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The Buy American Policy: A Clear and Present Danger?

September 4, 2009

In April 2009, Trade Minister Stockwell Day expressed concern that what at the time was the proposed “Buy American” bill was representative of the same kind of U.S. protectionism “that fueled the Great Depression in the 1930’s. Citing the “Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930” (Smoot-Stonehouse Tariff Act), Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Perrin Beatty suggested that […]

How To Make (And Keep) Your Blog In Demand (The Future Buzz)

September 2, 2009

Sometimes it is amazing in terms of how a particular topic gains collective steam from multiple, unrelated sources. As you had read in my August 31st post here on the Procurement Insights Blog (Are Purchasing and Supply Chain Bloggers Sleeping?), which simultaneously appeared under the headline “If Traditional Media is Dead, Where Does That Leave […]

September is Going to Sizzle on Blog Talk Radio’s PI Window on Business

September 2, 2009

Our theme for this month’s impressive line-up of guests is “September is Going to Sizzle!” View the following video highlighting the PI Window on Business Show’s outstanding schedule for the month of September. From discussing the secrets of moving ahead with acclaimed (Customize Your Career) author and leadership & communication expert Roz Usheroff on September […]

Beyond But Not Above Technology: Business Intelligence the Viador Way

August 31, 2009

No doubt you have noted that I have recently been spending a fair amount of my time discussing the importance of Business Intelligence (BI) to an organization in terms of driving best practice or value decision-making on a real-time, real-world basis. While it is easy to fall into the trap of dismissing BI as semantically-based […]

Are Purchasing and Supply Chain Bloggers Sleeping?

August 31, 2009

Note: Originally published in the PI Window on Business Blog under the heading “If Traditional Media is Dead, Where Does That Leave Social Media’s Current Professionals?” As I continue to contemplate the rapidly developing story regarding the death of traditional media, and the growing urgency for social media to come up with a viable revenue […]

About.com’s Martin Murray’s post “Non-Profit Organization Suing ERP Supplier” A Sign of the Times?

August 25, 2009

In a white paper that I had written in 2007 titled “SAP Procurement for Public Sector” I had highlighted how the challenges with failed ERP-centric initiatives extended beyond the public sector to include the private sector. The difference as one senior Colgate-Palmolive executive told me shortly after scrapping a failed program was that “unlike the […]

Compressing Porter’s (Virtual) Value Chain, Eliminating Silos of Understanding, and Integrating Six Sigma

August 21, 2009

During my interview with Bob Copacino on today’s PI Window on Business Show, he indicated that with traditional BI methodologies and systems approximately 90% of an organization’s time and resources are spent on the up front gathering, organizing and selecting of data while only 10% of the time is spent on applying the intelligence in […]

Visual Requirement Definition: Establishing the Point for a Clear Commonality of Understanding

August 20, 2009

Today’s show dealt with a term that while descriptive may not be readily understood by many – which by the way proves a point of which I will explain a little later in this post. Visual Requirement Definition (VRD) can at first glance mean anything from being the test results from an eye exam to […]

The Future of Business Intelligence: Did Gartner Get It Right?

August 20, 2009

On Friday’s segment “Beyond Business Intelligence Technology: The Importance of Domain Expertise” I will be welcoming Oco’s CEO William (Bill) Copacino who has authored 3 books and more than 150 articles on supply chain management, to discuss the transformational changes that are redefining our understanding of Business Intelligence. The level of preparation that goes into […]

Oco Leverages Domain Expertise That Takes Business Intelligence Beyond Technological Breakthrough

August 16, 2009

With my first book “Your Show Will Go Live in 5 Seconds” scheduled for release on November 2, 2009, one of the more daunting realizations I came to was the fact that there is an innumerable number of titles in what can only be referred to as the infinity of the publishing universe. The advent […]