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From the telegraph to wearable devices, supply chain collaboration in the modern era has come a long way by Jon Hansen
September 29, 2014
It was the late 90’s, and I was heading up a project that would enable the Department of National Defence to acquire Indirect MRO spare parts online from suppliers throughout North America. The challenge went beyond the mere sourcing process, as the DND required that parts be delivered within 24 hours to one of their 40 bases across […]
Reader response to Bersin’s post about Ellison stepping down surprising by Jon Hansen
September 24, 2014
It is no secret to my regular readers that I am not a big fan of Oracle’s Larry Ellison. The origins of my disenchantment go all the back to the vendor’s early days when Ellison was forced to lay off approximately 10 percent of the company’s workforce due to questionable accounting practices. The practices to […]
Oracle In Hot Water In Oregon Over Allegations of Racketeering By The State’s Attorney General by Jon Hansen
September 16, 2014
Okay, right off the bat and as this should not come as a surprise to anyone who has read this blog over the years, I have never been a fan of Oracle. In fact I think they are the poster child for everything that is, and has been, wrong with the ERP world for a long […]
Virginia’s eVA Program Garners Yet Another Industry Award by Jon Hansen
September 16, 2014
“Virginia took home the honor of Gold Cronin Award winner with their submission eVA Mobile Apps. eVA Mobile Apps – eVA Mobile 4 Business and eVA Mobile 4 Approvers – empowers users by bringing the bidding process to their fingertips and allows approvers to have real-time access to requisitions. These innovative apps provide a fast, secure […]
Is Amazon The New Oracle or How The Emergence of The B2C World Marks The Official End of The ERP Era by Jon Hansen
September 12, 2014
Over the years I have written a great deal about why “traditional” ERP-based procurement solutions have, with a predictability that is almost as certain as the sun rising every morning, failed to deliver the expected results. One of the main reasons is user adoption – or the lack thereof. Back in 2007, when Microsoft made yet another […]
Rosslyn Analytics Makes The Mayor of Detroit An Offer He May Not Be Able To Refuse by Jon Hansen
September 9, 2014
“Detroit has been spending on average $100 million more than it has taken in for each of the past five years. The city’s $11 billion in unsecured debt includes $6 billion in health and other retirement benefits and $3 billion in retiree pensions for its 20,000 city pensioners, who are slated to receive less than 10 […]
How the West Coast Offence has redefined the public sector procurement practice by Jon Hansen
September 8, 2014
During my interview with Kate Vitasek last week, she adeptly used the start of the professional football season as a point of reference. Even if I wasn’t a football fan – which I am – I appreciated her analogy because it spoke directly to the challenges with putting process ahead of relationships. What was most interesting however, […]
How Supply Chain Financing Is Changing Buyer-Supplier Relationships (ThomasNet News)
August 28, 2014
“Prominent business and supply chain analyst Jon Hansen says when buyers try to improve working capital position at the expense of suppliers, bad things happen usually. Supply chain financing is a tool that mutually benefits the positions of both stakeholders, creating win-win buyer-supplier situations”. – ThomasNet News 30
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Is eCommerce bad for the economy? by Jon Hansen
October 2, 2014
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The other day I received an interesting phone call from Daniel Blaise who, after reading my coverage of the emerging eCommerce world, wondered if I had ever considered the possible downside of this “new” global reality. Downside? How could there be a downside? Blaise is the founder of nearest.com, which was established as a means […]