News Analysis: DSAG Project Team Members Resign Leadership of SUGEN KPI Working Group
DSAG project team and project leader departure could signal disagreement with methodology not SUGEN
SAP embarked on an ambitious program to prove value in its Enterprise Support fee hike last year. As planned, SAP should announce the results for the first set of SUGEN KPI’s in early December. However, two key SUGEN KPI project sponsors [...]
Sony’s Savings-Driven Procurement Transformation is on Track
More and more earnings announcements these days are filled with references to operations- and procurement-led earnings improvement. Sony, the venerable Japanese electronics giant, is a perfect example. Earlier this fall Sony announced a quarter in wh…
Wal-Mart’s Supplier Alliance Program: Selfish or Selfless Supplier Development?
Over on Supply Chain Matters, Bob Ferrari recently described how Wal-Mart is putting its supplier development money where its mouth is for apparel suppliers, the group most likely impacted by CIT’s bankruptcy filing (which you can read expert opinion…
Cortera — A New D&B Competitor in the Supply Risk Content Market (Part 1)
Every week, I try to give myself an hour or two to surf the web and do research on companies and news that I might not otherwise come across in the regular contingent of sites and publications I peruse (don’t ask — it’s probably upwards of 150 now)….
CIO interview: Casey Coleman of the General Services Administration
The US General Services Administration employs almost 12,000 people and has a budget of $25 billion. Fellow ZDNet blogger, Dion Hinchcliffe, and I spoke with CIO Casey Coleman.
Weekend Stuff: Obamas Brilliant First Year
Not my words, those of Jacob Weisberg in Slate (saw it courtesy of Paul Kedrosky) He quotes three accomplishments —preventing a depression, remaking America’s global image, and winning universal health insurance. Am I worried about the deficits? Absolutely. Do I…
Bohemian Bankruptcy
Hm.. must be Bohemian Week… see Jeff’s Happy Thanksgiving, and now this. P.S. Ah, that FTC disclosure.. I did some business with the Queen … a Century ago, in another Galaxy.
IBM’s Software Analyst Connect event, Smarter Planet and sustainability
I attended IBM’s eighth annual Software Analyst Connect (#Connect09) last week in Connecticut. The theme of the event was “IBM Software for a Smarter Planet”.
You have to admire IBM for coming up with the Smart Planet branding strategy. Now anything Smart (Smart Cities, Smart Water even Smart Work) is automatically, subconsciously associated with IBM. [...]
Change Management: Mar-Lin Night’s Last Sail
Naomi at helm for Mar-Lin Night's last sail 2/2007
Even as we look forward to the delivery of our next boat, I lament the end of our sailing dreams. The reasons why we really had to move from sailboat to “stink pot” are distant memories: the inability of my increasingly arthritic joints to handle the [...]
