Sourcing Innovation: Category Archive for rants

The Three Things You Really Need to Know About Big Data Right Now!

Posted by the doctor at 5/13/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Where Are My Marbles?

Posted by the doctor at 5/2/2012 5:00 PM | Add Comment

I Still Can't Find My Marbles ... But I'm Sure I Know Who Hid Them!

Posted by the doctor at 4/25/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Why Gas Prices Are Too Damn High!

Posted by the doctor at 4/18/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Can You Detect Greenwashing?

Posted by the doctor at 4/7/2012 5:55 AM | Add Comment

There's No Such Thing As BIG Data in Business

Posted by the doctor at 4/5/2012 5:55 AM | Add Comment

Customer Service Is Going to Hell -- What Should Supply Management Learn?

Posted by the doctor at 3/19/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

If Only It Were True

Posted by the doctor at 3/10/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

No Service, No Tax: Haligonians Demand Your Money Back!

Posted by the doctor at 3/8/2012 5:00 PM | Add Comment

Best Buy Experience? Not At Best Buy! Part II

Posted by the doctor at 3/8/2012 6:03 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Best Buy Experience? Not At Best Buy! Part I

Posted by the doctor at 3/7/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

If The Only Budget Airline in China Can Profit In This Global Economy ...

Posted by the doctor at 3/6/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

What Does Free Really Cost? Part II

Posted by the doctor at 2/14/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

What Does Free Really Cost? Part I

Posted by the doctor at 2/13/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Could the U.S. Be A Next Generation Manufacturing Economy?

Posted by the doctor at 1/26/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Reverse Auctions: Old Is New, But One-Time is Still Just One-Time!

Posted by the doctor at 12/20/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Key Takeaways from the UL Product MindSet Study, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 12/15/2011 6:02 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Remember, You Can't Control the Clouds!

Posted by the doctor at 11/29/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Supply Chain Realtime Adaptive Priority Solutions -- Where Are They?

Posted by the doctor at 11/22/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Still Having Problems Making Ends Meet? The Onion's Solution Is Still Valid!

Posted by the doctor at 11/19/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Have Some Lessons Been Learned by Supply Professionals?

Posted by the doctor at 11/3/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Another Lesson In The Peril of Spreadsheets

Posted by the doctor at 10/26/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

Is It Time To Move Your (Supply Chain) Operations to an Emerging Economy?

Posted by the doctor at 10/16/2011 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Thank You Brian! Building Apps IS Wrong!

Posted by the doctor at 10/11/2011 1:11 PM | Add Comment

Patent Pirates Are Still Plundering

Posted by the doctor at 9/30/2011 3:00 PM | Add Comment

Stop Hoarding and Invest In Your Supply Chain

Posted by the doctor at 9/29/2011 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Is Good Corporate Citizenship At An All Time Low?

Posted by the doctor at 9/28/2011 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Nothing for Nothing

Posted by the doctor at 9/22/2011 12:12 PM | Add Comment

The Cloud is Full of Sweet Fluffy Dreams

Posted by the doctor at 9/19/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Collaborate, Collaborate, Collaborate, Collaborate ... NOT!

Posted by the doctor at 9/12/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

It's Time for a Digital Strategy Audit

Posted by the doctor at 9/11/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

Headline from the Land of D'oh: Technology is Closing -- and Widening -- the Gap

Posted by the doctor at 9/8/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

I'm Sorry, but 40% is a Long Way from 100%!

Posted by the doctor at 9/5/2011 12:21 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Education is Getting Worse by the Day

Posted by the doctor at 9/4/2011 12:21 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

What's the Big Idea?

Posted by the doctor at 8/31/2011 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Dog Bites Man

Posted by the doctor at 8/23/2011 12:21 PM | Add Comment

The "Cloud" is Not a Magic Mirror Nor is it Omniscient

Posted by the doctor at 8/18/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

How Many Different Kinds of Pens and Paper Do You Need?

Posted by the doctor at 8/14/2011 12:10 PM | Add Comment

Save Yourself an Hour -- There's Only ONE Real Driver Behind Inventory Costs

Posted by the doctor at 8/12/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

The Control Provided by e-Sourcing is Only an Illusion - YOU HAVE NO CONTROL!

Posted by the doctor at 8/11/2011 6:01 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Organizational Data is Organizational Data -- NOT Department Data

Posted by the doctor at 8/9/2011 12:21 PM | Add Comment

Questions from the Land of the Obvious: Is China's Rise Sustainable?

Posted by the doctor at 8/9/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

One Hundred Years Ago Today

Posted by the doctor at 8/8/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Perfect Procurement Processes Will Not Save the Public Sector

Posted by the doctor at 8/5/2011 1:11 PM | Add Comment

So, What Might a Good Job Advertisement Look Like?

Posted by the doctor at 8/4/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Your Browser Matters

Posted by the doctor at 8/3/2011 12:12 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Efficiency is Never Bad. It's the Focus on Cost-Cutting that Kills You!

Posted by the doctor at 8/1/2011 1:11 PM | Add Comment

If This is Your Advertisement for a Sourcing Manager, You Have a Talent Management Problem.

Posted by the doctor at 7/29/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

Master of Business Annihilation

Posted by the doctor at 7/25/2011 6:00 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

And now the UK is a low-cost country too.

