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What Really Happened At Toyota? Business Thought Leaders Segment
Could better intelligence have prevented the massive recall woes of the once revered Toyota Supply Chain? According to one industry analyst, “better analytics tools, including software-as-a-service products, could help Toyota and other companies crunch the numbers,” and thereby avoid the problems which led to a massive recall due to safety concerns with acceleration. There are […]
Women on Success Profile: Pat Brown
June 21, 2010
As part of our “Women on Success” Specials, we have already featured Jennifer Allan, Dr. Gaby Cora, Dr. Larina Kase and Karen Evans. In this fifth and final installment I am pleased to introduce you to bestselling author and acclaimed criminal profiler Pat Brown. Remember that our panel discussions air on June 23rd at 10:00 […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show), Professional Development
Women on Success Profile: Jennifer Allan
June 21, 2010
As part of our “Women on Success” Specials, I have been featuring each member of our two discussion panels. Today, I am pleased to introduce you to author Jennifer Allan. Remember that our segments air on June 23rd at 10:00 AM EST and 12:00 PM EST, during which time I will be talking with Jennifer […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show), Professional Development
Women on Success Profile: Dr. Gaby Cora MD, MBA
June 19, 2010
As we approach the June 23rd air date of “Women on Success,” I have been featuring each member of our discussion panels. Today, I am pleased to introduce you to author and television personality Dr. Gaby Cora. In the back to back panel discussions at 10:00 AM EST and 12:00 PM EST, I will be […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show), Professional Development
Police Shootings Like Plane Crashes Say Authors of “Tasers, Abortion and Parenting: Behind the Curtain of Policing America”
June 18, 2010
Editor’s Note: Having just interviewed Dr. Richard Weinblatt earlier this week on the PI Window on Business segment “America’s Criminal Justice System: Independently Operated, Collectively Focused,” I have to say that I am both excited and honored to be teaming up with Richard to write what will be my third book. The following is an […]
Posted in: News & Updates
Women on Success Profile: Dr. Larina Kase
June 18, 2010
On June 23rd at 10:00 AM EST and again at 12:00 PM EST I will interviewing five incredible women in a segment titled “Women on Success.” As we approach the June 23rd air date, I have been featuring each member of our discussion panels. Today, I am pleased to introduce you to New York Times […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show), Professional Development
Women on Success Profile: Karen Evans
June 17, 2010
As announced in my June 14th post here on the Procurement Insights Blog as well as the PI Window on Business Blog, on June 23rd at 10:00 AM EST and again at 12:00 PM EST I will interviewing five incredible women in a segment titled “Women on Success.” What these women have accomplished both individually […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show), Professional Development
Snakes in a playpen and why the current Coupa and recent SAP press releases tell a different story of the same shifting paradigm
June 15, 2010
UPDATE March 4th, 2013: According to CNN Money, they have declared a winner in the David vs. Goliath bout between Coupa and Ariba (SAP). Of course there is no surprise here as I called this fight in the following 2010 Procurement Insights post. “Bolt-on is an artificially intelligent, comprehensive execution system providing very specific functionality […]
Posted in: Commentary, Procurement Trends
You Say Tomatoe, I Say Tomtato: Comparing Men’s and Women’s Definition of Success
June 14, 2010
“Are the differences observed between men and women in business and corporate world a function of biological and psychological differences between the genders or are they mostly a function of cultural learning and cultural definition of gender roles? The author, using data collected on how men and women define success and the source of such […]
Washington Dispatch No. 8: Roundtable Discussion on Transparency and the Cost to Suppliers
June 10, 2010
As previously mentioned, the Government takes great interest in the health of SMEs and is making it a priority in wanting to “cut the red tape faced by the private and not-for-profit sectors when doing business with the government [and fixing procurement]” (2008 Speech from the Throne). The Government is proud that it has done […]
Procurement Insights 
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