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Oustourcing . . . a return to a position of normalcy

August 5, 2010

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This past Monday’s PI Window on Business segment “Outsourcing Revisited: Is It A Viable Strategy?” with IACCM CEO Tim Cummins and public sector expert Colin Cram delivered many great insights, so I would strongly suggest that you tune in to the on-demand version of the broadcast.  In short, you will not be disappointed. Besides talking […]

Haiti: The Aftershock For Change

August 5, 2010

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In January 2010, a massive magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in which the epicenter was about 15 km southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince. An estimated 2 million people live within the zone of heavy to moderate structural damage,and based on expert assessment this earthquake was classified as the worst in the region over the last […]

Stories of Origin: True historical fact or colorful fiction?

August 3, 2010

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My wife Jennifer recently shared an e-mail with me that I must admit I am uncertain as to whether they are historical fact or colorful (and entertaining) fiction. The above paragraph is how I opened my July 3rd PI Window on Business Blog post, and I have to tell you that I would have never […]

10th Annual IBX Purchasing Executive Summit Keynote Focuses on Social Media’s Influence on the Purchasing World

July 29, 2010

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When I was asked to both speak at as well as moderate the 10th Annual IBX Purchasing Executive Summit in Stockholm in early October, it represented what is quickly becoming a busy fall speaking schedule that will also take me to places such as the United Kingdom and British Columbia. The focus of my Keynote […]

Outsourcing Revisited: Is It A Viable Strategy?

July 28, 2010

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According to recent studies, two-thirds of all outsourcing programs fail to achieve the expected results. In fact some studies even suggest that this estimate is low putting the number as high as 90 percent. And this is not a new phenomenon.  Industry reports and articles between 1995 and 2007 tend to suggest that little progress […]

Seven Part Series on successful government contracting wraps up on a high note

July 27, 2010

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Back in January when we aired the first episode of Judy Bradt’s acclaimed 7-Part Seven Steps To Success: Jump Start Government Contract Series, we had a clear objective  for both suppliers and buyers. As a supplier you would gain the necessary insights to shorten the time-line between the response to government tenders, and the realization […]

Seven Steps To Success in Government Contracting: Marketing

July 26, 2010

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“People Buy from whom they know, like and trust.” During the previous six segments of this seven part series with expert author Judy Bradt in which we have talked about success in government contracting, this immutable truth has been consistently presented as a key tenet for effectively penetrating the government marketplace and positioning oneself for […]

Security in the Cloud and other (unscripted) musings from leading industry experts

July 13, 2010

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In yesterday’s post “Calculating Digital Capital and what it means to traditional ERP vendors” I had referenced an article by DK Matai that appeared in the July 12th edition of the Huffington Post. Titled “Digital Capital and Cloud Computing’s Asymmetric Risks,” I focused predominantly on the Digital Capital aspect of Matai’s musings as it related to […]

Washington Dispatch No. 9: Roundtable Discussion on Transparency and the Economy

June 29, 2010

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Today’s post is the final excerpt in the series from the Transparency in Government Procurement white paper that has run on both the Procurement Insights Blog, as well as the Official Event Blog Essential Connections. As the lead-up to the release of the white paper later this week, we examined the observations and revelations from […]

Access the Complete PI Window on Business On-Demand Library on iTunes

June 26, 2010

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With 160 segments and counting of the PI Window on Business Show, you can access the entire On-Demand Library through iTunes.