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Social Media and Health Care: Integrating Health Care to Improve Patient Care

June 7, 2010

“Health care is the most information-intensive industry, yet it lags behind every other sector of the national economy in its adoption of information technology,” Mongiardo said. “The banking industry is 20 years ahead of health care in implementing information technology. A Request for Proposal (RFP) has been issued seeking vendors to help establish this information […]

Washington Dispatch No. 7: Roundtable Discussion on Transparency and Technology

June 4, 2010

Ironically, given the huge investments made in procurement technologies during the past decade, usage of these systems remains markedly poor. Only 1 4% of the companies surveyed expressed confidence that 60% of spend was being channeled through eProcurement, the typical benchmark for applications of this nature; more than 60% placed eProcurement usage at less than […]

Washington Dispatch No. 6: PWGSC Probe Underlines the Facade of Transparency

May 31, 2010

OTTAWA – Public Works and Government Services Canada ordered an investigation into the contracts awarded to an Ottawa real estate consulting firm following allegations of its close relationship with the senior bureaucrat who manages the government’s real estate holdings. from “Probe ordered into contracts with consultant by Kathryn May, Ottawa Citizen (February 2nd, 2010) As […]

Washington Dispatch No. 5: Roundtable Discussion on Transparency and the Talent Gap

May 29, 2010

However, with the raised expectations on procurement to deliver sustainable bottom-line savings, the need to nurture top talent is more acute than ever. Some 65% of respondents rated capability development and talent management as a key objective area for the coming year, and further augment their functions with the right blend of category, supplier and […]

Guest Author Series: Collaboration Is Everywhere – Except In Contracts

May 26, 2010

Note: The following is a post by Tim Cummins that was originally posted to his blog Commitment Matters on Tuesday, May 25th, and has been provided to Procurement Insights through the Essential Connections Blog. Tim is the Founder and CEO of the International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM), a non-profit organization that has […]

Traditional ERP vendors such as SAP and Oracle overlook the Disruptive Innovation question when they discuss their move to a SaaS model

May 26, 2010

In my May 18th Procurement Insights post titled “SaaS Sprawl, One-Stop Shopping and Free 8-Tracks To Boot: A Sad Day in the World of SAP” I indicated that SAP’s John Wookey might have been overly optimistic when he put so much stock in customers coming to SAP and saying that it “would sure be nice […]

SaaS Sprawl, One-Stop Shopping and Free 8-Tracks To Boot: A Sad Day in the World of SAP

May 18, 2010

“Wookey, speaking at the SAP Sapphire conference in Orlando, said he doesn’t blame these customers for going out and getting SaaS, but he does see an opportunity to “bring cohesion to the model.” In some respects, Wookey’s plan could be a cure for SaaS sprawl . . . Customers have come to SAP and “said […]

The Zycus Forum: Could better intelligence have prevented the massive recall woes of the once revered Toyota Supply Chain?

May 18, 2010

The following is the member transcript from a current Zycus Forum Exchange discussion regarding the question “Could better intelligence have prevented the massive recall woes of the once revered Toyota Supply Chain?” Use the following link to join in on, or to simply follow the discussion: Zycus Spend Intelligence Resource Group. (Note: if you are […]

Washington Dispatch No. 3: Roundtable Discussion on Transparency Eye Opening

May 11, 2010

What is Transparency in Government? In my keynote address “Contracting To Win: Buyer and Seller Responsibilities in 21st Century Government Procurement” at the D.C. Summit, I made the statement that “transparency is not holding fast to the illusion of a level playing field, but to a clear understanding of the layout of the field itself.” […]

Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contracts Series (Part 6)

May 7, 2010

“Transparency is not the holding fast to the illusion of a level playing field, but is achieved through a clear understanding of the layout of the field itself.” from Contracting to Win: Buyer and Seller Responsibilities in 21st Century Government Procurement, 3rd Annual Business of Government Summit Keynote Address, Washington, D.C. (April 27th, 2010) The […]