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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
Redefining Procurement: How Coupa has bridged the Gap Between what is known and what is possible
White Paper Excerpt: It is not often that I encounter something truly remarkable within a world of that which is commonly “known.” What is even more amazing is that it is often the seemingly obvious that delivers the greatest surprise. For many years and with funding from the Government of Canada’s Scientific Research and Experimental […]
E2open: The Critical Linchpin of Enterprise Integration and Synchronization
June 21, 2009
Multi-Enterprise Business Process Platforms (MEBPPs) and Multi-Enterprise Business Applications (MEBAs) have always been interesting to me from both a practical operational standpoint as well as a technological “architecture” perspective. With the former, I have always considered MEBPPs the sustaining grace for traditional enterprise applications and the clients who remained manacled to an IT-centric view of […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show), Procurement Trends
The Weekly Cause: Community Bridges
June 19, 2009
With the dramatic growth in readership since being launched in May 2007 (Procurement Insights currently reaches more than 300,000 syndicated subscribers each month worldwide), and the tremendous response to the new PI Window on Business Show on Blog Talk Radio, social media has certainly played a significant part in our success. And while business endeavors […]
Posted in: Weekly Cause (Every Friday)
“Emerging Giants: The New Titans of the SaaS World” (Guest Profile, Steve Wargalla – QStrat)
June 19, 2009
As part of our June 25th segment “Emerging Giants; The New Titans of the SaaS World,” we will be featuring senior executives from five of these future “Titans,” highlighting why their organizations are unique, capable and well positioned to reverse the trend of failed initiatives associated with the traditional licensing model vendors. Joining me on June […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show)
Horses for Sources and Other Outsourcing Insights
June 16, 2009
According to recent studies, two-thirds of all outsourcing programs fail to achieve the expected results. In fact some studies even suggest that this estimate is low putting the number as high as 90 percent. And this is not a new phenomenon. Referencing a 1995 Gartner Group survey only 37 percent of the clients interviewed expressed […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show), Procurement Trends
PI Window on Business (June 16th Show) Think Like A Black Belt: Building Power in you Personal and Professional Life
June 15, 2009
In business it is not uncommon to use sports or athletics as a metaphor to motivate a corporate “team” to overcome obstacles to achieve eventual success. Who after all hasn’t felt a shiver when Rudy was hoisted on the shoulders of his Notre Dame football teammates, or raised our collective fists in the air when, […]
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Procurement Insights 
June 23, 2009
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