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Sourcing Innovation Illuminations -- B2B 3.0

Considering that the Sourcing Innovation Blog has lacked a bit of its trademark tech invective of late, I knew something was up. Indeed, The Doctor, also known as Michael Lamoureux, has been working on a new whitepaper series outlining the tenants of...
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It's the Publicly Available Data, Stupid ....

If you asked me through a historical lens 'what are the best things about living in the current time', it would be relatively easy to answer. Certainly freedom of expression, movement and trade -- not to mention modern medicine -- would top the list....
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Toyota and India -- Proof That Specialization Still (Often) Trumps Local Sourcing

When we look back on the past few years of craziness in the currency markets, booming transportation (and oil) prices and a general trend toward government sponsored protectionism (even China and India have been especially guilty of protecting their ...
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Benchmarking Green -- How Do You Stack Up?

Courtesy of Supply and Demand Chain Executive, here's a chance to benchmark how your sustainability initiatives stack-up relative to the rest of the pack. For companies looking to get ideas about how sustainability programs can help drive bottom line...
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How Secure is On-Demand, Really?

Tim Minahan recently penned a useful little number over on Supply Excellence that examines -- obviously in a somewhat partisan, anti-ERP/installed way -- the benefits of on-demand deployment models. The on-demand/installed question is a type of philo...
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Catching up with Zycus

Last week, I had the chance to catch up with Zycus, a provider that has quietly realized significant growth in the past few quarters, even after SAP dumped them as an informal partner to buy their own spend data classification, cleansing and enrichme...
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Purchasing Nails It -- Great Article on Allegheny Technologies? Supply Risk Approach

One of the challenges of covering the area of supply risk is that it's often hard to find companies to actually talk about what they're doing. And that's not just because many are secretive about it -- many organizations are simply not doing anything...
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A Break from Nostalgia, A Bit of Something New

Those expecting TV Land classics such as "M*A*S*H" or "Green Acres" might have been surprised to discover the doctors and staff at the modern Sacred Heart Hospital gracing their television screens this weekend. Sharing multiple episodes of "Scrubs" t...
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Supplier Management Lessons From Steely Dan

A couple of weeks back, I went to a Steely Dan concert for the second time this summer. That's right. Much to my wife's chagrin -- she's the kind of women Donald Fagen talks about in "Hey Nineteen" -- I had to see the old duo again, especially consid...
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Welcome Back, Vertical Integration: Changes in the Steel Industry

The twists and turns in our modern economy recently caused some companies to look back at older, retired practices and strategies -- and certain industries now realize that these "old school" routines could help business. For example, steelmakers and...