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SmoothSpan Blog’s Coverage of PI Window on Business “Cloud” Broadcast Provides Interesting Perspective
Although Bob Warfield was not able to participate in the actual April 30 broadcast “Cloud Computing in the SaaS World,” he did have an opportunity to listen to the on-demand interview in its entirety, and subsequently write about the discussion at some length this past Friday. For those of you who may not be as […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show)
The JLARC Review: The Pendulum Swings? (Part 4)
May 2, 2009
“How this industry has changed over the past ten to fifteen years is one of the prime topics discussed today among industry veterans. One function that acts in a radically different way these days is purchasing. Those selling to the PWB industry (for example) in the 1970s through to the late 1990s could often ignore […]
Posted in: Public Sector Procurement
PI Window on Business Special Bulletin – “For Want of a Nail: The Pandemic Effect”
May 1, 2009
“Here’s another real-world example of how a little break in a supply line can have a big impact. (The pandemic-related concern about supply chains, of course, is that high absenteeism during a pandemic might cause companies to fall behind in their production, failing to deliver the parts or ingredients which customers need. In turn, this […]
Posted in: News & Updates, PI Window on Business (Show)
PI Window on Business: April 30, 2009 “Cloud Computing in the SaaS World” Episode Now Available On-Demand (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen)
April 30, 2009
If you did not have the opportunity to listen to the live broadcast of today’s show “Cloud Computing in the SaaS World,” we are pleased to provide you with an On-Demand replay. Simply use the following “Cloud Computing” link to access the Episode Replay directly from the PI Window on Business Show Page. Also visit […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show)
PI Window on Business (April 30): Cloud Computing in the SaaS World (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen)
April 29, 2009
With the recent announcements by traditional license model vendors such as Ariba and Oracle that they are now Software as a Service (SaaS) or on-demand solution providers, the implications of Web 2.0, cloud computing and related technological trends takes on a new meaning. In the April 30 PI Window on Business Blog Talk Radio show […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show), Procurement Trends
CBC Radio One Interview: Consultants, Middlemen and the Government
April 29, 2009
“Being an independent consultant can be very lucrative work. Your brains are hired for big projects and you can charge big bucks. But some consultants who work for the federal government say its not them making the big bucks . . . it’s the middlemen who hire them to do the government jobs. Now, more […]
The JLARC Review: Looking Beyond the Statistical Surface (Part 3)
April 24, 2009
The one common element, besides the irony that both the Government of Canada’s and Virginia’s programs were launched in 2001, is the paucity of either statistical or empirical proof to support the current mandates. For example Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee’s (JLARC) reference to a survey, in which 95 out of a possible […]
PI Window on Business: April 23, 2009 Episode Now Available On-Demand (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen)
April 23, 2009
If you did not have the opportunity to listen to the live broadcast of today’s show “Unemployed Excellence – Why Lean, Six Sigma Have Left Some People Out in the Cold,” we are pleased to provide you with an On-Demand replay. Simply use the following “Unemployed Excellence” link to access the Episode Replay directly […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show), Professional Development
Synchronization Versus Compression Should Guide Government Procurement Policy (200th POST)
April 22, 2009
Government is never boring. On one hand you have the Government of Canada who despite earlier hopes has once again reverted to muscling a shared services platform down the unwilling throats of stakeholders, the majority of whom oppose the current direction. A move which is ironically being introduced at the expense of the very business […]
Posted in: News & Updates, Public Sector Procurement
Utilizing an Intelligent Filtering Platform to Enhance Contract Performance (A Procurement Insights Knowledge Leadership Publication)
April 21, 2009
Contract Misalignment and Non-Compliance “A 2004 automotive study by the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) found that of the 45 percent of their membership’s U.S.-based customers who have contracted vendors, 33 percent of all purchases were from non-contract suppliers. In Canada, the number of off-contract purchasing reached a staggering 79 percent. If results such as […]
Procurement Insights 
May 4, 2009
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