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Denali Sourcing Forum Highlights and why it’s great to be back on the road again! (Part 1 of 2)
September 24, 2012
Having in the past had the privilege of traveling the world to speak about procurement, business trends and social media, I was glad to end my one and a half year hiatus from the circuit this past week in Pittsburgh at the Denali Group’s Executive Sourcing Forum. During my time of travel inertia I was […]
Denali’s Kamber sheds an interesting light on procurement industry changes
September 11, 2012
Over the past few months I have seen with increasing frequency, the long-anticipated shift within the global enterprise as it relates to the traditional roles of finance, IT and of course procurement. The functional silos of each one are dissolving into a collective (some like to say holistic) understanding of the entire operation, including the […]
UK Public Sector Procurement News by Colin Cram
August 24, 2012
UK public sector procurement has been in the news the past two months. The Scottish government (no, Scotland is not an independent country, but it does have a lot of autonomy, rather like the states in the USA) has passed a bill merging its 8 police forces. A detailed business case concluded that merger, as […]
Ahead of the curve with 2012 predictions . . .
November 21, 2011
The following is today’s post from our newest blog, SpendShifts . . . It only seems reasonable that a company such as Rosslyn Analytics who is shall we say ahead of the curve when it comes to spend management solutions is also going to be assuming a leadership position relative to making bold (okay if […]
Dinosaurs, Meteors and a Fork in the Road Awaits Us in 2011
December 30, 2010
When I was once again contacted by the Shared Services and Outsourcing Network asking me about my predictions for 2011 I must admit that my thoughts immediately turned to the significant changes in the eProcurement market landscape and how this might influence organizations in terms of their approach regarding the contemplation of outsourcing as a […]
Procurement Insights 
The First Procurement Insights Post . . . Five Years Later Were My Observations Right?
October 26, 2012
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Editor’s Note: As we quickly approach my 1,000th Procurement Insights blog post – we are with today’s submission at 995, I thought that I would share with you the very first post from May 18th, 2007. The topic that I tackled was the movement away from ERP/IT-centric e-procurement initiatives and the effect on buyers, sellers […]