I am off to AMR’s sold out Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix. Being that it’s my first research firm event as an attendee, I’m certain it will be a surreal experience. I look forward to reporting on my banterings with fellow Boston College alum, the always entertaining Bruce Richardson. I am also excited to hear [more]

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My stop in Irvine reinforced a little spoken secret to successful supply management transformation initiatives: Whenever possible leverage a crisis to secure budget, resources, and alignment needed to get the job done right.
“Crises” such as Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) compliance and patent litigation enabled Qualcomm to drive standardized contracting and contract compliance procedures and systems [more]

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True to form, Dave Stephens has lobbed his own Molotov Cocktail onto the On Demand/Software as a Service (SaaS) fire. Thankfully, he failed to directly cite my post last week as the inspiration for his ire. But the connection was obvious. And just after I said all those nice things about him. (Truth be told, [more]

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Apparently lots. Particularly when that exec is Dave Stephens. As part of his tenure in the software industry, Dave put a certain Redwood Shores-based ERP and database company on the SRM map. After a brief stint running that company’s CRM solutions group, Dave hung up his software jersey (although I anticipate this is a Michael [more]

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The first stop on the West Coast swing of the Supply Management 2.0 Forum landed me in San Jose. I got the chance to reunite with former procurement software exec Dave Stephens (more on that later) and trade sourcing best practices with a number of companies, including Sun Microsystems. Widely known for is supply management [more]

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