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A 2009 Interview With Industry Legend Bill Copacino, And Gartner’s Acknowledgement Of The Metaprise

June 11, 2025

What would Bill Copacino say, and what will Gartner FINALLY do?

Sometimes old dogs know more about today’s technology and the procurement profession and can teach the young ones a thing or two.

April 23, 2025

What do Web 2.0, Web 4.0, Procurement 1.0, and Procurement 3.0 have in common?

Compressing Porter’s (Virtual) Value Chain, Eliminating Silos of Understanding, and Integrating Six Sigma

August 21, 2009

During my interview with Bob Copacino on today’s PI Window on Business Show, he indicated that with traditional BI methodologies and systems approximately 90% of an organization’s time and resources are spent on the up front gathering, organizing and selecting of data while only 10% of the time is spent on applying the intelligence in […]

The Future of Business Intelligence: Did Gartner Get It Right?

August 20, 2009

On Friday’s segment “Beyond Business Intelligence Technology: The Importance of Domain Expertise” I will be welcoming Oco’s CEO William (Bill) Copacino who has authored 3 books and more than 150 articles on supply chain management, to discuss the transformational changes that are redefining our understanding of Business Intelligence. The level of preparation that goes into […]

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 […]

What’s In A Name? Everything! (Canadian Institute for Procurement and Materiel Management Profile)

February 25, 2009

“In our 20 years of existence, the procurement policies of government have become more intrusive to the act of buying a good or service. Today we have trade agreements, Comprehensive Land Claim Treaties, the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business, Employment Equity, concerns about intellectual property, risk management and so on. All of these subjects impact […]

SPONSOR NEWS: Corporate United’s New Website Enhances Membership Collaboration

February 13, 2009

CLEVELAND – February 10, 2009 – Corporate United, the nation’s leading group purchasing organization with more than 100 Global 2000 companies representing every industry sector, has redesigned its web to offer additional education, networking and corporate collaboration opportunities to spend management and procurement professionals. Corporate United employs corporate collaboration through each pillar of its value […]

A “Perfect Vision” and Determined Execution: Laying the Foundations for Sustainable Success (Perfect Commerce Profile: http://www.perfect.com/)

January 26, 2009

“A true centralization of procurement objectives requires a decentralized architecture that is based on the real-world operating attributes of all transactional stakeholders . . . in other words, your organization gains control of it’s spend environment by relinquishing centralized functional control in favor of operational efficiencies originating on the front lines. This is the cornerstone […]

SPONSOR NEWS: Zycus Posts 122 Percent Growth in First Half

January 20, 2009

Princeton, NJ, January 12, 2009 – Zycus Inc., the leading Spend Management solutions company, today announced significant performance during the first half of its fiscal year, recording 122 percent in overall year-over-year growth. The company follows an April to March fiscal year. During this period, Zycus added 27 new customers across multiple countries and established […]

SPONSOR NEWS Bulletin: Belgian multinational manufacturer Bekaert selects Zycus for enterprise spend management

December 19, 2008

FRANKFURT, GERMANY – December 17, 2008 – Zycus, a world leader in Spend Management solutions, today announced that the parent company of NV Bekaert SA, the Belgium-based world leader in advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings, has selected Zycus for effective enterprise spend management. “Zycus was the clear choice because its innovative […]