Year Two in the Reign of SAP’s Léo Apotheker: Predictions and Proscriptions
In the aftermath of a relatively decent Q3, all things considered, that nonetheless earned SAP the wrath of the stock market, it’s important to take a look at what SAP, its customers, and its competitors have to look forward to as CEO Léo Apotheker rounds the end of his first full year at the helm.
Supply Risk Beyond Bankruptcy — When Suppliers Might End Up in Jail
Over on Spend Matters affiliate site MetalMiner, there’s a fascinating but little published story that my better half is covering that could very well be one of the jucier direct materials supply risk scandals of the year. The short of it is that it …
Integration as a Service and the SaaS Network Effect
Brian Sommer at Software and Services Safari has an excellent article today which I have summed up in the title. My takeaway is simply that as cloud based software services open integrations to other clouds and manage those integrations, they multiply the power of their individual clouds and create a computing environment that the on-premise [...]
The Ins and Outs of Using Price Indexes / Indices in Sourcing (Part 1)
This morning, I’d like to welcome Rob Patton, Sourcing Associate at
Paladin Associates,Inc. Rob brings more than 33 years of purchasing experience with Procter & Gamble’s global purchasing organization. His many assignments spanned P&G’s diverse pro…
SAP’s View — The Making of a Good Implementation and Technology Partner (Part 1)
Earlier in the week, I found some useful commentary over on Brian Sommer’s blog, Software and Services Safari, about what SAP values in its SI, channel and software partners. Brian based his analysis on a conversation he had at TechEd with SAP’s Zia …
RightNow Right Now is Right On
The RightNow User Conference was a significant transformation point for the company – for the better for the most part. I’m looking at the products which indicate smart short term value and the culture change, which indicates serious long term value.
Panjiva’s March to Provide Global Supply Insight Continues (Part 2)
In the first part of this two-part series on Panjiva, I explored some the information provider’s latest global content partnerships as well as providing some details from founder and CEO Josh Green on the company’s strategy. In this second part, I’ll…
