Monday, I provided ballast for recent findings from Spend Matters that insufficient (and, at times, non-existent) supply management capabilities are putting mid-market firms at cost and operational disadvantages.
But such reports only tell part of the story. They provide an historical perspective and overlook the telling trend that mid-market firms are now hiring and investing for [more]

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you the latest episode of the SupplyNow podcast series. Brought to you through a partnership between Supply Exellence and Spend Matters, this third episode delves into some of the hottest supply management topics:

The Talent Crunch: World-reknowned supply management guru Professor Joseph Carter of Arizona State University examines [more]

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Last week, Spend Matters Jason Busch shared insights from his show-of-hands survey of an audience comprised largely of Mid-West companies from the “larger end of the mid-market” (an oxymoron unto itself). Despite this rather unscientific method of polling and sample selection (about 35 attendees at a  seminar hosted by a group purchasing organization), Jason’s findings were representative of [more]

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People love lists. It doesn’t matter what the subject. Lists rule.

Consider the overwhelming response to the Supply Excellence expose on the Top 5 Supply Strategies. Or the spate of recent predictions from the blogger and analyst communities on what 2007 might hold for supply management. Not to mention the countless magazine covers at airport newsstands [more]

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I get many questions about the future of enterprise applications. Will ERPs swallow the best-of-breed software providers? How will new technology approaches, such as services oriented architecture (SOA) and Software as a Service (SaaS) disrupt traditional installed software models?
I have shared my thoughts on these subjects both in private and on Supply Excellence. However, since [more]

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