not they’re going to go public soon, and what their plans are in their quest to become the largest sourcing provider in the space. In […]
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At this point in the story, I ask the Sourcing Maniacs to jump ahead and discuss their expedition to Massachusetts for Empower and what they learned. This is a long post, since the maniacs love to go on and on and on at times, so I’ve broken it up into Preamble and Discussion. If […]
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This part of the story was recounted to me by the Sourcing Maniacs after the part of the story that chronicled their visit with Aravo and before the part of the story that chronicled their visit with aPriori. Although it contains no useful vendor information, it does fill in the gap. However, I […]
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When we left the Sourcing Maniacs, they had just finished learning about Co-exprise and Sourcing Lifecycle Management. We join them wandering the streets somewhere in Pittsburgh, PA. Yakko Enterprise Cost Management and Predictive Analytics. Wakko […]
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