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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)
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
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
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 […]
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
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Procurement Insights 
May 14, 2009
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