Tweet“I hate procurement people!” Not what I was expecting to hear at a round table event this morning that gathered together some of the great and good in the procurement world – well the UK procurement world at least. But what was interesting was that this self-loathing comment was by no means the most radical remark. continue reading…
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TweetSome great things have come out of Australia but leaving Rolf Harris and Skippy aside, passion for procurement doesn’t seem to be one of them. Why is it that Aussies don’t get as passionate as the poms about procurement?
Well I’m not sure that the Europeans do get quite as passionate as Claudine Swiatek believes in her captivating article in her blog The Young Sourcerer about passion. But her point is well made that it’s a shame that procurement isn’t as well respected in some quarters as it should be. continue reading…
TweetYou can tell who the good guy is – he wears the white cowboy hat. But enterprise application vendors don’t wear hats so how do you tell them apart? continue reading…
TweetIt’s been a difficult couple of weeks to RIM. The service disruption in parts of Europe then more recently in the US couldn’t have come at a worse time. With revenues down 10% and profits more than halved, (according to The Economist) it’s a brave IT buyer that backs the Blackberry.
The Blackberry is losing ground for all kinds of reasons. Some blame the odd governance structure of Research in Motion with joint chairmen also acting as joint CEO and the growing competition from the iPhone and Android smart phones is having a significant impact. But RIM’s difficulties are just a single example of how the rapidly moving market for consumer IT is making the job of managing IT policy and IT sourcing more complex. continue reading…
TweetI love the Apple Store – they make it so easy to part with your cash and the pleasure is only accentuated when you contrast it to the level of customer service that the banks offer. continue reading…
TweetPurchasing is a complex set of interconnected and dependent people, processes and technology. – market knowledge; benchmarking information; purchase to pay and accounting systems and processes and last but by no means least – data. Data – your procurement organization’s Achilles heal. continue reading…
TweetIn the facebook age, when the digital natives – those who don’t remember a time before the internet – are emerging as the new generation of business leaders, thinkers and politicians, it can be easy to forget how today’s business technology evolved. And it’s easy to dismiss it. But knowing a little more than best practice and understanding why we do stuff the way we do is enlightening and helps inform us about the future evolution of business technology. continue reading…
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