Breaking News: Emptoris Acquires Click Commerce Contract and Service Management (CSM) Business

May 14, 2009

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Emptoris Adds Contingent and Professional Services Procurement Solution: Expands Its Solution Footprint and Global 2000 Customer Base Burlington, MA and Chicago, IL (May 15, 2009) – Emptoris, a global leader in supply and contract management solutions, announced today the acquisition of the Contract and Service Management (CSM) solutions and business from Click Commerce, Inc., a […]

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PI Window on Business: May 14, 2009 Interview with CFIB VP Corinne Pohlmann Now Available On-Demand (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen)

May 14, 2009

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Does government procurement policy shut out SMEs? Here are the highlights from today’s PI Window on Business interview with CFIB VP Corinne Pohlmann “Government Procurement Policy: A Question of Synchronization Versus Compression”: * Government claims of increased engagement with SMEs does not compute (CFIB surveys indicate a drop from 30% to 20% of total membership […]

Making local government more workable through shared services

May 14, 2009

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In this era of “permanent fiscal crisis,” local governments have no choice but to seek out new and better ways of providing the services citizen’s demand within the constraint of available resources. (1) This may explain why nearly twice as many (58 percent to 31 percent) local governments in 2002 as in 1992 contemplated alternative […]

(Guest Post) Optimizing Value in the Economic Downturn [and Recovery]

May 13, 2009

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By Dr. Olga Raskina, Lead Scientist, Emptoris This article is the second in a three-part series of guest articles on optimization by Dr. Olga Raskina, Lead Scientist, with Emptoris, the supply and contract management solutions provider. As we push on through the troubled economic environment, corporate leaders are laser focused on bringing supply chain management […]

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Prescription for Success: Achieving the Optimal Balance between Procurement Savings and Premium Patient Care (A Procurement Insights Knowledge Leadership Publication)

May 13, 2009

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A Health System in Distress “The report comes a day after President Obama embraced a pledge from health-care providers to slow the increase in their costs over the coming decade.  The new projections will add to the urgency of controlling those costs.” “Insolvency Is Seen Closer for Social Security and Medicare” New York Times (May […]

PI News Bite: US Social Security, Medicare Insolvency and Retirement

May 12, 2009

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OTTAWA, May 12, 2009 – Under the headline “Insolvency Is Seen Closer for Social Security and Medicare,” the New York Times reported that “The financial outlook for Medicare and Social Security has significantly worsened, as the bad economy and mounting job losses have pushed both programs years closer to insolvency.” Will people be forced to […]

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Latest Lombardi Blueprint Release offers the ultimate tool for supply chain collaboration and optimization

May 12, 2009

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Last week I had the opportunity to see a demonstration of the enhancements made to Lombardi’s already solid Blueprint solution prior to its official launch date, which is today (May 12th, 2009).  (NOTE: Here is the link to the Introduction to Blueprint Spring ’09 Webinar.) In a previous review of Lombardi’s Business Process Management offering, […]

Are there 80,000 reasons that Alcock borrowed a page from Gershon?

May 11, 2009

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“In what has been described as the most significant restructuring of public services for a generation, the rest of the $21 billion (in savings) will have to come from overall efficiency gains such as improving the procurement system, and streamlining areas such as information technology and human resources.  That’s why the skeptics are skeptical.” In […]

Wayne Wouters, Gershon and the PS Union Suit = Shared Services

May 9, 2009

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There were a number of other disputes in the public services during the year with several pay disputes across the UK decentralized civil service pay bargaining arrangements.  However, the largest industrial action there involved workers in the Department of Works and Pensions protesting at the planned 30,000 job cuts imposed as part of the Gershon […]

PI Window on Business Welcomes CFIB VP, National Affairs Corinne Pohlmann to Discuss Recent Developments in Government Policy (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen)

May 8, 2009

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As discussed in my April 22nd post “Synchronization Versus Compression Should Guide Government Procurement Process,” I referred to the paucity of either statistical and/or empirical data to support the government’s current course with regard to implementing a Shared Services strategy. Certainly the May 7th press release in which Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) […]