Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (1)
Last week, I participated in a webinar (which was really more of a Q&A session than a traditional webinar) that was sponsored by Zycus. This event allowed me to tackle…
Attention Sourcing Professionals – A Few Recommendations
Tuesday afternoon I participated in a webinar/Q&A session that allowed me to tackle a series of hot topic questions [I'll post the archive when it becomes available]. One question that…
Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Iasta (2)
As part of our ongoing Technology Adoption series, we thought it would be helpful to capture and share the perspectives from a few industry leaders who face the challenge of…
Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Iasta (1)
As part of our ongoing Technology Adoption series, we thought it would be helpful to capture and share the perspectives from a few industry leaders who face the challenge of…
Supply Management Technology Adoption 2011
As part of our ongoing Adoption series, today we present the market adoption rates by enterprises of the primary supply management applications used to support the Source-to-Settle process. I make…
Honey Laundering
On Monday, this small story (hat tip: Susan) that sits at the intersection of globalization, sourcing, international crime, corporate conspiracy, food supply, and supply risk captured my attention. The story…
Collaborative Sourcing
The value driven by the average sourcing team over the last decade has, in many cases, been significant and transformative. But, competitive forces at play in a rapidly changing business…
Webinar – Collaborative Sourcing: Achieving the Next Wave of Sourcing Savings
Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each) Next Wednesday,…
CPO Shop Talk (BravoSolution Edition): (1) Strategic Sourcing (2) Perimeter (3) Transportation Spend Management
BravoSolution’s North American User Conference, held this past Wednesday, delivered a great blend of user case studies, best practices and thought leadership. Set in the heart of Chicago at Café…
Collaborative Sourcing and Other Thoughts
I was originally planning to write an article discussing the Collaborative Sourcing session that I participated in last week at Ariba LIVE (along with sourcing leaders from BB&T, Coach, &…