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The Key Principles behind the Integrated Enterprise Excellence Methodology (A Procurement Insights Knowledge Leadership Publication)

January 29, 2009

Is Six Sigma Still Relevant in A Dynamically Changing World? “With the growing level of dissatisfaction with programs such as Six Sigma, the question that needs to be asked is quite simply this . . . what are the key elements of a successful process improvement initiative? This white paper focuses on the possible reasons […]

Procurement Insights From Around The World

January 6, 2009

With our syndicated network continuing to grow, an increasing number of both new and existing publications from around the world are picking-up our posts. Two of the most recent examples include the Swedish-based Efficient Purchasing Magazine (December 2008 Issue), and closer to home the U.S.-based Commonwealth of Virginia eVA Connections (December 2008 Issue). Reaching 300,000 […]

SWaM: A Transformation in Mindset from an Adjunct Undertaking to an Economic Necessity (Report on Virginia Forum 2008)

December 3, 2008

“On August 10, 2006 Governor Timothy Kaine signed Executive Order No. 33 (2006) focusing on enhancing business opportunities for small, women-and-minority-owned (“SwaM”) businesses. It shall be the goal of the Commonwealth that 40% of its purchases be made from small businesses. This includes discretionary spending in prime contracts and subscontracts. The Department of Minority Business […]

GUEST POST: Six Week Fall Speaking Tour Concludes On A Strong Note (Jennifer Cameron, President, Hansen Consulting and Seminars Inc.)

November 25, 2008

Virginia Forum 2008 Report After six weeks and three continents, Jon Hansen’s Fall Speaking Tour concluded on a strong note at the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Forum 2008 Conference in Hampton, VA. Sharing the keynote spotlight with world renowned motivational speaker Julio Melara, who himself has toured with the likes of Zig Ziglar, Steven Forbes and […]

(NEW WHITE PAPER) Yes Virginia! A Profile In Excellence

October 19, 2008

Who Can Benefit from this Paper? This thought provoking white paper is an essential resource tool for public sector organizations that are already in the midst of an established program, or ones who are contemplating a change. Although they do not operate within the same framework of a public or government entity, private sector companies can also […]

Quantifying The Intagible: How LM3 Cuts Through The Haze Of Partisan Agendas (LM3 Profile, www.lm3online.org)

October 10, 2008

“On October 30th, 2006 Sir Nicholas Stern released his Review, The Economics of Climate Change. Stern described climate change as an economic externality which is an economic transaction that generates a positive or negative (re pollution, global warming etc.) effect for an uninvolved third-party such as the general public. Practically speaking, you could refer to […]

Moving Procurement Practice Beyond Adjunct Complexity (COUPA Profile)

September 18, 2008

“Organizations that already have a technology-driven program in place or have just recently implemented one still surprise me with their significant interest in the dramatic changes in procurement methodologies and practices. But rather than focusing learning on new and emerging technologies, today’s procurement professionals seek insights into the actual processes that drive their enterprises. The […]

Overcoming the challenges of an ineffective RFP process: Improved collaboration through intelligence synchronization (QStrat Profile)

August 29, 2008

I have had close to 30 reader responses to my recent posts on the utilization of the RFP or e-tendering process for the acquisition of goods and services. While there have been successful demonstrations of its utilization relative to MERX (MERX: An Evolution to a Broader Market), and of course the Commonwealth of Virginia’s eVA […]

MERX: An Evolution to a Broader Market (MERX Profile)

August 27, 2008

“Regardless of the moniker, the majority of government initiative elemental roots can be traced back to the New Public Management (NPM) ideology in which efficiency, accountability, decentralisation and marketisation are the main components or drivers (J.E. Lane, Public Sector Reform: Only deregulation, privatization and marketisation, Public Sector Reform, 1997). Since the early 80s the NPM […]

Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 2) Revisited

June 19, 2008

In the year since this segment was first published, I have written a number of follow-up articles that have focused on testing the metal if you will of my position that the majority of supplier development and management programs are inherently flawed. What is the old adage about the unexamined life? Everything, including what I […]