When I stopped by the Dublin headquarters of Supplierforce this fall, I was struck in my discussions about how the Supplierforce team had adapted the product to fit the needs of a market that was clearly a couple of years behind the US in general Spe…
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Despite the lack of headlines — thanks in large part to a tightly controlled media — the economic chaos happening in China right now is going largely uncovered. But for many factory workers, the business climate could not be worse. As domestic cons…
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Let’s be clear for one second. All lawyers — whether figuratively or actually — do in fact chase ambulances. They fester in the open wounds of individuals and companies and could not live on their own if tossed out in the air to fend for themselves…
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Former analyst and software/outsourcing negotiator extraordinaire, Vinnie Merchandani, recently penned a short little number over on Deal Architect in which he suggests that industry analysts may be “too conservative for their own good” when it comes…
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I got a call this morning from a good friend in the sector that is on the management team of a rapidly growing vendor. He asked me if I knew any experts that might be willing to freelance or serve as a consultant to help contribute the specific requi…
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It’s always interesting to check in on a company that you’ve known since before it was even a business plan. A couple of years back, I met Declan Kearney, Founder and CEO of Dublin-based SupplierForce, at a conference in Chicago. At the time, Declan …
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In the continuing saga of my coverage surrounding the recent patent ruling, I thought I?d conclude my writings with a quick note from an Emptoris customer that I reached out to (Emptoris did not give me their information) about their feelings in the …
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Over the past couple of months on Spend Matters, I?ve been preaching about the need to take a closer look at the impact of the credit crisis on your suppliers (and for consultants, your customers). Without question, many suppliers are increasingly fe…
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Over the past couple of months, I’ve spoken or met with at least a dozen companies that have started down an eventual Spend Management technology journey that will lead to an installed version of SAP SRM. The operative word here is “eventual” — whet…
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Citic Pacific recently announced it faced a near $2 billion loss on a contract thanks to trading write-downs due to its “currency exposure to an iron ore mining project in Western Australia, for which supplies were obtained using Australian dollars a…
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