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Compliance Adherence: A Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil Proposition?

March 30, 2010

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Like the person who refuses to seek proper medical attention for fear that the doctor may actually find something wrong, many corporations look at compliance investigation or analyses as a sign that the system has somehow broken down and therefore casts a negative “light” on both the individuals involved and the company as a whole. […]

Public Sector Suppliers: Are You Winning Contracts or Winning Money?

March 30, 2010

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In Part 4 of our 7-Part “Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contract” Series with Washington-based expert author Judy Bradt, we talked about the competition process in government contracting. Judy, who as part of our Business Thought Leaders Series appears on the PI Window on Business Show every second Monday at 3:00 PM EST, […]

Against a backdrop of yet another public sector scandal, winning “True Peference” status as a government supplier is an achievable goal

March 27, 2010

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With stories of public sector procurement scandals almost common place as covered in Charles Dominick’s Purchasing Certification Blog, there are oftentimes more questions than answers regarding the government competitive bid process. In Part 4 of the 7-Part Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contract series, Washington-based author expert Judy Bradt will be joining us […]

PI Inquisitive Eye (Television Unscripted) – Judy Bradt Interview from Mar. 15/10

March 19, 2010

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This week we officially began broadcasting on the PI Inquisitive Eye TV Channel through a series of episodes in which we provided commentary on recent PI Window on Business segments that originally aired on the Blog Talk Radio Network. Blog Talk Radio has more than 7 million listeners each month, which is double where they […]

Health Care Reform Should Focus More on Quality Care Than Access

March 18, 2010

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Incredible insight into the health care reform question . . . a Doom Loop versus Fly Wheel approach . . . the real issue has nothing to do with partisan sensibilities but instead with the quality of health care under Medicaid. During today’s broadcast with Maine’s Republican Gubernatorial Candidate (and the latest thought leader to […]

Uncluttering Your Brand: Why The Ariba Exchange is The Same Old Song with an Ineffective Beat

March 17, 2010

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Second, it seems to me that the advantage of the stand-alone blog (versus a broader platform) is that it is uncluttered. I struggle to bother with things like LinkedIn and Twitter, I have so rarely found anything useful on either of them. The blog can be more like the daily news headlines, once you trust […]

Winning True Preference is the Cornerstone for Winning Government Contracts

March 15, 2010

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In Part 3 of the 7-Part “Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contracts” Series with Washington-based expert author Judy Bradt a true moment of epiphany occurred about three quarters into the show.  Specifically, it was the realization that outside of an instinctual approach by a handful of suppliers, the process for winning government contracts […]

Canada and U.S. Go For The Gold TOGETHER (Guest Author Judy Bradt)

March 14, 2010

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Just as the Olympics were about the begin, two countries shared the podium with a joint victory of enduring value. The agreement signed February 16th between the United States and Canada on government procurement has four significant features that make a big difference for Canadian — and American – companies. (And, as I write this, […]

The Very First ConFoo 2010 Conference An Interesting Experience with a Cerebrally-Centric, Technical Audience

March 12, 2010

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Having spoken at many venues in both North America and overseas, part of the initial attraction of the first of what is to become annual ConFoo conferences was its proximity to my home base. Operating just outside of the nation’s capital (Ottawa) on the Quebec side of the border, the short and relaxing train trip […]

A Winning Strategy: Is Walmart Right To ‘Delayer’? (A Guest Author Post by IACCM’s CEO Tim Cummins)

March 9, 2010

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At first glance, Walmart’s new strategy of ‘delayering the supply chain’ appears to be a reversal of the cost saving device of consolidating spend and reducing the number of suppliers. Are they mimicking others, who are saying ‘if we get rid of the prime contractors, we can get better deals from working with each sub’. […]