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Substance over sizzle: Can Elcom replicate its success with Scotland? by Jon Hansen
October 17, 2013
As many of you already know, beyond this blog I have written 5 books in total – two of which were as a ghostwriter. Remind me to tell you one day why I prefer the anonymity of assuming the ghostwriter persona. In the meantime, I think that it is safe to say that I know […]
Recent Zycus video demonstrates that even though you are “on” social media doesn’t mean you are “in” social media by Jon Hansen
June 30, 2013
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Back in 2010 I produced a PI Inquisitive Eye Internet TV segment titled Spend Intelligence & Botox in which Zycus was the sponsor. Even though it was a test broadcast that was based on a […]
Are The New Titans of the SaaS World Highlighted in 2009 Special Suffering From The Oliver Twist Syndrome When It Comes To Market Penetration?
June 10, 2011
Back in June 2009 I had aired a segment on the PI Window on Business titled Emerging Giants: The New Titans of the SaaS World, which in hindsight is interesting in that at least 2 of the senior executives who participated in the panel discussion represent organizations that are shall we say walking lightly but […]
The Zycus Forum: Could better intelligence have prevented the massive recall woes of the once revered Toyota Supply Chain?
May 18, 2010
The following is the member transcript from a current Zycus Forum Exchange discussion regarding the question “Could better intelligence have prevented the massive recall woes of the once revered Toyota Supply Chain?” Use the following link to join in on, or to simply follow the discussion: Zycus Spend Intelligence Resource Group. (Note: if you are […]
Spend Intelligence and Botox . . . is the term spend intelligence fluff or, worse yet, misleading?
April 15, 2010
Since releasing the following PI Inquisitive Eye TV segment on the legitimacy of the term “Spend Intelligence” earlier this week, there have been in excess of 1,000 views. What is noteworthy is that this particular subject seems to have hit a nerve with readers, listeners and now viewers, reflective of the level of interest that […]
Spend Intelligence & Botox – PI Inquisitive Eye (Television Unscripted)
March 21, 2010
“Spend intelligence takes spend analysis a step further. It enables the enterprise to take what it knows from the spend data it has gathered and use it to act on forward-thinking initiatives. In other words, spend intelligence provides actionable information.” While some industry pundits have expressed the opinion that the reference to “spend intelligence” is […]
Emory University’s Decision to Implement Zycus Spend Analysis and Strategic Sourcing Solutions Noteworthy
January 19, 2010
The recent news that Zycus had cracked the education market with the announcement that Atlanta-based Emory University has decided to implement the company’s “SaaS based Spend Analysis and Strategic Sourcing solutions,” is noteworthy on many levels. One of the most demanding sectors in which the dynamics of decentralized purchasing practices at the departmental level doesn’t […]
Converteam’s selection of Zycus multi-lingual capabilities give testimony to Spend Analysis’ economic reach
January 13, 2010
When I read the announcement that Converteam, which ” provides customized solutions to convert electrical energy through optimum applications of technology” had selected the Zycus Spend Analysis platform, I was immediately reminded of the old saying that one cannot “see the forest for the trees.” Now one might be inclined to equate the “forest” reference […]
Today’s Zycus Webinar on eSourcing 2.0 is here! was interesting, yet it did not tell the whole story
December 3, 2009
Like most professionals in my field I receive endless invitations to attend conferences, webinars and store openings. As a result one has to be selective in terms of which invites they will accept otherwise, and like the frequency of corporate golf tournaments during the dot.com boom – I actually reached the point of being able […]
Procurement Insights 
Zycus LinkedIn post uses the equivalent of Sandberg’s “bossy” term to describe procurement professionals? by Jon Hansen
March 21, 2014
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In a recent post by Roz Usheroff, she indicated that you would probably have to be on another planet – maybe even in another galaxy – to not have heard of the recent call to arms of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to eradicate the word “bossy” from our everyday vernacular. The reason for Sandberg’s discontent […]