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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
Washington Dispatch No. 5: Roundtable Discussion on Transparency and the Talent Gap
May 29, 2010
However, with the raised expectations on procurement to deliver sustainable bottom-line savings, the need to nurture top talent is more acute than ever. Some 65% of respondents rated capability development and talent management as a key objective area for the coming year, and further augment their functions with the right blend of category, supplier and […]
Profiling The Terrorist: What Was Really Behind The May 18th Royal Bank Bombing in Ottawa?
May 26, 2010
I have to admit that the first thought that hit me relative to the recent FFFC bombing of the Royal Bank branch at the corner of First and Bank in Ottawa, which when I resided in the city was only a few short blocks away from my house, was why that particular location? Granted, The […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show)
Guest Author Series: Collaboration Is Everywhere – Except In Contracts
May 26, 2010
Note: The following is a post by Tim Cummins that was originally posted to his blog Commitment Matters on Tuesday, May 25th, and has been provided to Procurement Insights through the Essential Connections Blog. Tim is the Founder and CEO of the International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM), a non-profit organization that has […]
Posted in: Guest Posting, Procurement Trends
Traditional ERP vendors such as SAP and Oracle overlook the Disruptive Innovation question when they discuss their move to a SaaS model
May 26, 2010
In my May 18th Procurement Insights post titled “SaaS Sprawl, One-Stop Shopping and Free 8-Tracks To Boot: A Sad Day in the World of SAP” I indicated that SAP’s John Wookey might have been overly optimistic when he put so much stock in customers coming to SAP and saying that it “would sure be nice […]
Posted in: Commentary, Procurement Trends
Thought Leaders Series with Brad Feld: Huffington’s 3rd World warning to the U.S. not new but timely
May 23, 2010
In what is still one of the most popular segments in the history of the PI Window on Business Show, with thousands of downloads in the 48 hours immediately following the live broadcast, Brad Feld’s perspectives on the need for Founders Visa’s for foreign students who, after graduating from prestigious American colleges, are eager to […]
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MET Life has Snoopy . . . now MedVision has Alfie (What’s It All About?)
June 5, 2010
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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 […]