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“Risking It All” series launches next week with two great guests!
“Everybody talks about risk, but nobody does anything about it.” Okay, so I took some liberties with the famous Mark Twain, and Charles Dudley Warner joke about the weather and made it about risk. However, and different from the weather, procurement professionals can do something about risk, but for whatever reason choose not to. At least […]
Posted in: News & Updates, PI Window On The World Radio
Advanced Poll For Horizon Mainstage Panel On Procurement Automation in Post Modern ERP Age
October 5, 2017
I will be in New Orleans next week moderating a mainstage panel discussion on Procurement Automation in Post Modern ERP Age. In advance of that session, take a few minutes to respond to the following advanced poll. The results will be shared at the event. If you are not at Horizon, stay tuned to the Zycus Twitter […]
Posted in: PI Poll
Blockchain Webinar On-Demand Link Now Available
October 4, 2017
This “high” energy webinar with the Executive Director of the American Blockchain Council Jack Shaw provides an unprecedented look into the Blockchain phenomena and what it means to the procurement world and professional. What was especially noteworthy, were the exchanges with what was obviously a very engaged audience. The questions and comments that came from […]
Posted in: News & Updates, webinars
New ISM/Zycus Webinar: Branding Procurement
October 2, 2017
As someone who has been in the supply world for more years than I would care to admit, the old Rodney Dangerfield lament about getting no respect was second only to the “we want a seat at the table” refrain. While the profession as a whole had made some advancements beyond the days when CFOs […]
Posted in: News & Updates, webinars
The Key To Relationship Success In Procurement On-Demand Webinar Link Now Available
September 29, 2017
Last week I provided the poll results from my recent ISM/Zycus Webinar on the key to relationship success in procurement. You can access those poll results with a corresponding summary overview through the following link: ISM/Zycus Poll Results On Procurement Relationships Telling While the polling results were both interesting and telling, they only provided part of the […]
Posted in: News & Updates, webinars
News I am Tracking For Next Week: Rhode Island Selects Perfect Commerce and More . . .
September 22, 2017
Earlier this week I learned that Rhode Island has awarded an eProcurement contract to Perfect Commerce. This is exciting news following last month’s interview with Proactis CFO Tim Sykes regarding the Proactis – Perfect Commerce acquisition. By the way, you can listen to that interview through the following link; An Insight Into The Proactis – Perfect […]
Posted in: News & Updates
ISM/Zycus Poll Results On Procurement Relationships Telling
September 19, 2017
During this morning’s ISM/Zycus Webinar, I ran three polls. With close to 190 people in attendance, here are the results with my take on what each response means. There was also a very active chat room throughout the entire webinar, so you will definitely want to listen to the on-demand version as soon as it is […]
Posted in: Commentary, webinars
ISM/Zycus Webinar: The Key To Relationship Success In Procurement
September 18, 2017
Click on the box below to register for tomorrow’s ISM/Zycus Webinar; The Key To Relationship Success In Procurement. 30
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My Most Memorable Radio Segments
September 7, 2017
Isn’t it funny that you do not realize how quickly and imperceptibly time slips away? You blink, and your newborn baby girl is suddenly twelve and talking about boys. By the way, to all prospective suitors, I carry in my trunk at all times a shovel and a bag of lye – just saying. Anyway, […]
Posted in: Commentary
#PIOpenTalk Is The Place To State Your Case Starting With Big Ideas Summit Radio Series
September 6, 2017
Starting with today’s Procurious Big Ideas Summit interview – which is the first in a series of segments in which I will be talking with the speakers from this year’s event in Chicago, I have launched the #PIOpenTalk hashtag on Twitter. The reason I created the hashtag is to enable (or empower) my readers and […]
Posted in: Commentary, PI Window On The World Radio
Procurement Insights 
October 13, 2017
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