Sourcing Innovation: Monthly Archives for June 2011

What Impact Will a 9% Drop in Profits Have On Your Organization?

Mintec - Data for the Masses from the Masses

TMS Requires 100 Million, Does ERP Require 1 Billion?

Is All Inventory Evil?

Trade Extensions: No Rest for the Wicked-ly Powerful - Part II

Next Level Supply Management Excellence: Your Straight to the Bottom Line Roadmap

Trade Extensions: No Rest for the Wicked-ly Powerful - Part I

Is It Social Software or Collaborative Knowledge Management That Gets Results?

We Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

BioPlastics - Another Easy Way to Conserve Petroleum Supply

Outsourcing is More Than Throwing It Over the Wall

If You Think Social Media Will Solve Your Problems

Some Free Advice for the Pet Vacation Industry

The Best Argument for Making Your Data Available Online 24/7

Four Good and One Bad Suggestion For Preparing Your Supply Chain for Volatility

Vision 20/30 -- The Future Of Procurement Needs a Course Correction

PPT isn't enough, you need EAI as well (NPX Deep Dive #1)

Ariba Vision 2020: I Hope It's Just a Ruse!

Cost is Just Another Component of Risk (Bonus NPX Take Away 3)

Ariba Vision 2020: Close, But No Cigar

If You Have to Hire, Maybe You Should Hire At Home (Bonus NPX Take Away 2)

Is Piracy About to Become Standard Operating Practice in Somali Government?

Ariba Vision 2020: Tomorrow's Shoes (Part II)

You Can't Hire 100 People At a Time (Bonus NPX Take Away 1)

Can Your Supply Chain Be More Agile? Yes It Can!

Three Good Suggestions from the CTA. Will the RCC listen?

What Will We Do To Organizations That Do Not Adopt Next Generation Supply Management Techniques?

Supply Management: Secret Agent of Business Impovement (Key NPX Take Away 5)

Ariba Vision 2020: Tomorrow's Shoes (Part I)

It's Not Technology, People, or Process -- It's Execution (Key NPX Take Away 4)

Ariba Vision 2020: Today's Blues

Contracts Capture Value (Key NPX Take Away 3)

Ariba Vision 2020: Yesterday's News

Getting to Value (Key NPX Take Away 2)

Ariba Needs to Get Its Prescription Checked

Are you Really Focussed On Value? (Key NPX Take Away 1)

Are You a Contract Hypocrite?

What Should You Do When Your Firm is About to Undergo an M&A?

Don't Underestimate the Importance of Quality Signage for Your Retail Chain

Apprenticeship is the Answer

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: A Metaphor for Collaboration?

Five Long Years

The Impact of Culture on Transnational Interactions

Don't Overlook the Soft Cost Savings from SOW Management

Is Your CPO the Next CEO Candidate?

The Best Way to Handle Decentralized / Local Supply Management Groups

Cross-Docking Challenges, Part II

Is Your Supply Management Organization About to Move to Asia?

Cross-Docking Challenges, Part I

Cost Cutting - Let Us Count the Ways

Quick Hit Cost Savings Projects

Sourcing Innovation is Where It's At

Your Risk Mitigation Plan

Elements of Leadership

Every Supply Management Vendor Should Review Their Strategy, Not Just Ariba

The Emerging Focus on Talent, Part IV

Lessons Learned from Best-in-Class, Part VIII

The Emerging Focus on Talent, Part III

Lessons Learned from Best-in-Class, Part VII