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Reader response to Bersin’s post about Ellison stepping down surprising by Jon Hansen
September 24, 2014
It is no secret to my regular readers that I am not a big fan of Oracle’s Larry Ellison. The origins of my disenchantment go all the back to the vendor’s early days when Ellison was forced to lay off approximately 10 percent of the company’s workforce due to questionable accounting practices. The practices to […]
Posted in: Commentary, News & Updates
How Do You Source A High Performing Business Relationship? by Andy Akrouche
September 23, 2014
Originally posted on Relational Contracting Intelligence Blog:
Now that we have in my previous post, identified what a high performance relationship actually is, the next question is how do you find one? Or perhaps the better word would be “establish” one? “The contract must become a platform to manage inevitable change, not pursue certainty based…
Posted in: Uncategorized
What is the source of your stress and who to seek out for advice on dealing with it by Roz Usheroff
September 22, 2014
Originally posted on The Remarkable Leader:
According to The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 80% of workers feel stress on the job, with nearly half indicating that they need help in learning how to manage stress. For some, that management comes in the form of changing jobs. In fact 42% of employees…
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Oracle In Hot Water In Oregon Over Allegations of Racketeering By The State’s Attorney General by Jon Hansen
September 16, 2014
Okay, right off the bat and as this should not come as a surprise to anyone who has read this blog over the years, I have never been a fan of Oracle. In fact I think they are the poster child for everything that is, and has been, wrong with the ERP world for a long […]
Posted in: Commentary, News & Updates
Virginia’s eVA Program Garners Yet Another Industry Award by Jon Hansen
September 16, 2014
“Virginia took home the honor of Gold Cronin Award winner with their submission eVA Mobile Apps. eVA Mobile Apps – eVA Mobile 4 Business and eVA Mobile 4 Approvers – empowers users by bringing the bidding process to their fingertips and allows approvers to have real-time access to requisitions. These innovative apps provide a fast, secure […]
Science Explains Why Women Are Better At Communicating Than Men (Audio Version) by Jon Hansen
September 15, 2014
Editor’s Note: A recent post that I had written for LinkedIn was picked-up by Umano. For those unfamiliar with the Umano platform, it uses professional narrators to create audio versions of popular articles and posts from a wide variety of publications. While focused predominantly on those individuals who are on the go and thus rely […]
Posted in: Conferences
Is Amazon The New Oracle or How The Emergence of The B2C World Marks The Official End of The ERP Era by Jon Hansen
September 12, 2014
Over the years I have written a great deal about why “traditional” ERP-based procurement solutions have, with a predictability that is almost as certain as the sun rising every morning, failed to deliver the expected results. One of the main reasons is user adoption – or the lack thereof. Back in 2007, when Microsoft made yet another […]
Posted in: B2B, Commentary
Rosslyn Analytics Makes The Mayor of Detroit An Offer He May Not Be Able To Refuse by Jon Hansen
September 9, 2014
“Detroit has been spending on average $100 million more than it has taken in for each of the past five years. The city’s $11 billion in unsecured debt includes $6 billion in health and other retirement benefits and $3 billion in retiree pensions for its 20,000 city pensioners, who are slated to receive less than 10 […]
Posted in: Commentary
Why do Procurement think they are being Fair when they’re not? by Alec Erskine
September 9, 2014
Originally posted on Procurement Insights EU Edition:
Preparing a bid the other day, I was thinking about how our clients score bids in a competitive bidding situation. In the UK, they often talk about a 50-50 technical and cost weighting. Let’s look at this a bit more closely. What they actually do is mark the…
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From the telegraph to wearable devices, supply chain collaboration in the modern era has come a long way by Jon Hansen
September 29, 2014
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It was the late 90’s, and I was heading up a project that would enable the Department of National Defence to acquire Indirect MRO spare parts online from suppliers throughout North America. The challenge went beyond the mere sourcing process, as the DND required that parts be delivered within 24 hours to one of their 40 bases across […]