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Lenovo Canada’s Colin McIsaac Talks About Digital Transformation From The Standpoint Of An Organization’s Culture
This is the third article in the Spotlight Series of posts by Canada’s top IT Executives who will be at what I consider to be a must-attend event, the Long View Systems’ #ActivateDigital2018 Conference on February 27th in Guelph, Ontario. In today’s post, Lenovo Canada’s Managing Director Colin McIsaac talks about digital transformation from the standpoint of […]
Posted in: Conferences, News & Updates
HPE Canada’s John Dathan Shares Company IoT Vision For The Future
December 8, 2017
This is the second article in the Spotlight Series of posts by Canada’s top IT Executives who will be speaking at what I consider to be a must-attend event, the Long View Systems’ #ActivateDigital2018 Conference on February 27th in Guelph, Ontario. What makes this conference stand out from the rest is the fact that this […]
Posted in: Conferences, News & Updates
Watch My Latest YouTube Webinar Video “The Emergence Of The Hybrid P2P Era.”
December 5, 2017
Last week I hosted a webinar on the emergence of the hybrid P2P era, and what it means for procurement professionals. Here is the overview of the webinar, the video of which you can watch below. The Emergence Of The Hybrid P2P Era “Enterprises must evolve rapidly to stay competitive in our modern, fast-paced world. […]
Posted in: Commentary, webinars
ActivateDigital 2018 Spotlight Series
December 4, 2017
Long View Systems ActivateDigital 2018 Conference is scheduled for February 27th, 2018 in Guelph, Ontario. What makes this conference different from any other? It will be the first time anywhere that Microsoft Canada’s Kevin Peesker, Cisco Canada’s Rola Dagher, and HPE’s John Dathan will be together in one place since assuming their respective roles as […]
Posted in: Conferences
SupplierWatch: Which 7.317 billion USD Automotive Giant Might Be In Trouble?
November 7, 2017
According to CreditRiskMonitor’s FRISK® score – which has a 96 percent accuracy rate, Southfield Michigan-based Federal-Mogul could be in big trouble. The FRISK® score indicates a company’s level of financial stress based on the probability of a bankruptcy over a one year period. Its clients rely on this information so they can protect themselves against future […]
Posted in: News & Updates
Ivalua’s MS Office Approach To Acquisitions
November 3, 2017
Energized and rapid is the best way that I can describe this morning’s interview with Ivalua CMO Alex Saric regarding the company’s recent acquisition of Directworks. In fact, I would be hard-pressed to remember any other segment that had a similar sprint-like pace to today’s show. That said, it was also one of […]
Posted in: News & Updates, PI Window On The World Radio
PI Radio EXCLUSIVE: Zycus Horizon 2017 Panel on Supply Chain Risk
November 1, 2017
In October I had the privilege of moderating two panels featuring international industry experts discussing some of our industry’s most pressing questions. I am pleased to provide you with this PI Window On The World exclusive broadcast of one of those discussions which were on supplier risk assessment and mitigation. INNOVATION TRACK (Lafitte Room) The Evolution […]
Posted in: News & Updates, PI Window On The World Radio
Procurious Gen NEXT Report informative but not surprising
October 18, 2017
Would you believe that… … over two-thirds of procurement professionals are unclear about their long-term career plans … more than half don’t trust their own bosses to help with their career progression … just under half intend to change roles within the next two years In the above excerpt from an email, I received from Procurious regarding […]
Posted in: Commentary
Bombardier Deal With Airbus Demonstrates Procurement’s Value
October 17, 2017
“In exchange, it will offer Bombardier’s 100- to 150-seat plane its global procurement, sales and marketing and customer support expertise.” – Bombardier hands control of C Series airliner to Airbus, Globe And Mail October 16th, 2017 Right off the bat, I am not going to suggest that the just-announced deal between Canada’s Bombardier and France’s Airbus […]
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Next Week; My Take On Horizon 2017 #HZN17
October 13, 2017
Earlier this week I was in New Orleans – or the Big Easy as it is better known at Horizon 2017 moderating two discussions featuring expert panelists from around the globe. The first – which was on the Main Stage was titled Procurement Automation in Postmodern ERP Age. The dialogue was energized as both panelists, […]
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Procurement Insights 
December 15, 2017
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