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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 […]
Social Media and Health Care: Integrating Health Care to Improve Patient Care
June 7, 2010
“Health care is the most information-intensive industry, yet it lags behind every other sector of the national economy in its adoption of information technology,” Mongiardo said. “The banking industry is 20 years ahead of health care in implementing information technology. A Request for Proposal (RFP) has been issued seeking vendors to help establish this information […]
U.S. 9/11 terrorist attack warrants $18 million for G20 security, London subway attack $30 million and Canadian vandalism of local bank branch $1 billion . . . must be the exchange rate?
June 6, 2010
I must admit that after viewing the video of the recent firebombing of a Royal Bank branch in Ottawa, I initially had reservations about writing what I felt in my gut was not an act of true terrorism but what had every appearance of being an act of vandalism by disenfranchised neighborhood youths . While […]
MET Life has Snoopy . . . now MedVision has Alfie (What’s It All About?)
June 5, 2010
Before anyone is mistakenly led to believe that Michael Caine (or Jude Law for the younger set) has become the spokesperson for Tampa-based MedVision, a medical consulting, healthcare planning, risk management, and wellness consulting firm for self-funded employer plan sponsors, neither are the Alfie’s to which I am referring. Alfie, as it turns out is […]
Washington Dispatch No. 7: Roundtable Discussion on Transparency and Technology
June 4, 2010
Ironically, given the huge investments made in procurement technologies during the past decade, usage of these systems remains markedly poor. Only 1 4% of the companies surveyed expressed confidence that 60% of spend was being channeled through eProcurement, the typical benchmark for applications of this nature; more than 60% placed eProcurement usage at less than […]
Profiling the Professionals: Corporate United Names Manager of Category Development
June 3, 2010
CLEVELAND – May 28, 2010 – Corporate United, the nation’s largest group purchasing organization, hires Katie Virtue as manager of category development in its Cleveland headquarters office. Virtue will serve as a category manager for various agreements within the Corporate United category portfolio and will lead the strategic planning and execution initiatives for select categories. […]
Posted in: Profiling the Professionals
Whether Terrorists or Hooligans the End Result is Still The Same Mess
June 1, 2010
Last week’s Panel Discussion regarding the May 18th bombing of the Royal Bank branch at the corner of First and Bank in the Glebe brought to light many interesting insights including the consensus that this was not a terrorist act but an act of vandalism perpetrated by disaffected youths – probably from the neighborhood. That […]
Posted in: Commentary
Washington Dispatch No. 6: PWGSC Probe Underlines the Facade of Transparency
May 31, 2010
OTTAWA – Public Works and Government Services Canada ordered an investigation into the contracts awarded to an Ottawa real estate consulting firm following allegations of its close relationship with the senior bureaucrat who manages the government’s real estate holdings. from “Probe ordered into contracts with consultant by Kathryn May, Ottawa Citizen (February 2nd, 2010) As […]
Posted in: Procurement Trends, Public Sector Procurement
Procurement Insights 
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
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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 […]