Five Forces in Business Travel
The Masters Program in partnership with The National Business Travel Association, was held last month in Washington D.C., and by my estimation delivered on its promise to deliver an event…
Proof: eAuctions are NOT Evil
Hypothesis: eAuctions (and eSourcing) are not evil. Proof: I. Google’s Code of Conduct states in its Preface: "Don't be evil." Googlers generally apply those words to how we serve our…
The Gold Standard
Over the course of my career in supply management, I have had the great fortune to work with a large number of highly successful CPOs and procurement organizations that have…
Concur Fusion 2010
Concur Fusion was held last week (Feb. 1-4) at the Boca Raton Resort and Club. Concur Technologies is the largest provider of what it refers to as “Employee Spend Management”…
10 for 2010: Strategies to Improve Accounts Payable
I have a good feeling about Accounts Payable (AP) in this decade. In recent years, there has been increasing momentum within the marketplace for AP transformation. Not the kind of…
10 for 2010: ROA – Areas to Improve Your Returns
If the US government could collect a dollar for every article, report, or presentation with a “Doing More with Less” theme created in recent times, its deficit issues might be…
10 for 2010: eSourcing Myths (and How to Deconstruct Them)
eSourcing Manifesto eSourcing 2.0: Every negotiation that results in an executed contract should use an eSourcing solution. The eSourcing manifesto code that I introduced in 2009 via research[i] and other…
European CPOs: Capitalising on the Best Opportunities
Once again, we interrupt the “10 for 2010” series to highlight a webinar (free registration) that I will be participating in tomorrow that looks at the top opportunities for European…
10 for 2010: Ideas for the New Year
I’ve agreed to make a return appearance and present at NAPP’s Annual Conference in L.A. this February. My presentation will focus on the "Top 10" ideas for P2P professionals to…