May 5, 2015
One of the most exciting elements of Procurement Insights’ New Wave Companies Program, is that it does not provide an expansive list of vendors or, attempt to fall back on the familiar features, functions, benefits framework of the past. Let’s face it, the myriad of lists and quadrants over the years have done little in […]
January 9, 2015
We are all likely familiar with the term those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. There is also the saying that “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” Just as an interesting aside, Albert Einstein is often times given credit for making this observation, […]
October 2, 2014
The other day I received an interesting phone call from Daniel Blaise who, after reading my coverage of the emerging eCommerce world, wondered if I had ever considered the possible downside of this “new” global reality. Downside? How could there be a downside? Blaise is the founder of nearest.com, which was established as a means […]
July 4, 2014
Editor’s Note: Nilesh Gopali was recently appointed to the position of Country Head, India for cloudBuy, based out of Mumbai. Below is the link to the first in a series of articles he has written for Brokers Forum magazine regarding how eCommerce innovation is both influencing and redefining the Indian economy. See July issue, page […]
At what price supplier liquidity? by Jon Hansen
June 29, 2015
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Over the past year I have noticed the voluminous amount of virtual ink being dedicated to the subject of supplier liquidity. Perhaps in part driven by the introduction last summer, of the U.S. Government’s SupplierPay initiative, it is becoming clear that buying organizations have a new found awareness and even empathy, regarding the bottom line of those in their […]