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Is this the beginning of the end of the improbable long run of “one hit” Larry?
May 24, 2012
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. Specifically Oracle sales […]
Danny DeVito Comments on The SAP Acquisition of Ariba for $4.5 Billion . . . Well Sort Of . . .
May 22, 2012
“You know, at one time there must have been dozens of companies making buggy whips. And I’ll bet the last company around was the one that made the best goddamn buggy whip you ever saw. Now, how would you have liked to have been a stockholder in that company?” Comment made by Danny DeVito in […]
What do George Bailey and you have in common . . .
May 17, 2012
NOTE: The following article was original posted on May 16th in the Remarkable Leaders Blog under the heading “Life is no longer sweet in the executive suite and its impact on your career (Part 2 of 2).” Nido Qubein, who wrote my introduction to Customize Your Career, SAID: “If you want to have success and […]
At 2:00 AM I was reminded about the pervasive importance of logistics
May 9, 2012
I know, the 2:00 AM reference will probably make you wonder if I have taken to moonlighting. To a certain degree I guess you could say that I have, although being a parent of 4 young children under the age of 7 is in reality a 7/24 vocation. This of course leads into today’s post. […]
SAP Mobile Banking: The New Age of Inclusive Banking
April 19, 2012
NOTE: Due to a scheduling conflict, the following PI Window on Business segment will air at a later date . . . we will provide the new date and time as soon as it has been confirmed. As a follow-up to my interview with the movers and the shakers within the world of SAP mobility […]
Procurement Insights 
The Evolution of Strategic Sourcing by Joe Payne
June 1, 2012
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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit in on some roundtables at the Corporate United Synergy conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The majority of attendees were strategic sourcing and procurement professionals primarily focused on indirect spend categories, many at companies with $1 billion or more in annual sales. The underlying theme of most […]