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How Do You Reconcile Procurement Actions Beyond Internal And External ROI Silos?

July 30, 2025

When it comes to ROI, why is it important for procurement to understand the difference between "strand drift" and "strand alignment?"

Birds of a feather are? Influential on Twitter

August 31, 2017

Apparently, I am in pretty good company. At least that is what a recent post on the InstaSupply blog suggests. In her August 30th, 2017 posting titled Top Procurement Influencers on Twitter 2017, Simona Pop uses terms like “visionaries,” who are “unafraid to push boundaries” while consistently generating “incredibly useful content for us all to […]

A confident disclaimer from ThomasNet VP regarding Walmart deal? by Jon Hansen

July 22, 2015

“We are not here to pass judgement – the suppliers can speak for themselves . . . it is up to them to decide” – Tom Greco, VP of Publishing Operations at ThomasNet.Com It is rare that one receives the answer to a question in such a direct and concise manner, so as to remove any […]

Advice for Presenters and Attendees of Procurement Webinars by Kelly Barner

April 9, 2014

In a recent post on her Remarkable Leader blog, Roz Usheroff wrote about the importance of being likeable and effective as a virtual speaker. In addition to being a popular and cost effective means of reaching an audience, webinars are convenient ways of capturing content that can be made available on an ongoing basis to […]

Procurement in Your App Store by Kelly Barner

March 20, 2013

As procurement professionals make increasing use of social media and online collaboration, the associations we belong to are doing the same. Search for procurement in your Apple or Android App Store and you’ll come up with more results than you might expect. Some of the best uses of the app format are companions to the […]

Who owns the supplier relationship . . . the company or the buyer?

December 5, 2012

A recent story concerning the ownership of Twitter followers for a company account raises an interesting question about supplier relationships. Added emphasis on the word “relationships.” The PI Window on Business post “Who really owns your Twitter followers?,” talked about the case between Noah Kravitz and PhoneDog in which Kravitz (the employee) was sued by his […]

Socialized Purchasing (Part 2): Calculating the true value of the virtual world

July 27, 2011

Brands mature to social easily measure efforts within a larger digital marketing dashboard as they natively understand how social, web, sales and marketing analytics work together. They focus less on the fuzzy and less actionable details within platforms they don’t control and instead measure the critical few. Brands immature in social think measurement is difficult […]

Business Intelligence In 140 Characters Or Less

July 13, 2010

Broadcasting live from the Strategic Social Media for Healthcare Conference in New York City, the PI Window on Business will cover key sessions of the conference as well as on the spot interviews with conference attendees and participants. In today’s post we will feature the session by Thurston Hatcher and Marie Mahoney from Rush Medical […]

Twittering Money Away: API Service Review of Twitter Counter

May 18, 2010

Under the headline from their “Featured” web page, Twitter Counter boldly states “Become a featured user and gain more followers.” An interesting proposition to be certain, especially as I am always looking to expand the size and reach of my collective social network which at this time includes the PI Window on Business and Procurement […]

Does Ning CEO Rosenthal Announcement Mark the Beginning of the End of Our Social Networking Free Ride?

April 17, 2010

so I’ve come here to give you a hand and lead you into the promised land so… come on and take a free ride [free ride!] Lyrics from the song Free Ride by Edgar Winter Group Denise, a member of my Facebook community shared a link earlier today regarding a major announcement from Ning’s new […]