Posted by the doctor at 7/22/2011 1:11 PM | Add Comment

Sustainability Requires More Than High Level Planning Guidelines

Posted by the doctor at 7/19/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

Some Great Ideas to Revitalize the Innovation Engine, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 7/14/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Another Headline from the Land of D'oh: Knowledge Management New Source of Competitive Advantage

Posted by the doctor at 7/12/2011 1:59 PM | Add Comment

Beware the Perils of Hyperspecialization

Posted by the doctor at 7/10/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

1999

Posted by the doctor at 7/7/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

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

Posted by the doctor at 6/27/2011 12:59 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

If You Think Social Media Will Solve Your Problems

Posted by the doctor at 6/25/2011 1:01 PM | Add Comment

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

Posted by the doctor at 6/20/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Ariba Needs to Get Its Prescription Checked

Posted by the doctor at 6/13/2011 12:59 PM | Add Comment

How Do I Find Top Supply Management Talent?

Posted by the doctor at 5/18/2011 1:00 PM | Add Comment

Why Can't I Find Top Supply Management Talent?

Posted by the doctor at 5/17/2011 1:00 PM | Add Comment

Headline from the Land of D'Oh: Foxconn Employees Asked to Sign 'No Suicide' Pledge

Posted by the doctor at 5/14/2011 5:59 AM | Add Comment

I Thought 'C' Was For Cookie

Posted by the doctor at 5/7/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

People are the most important resource in today's global economy!

Posted by the doctor at 5/1/2011 12:00 PM | Add Comment

So You Don't Think Open Communication Is Important?

Posted by the doctor at 4/26/2011 1:00 PM | Add Comment

I Want Ranting

Posted by the doctor at 4/16/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

When It Comes to Tech, Sometimes I Think Analysts Should Get Out of the Game

Posted by the doctor at 4/11/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Sometimes I Wonder If People Get Sarcasm

Posted by the doctor at 4/9/2011 1:00 PM | Add Comment

Vendor Lies

Posted by the doctor at 4/6/2011 12:00 PM | Add Comment

That's Right Ariba, CombineNet, Emptoris, Hubwoo, Oracle, and SAP -- I Called You Out!

Posted by the doctor at 4/1/2011 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Is There Any Room In The Space for an E-CHAOS Vendor?

Posted by the doctor at 3/31/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

The Forrester Wave: The Tsunami that Wasn't

Posted by the doctor at 3/30/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

The Forrester Wave: Ocean or Kiddie-Pool?

Posted by the doctor at 3/29/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

How Many Chiefs Should Your Organization Have?

Posted by the doctor at 3/26/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Can We Fix Supply Chain Education?

Posted by the doctor at 3/25/2011 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

It's Not Green If

Posted by the doctor at 3/21/2011 1:12 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

If This is Your Idea of Customer Service ...

Posted by the doctor at 3/19/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

ERP is NOT Always the Answer

Posted by the doctor at 3/18/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

Overqualified Candidates are Truly Rare ...

Posted by the doctor at 3/17/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

Demand for Procurement Systems is Up In General

Posted by the doctor at 3/14/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

When Will Analysis Be Ubiquitous?

Posted by the doctor at 3/4/2011 1:00 PM | Add Comment

Probabilistic Chips ARE NOT Going to Improve Your Supply Chain Software

Posted by the doctor at 3/4/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

More Proof We're Overworked ... and in Deep Talent Trouble

Posted by the doctor at 3/1/2011 12:59 PM | Add Comment

If a Deal Is Too Good To Be True, IT IS!

Posted by the doctor at 2/25/2011 7:00 AM

Oh No! App Mania Has Hit The Supply Chain!

Posted by the doctor at 2/14/2011 2:00 PM | View Comments (3)

Pikachu and Squirtle Illustrate Why the doctor Can't Be an Analyst

Posted by the doctor at 2/12/2011 1:00 PM

Another Headline from the Land of D'oh! Financial Crisis of 2008 avoidable

Posted by the doctor at 2/9/2011 1:02 PM

This is What Happens When You're Not Careful Who You Vote For

Posted by the doctor at 2/5/2011 1:01 PM

Does Verizon Have Its Head in the Clouds?

Posted by the doctor at 2/3/2011 1:00 PM

When it Comes To Transportation, North America is Getting Further Behind by the Day

Posted by the doctor at 1/30/2011 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Another Article from the Land of D'oh - Jobs and Traffic Jams are Linked

Posted by the doctor at 1/29/2011 7:01 AM

Reader Education? What Was I Thinking?

Posted by the doctor at 1/22/2011 1:00 PM | View Comments (1)

Want Money For Nothing?

Posted by the doctor at 1/17/2011 1:00 PM | View Comments (4)

Ariba Redefines What?

Posted by the doctor at 1/11/2011 1:00 PM | View Comments (4)

Think!

Posted by the doctor at 1/10/2011 7:00 AM

Dogbert Translates Cloud-Consultanese

Posted by the doctor at 1/7/2011 1:00 PM | View Comments (1)

2010 Was A Sad Year for Innovation

Posted by the doctor at 12/31/2010 7:00 AM

Proud To Be Fox News Free!

Posted by the doctor at 12/24/2010 1:00 PM | View Comments (2)

Are You Really a Futurist if You Predict a Future That's Already Here?

Posted by the doctor at 12/22/2010 7:00 AM

Car Companies Do It Again!

Posted by the doctor at 12/20/2010 1:00 PM
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