Localized Supply Chains: How Not to Reduce Supply Chain Risk
In a recent Industry Week column, Paul Ericksen, a consultant, makes a number of arguments about the importance of considering the extended supply chain when setting up new facilities or onboarding new suppliers. The basis of his argument cites the case of a large multinational manufacturer “with a factory located in the upper-Midwest United States” […]
Where Does the Services Supply Chain Lag the Physical Supply Chain?
It is not overly surprising that the services supply chain lags the physical supply chain (i.e., direct materials) in rigorous management processes. But the delta between relative maturity and sophistication of indirect materials (e.g., MRO, IT) procurement management compared with services spending is perhaps even more suggestive of the comparative immaturity of how organizations are […]
SaaS will dominate your cloud strategy
The chart in Larry Dignan’s blog post end of last week reporting Forrester’s projection for a $241 billion cloud computing market by 2020 clearly shows the relative market shares for SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. It’s a graphic reminder that, if an enterprise is focusing on the infrastructure layer to build its cloud strategy, then it’s […]
Kicking off the 5Ws of e20: Who, What, When, Why, and How?
Enterprise 2.0 is maturing, but most practitioners (even veteran players whom we could classify as “innovators”) agree that the opportunity for Enterprise 2.0 is still in its infancy. I saw affirmation of that today on member Laurie Buscek’s post this morning, “Enterprise 2.0 Candy Store.” The good news is there are many, many more Enterprises moving […]
Jim Wetekamp Chimes In: What Can Procurement Learn From Sales and Account Management?
Last week, courtesy of Paul Martyn, BravoSolution’s new VP of
Marketing in North American, I came across a column over on Supply Chain Brain. The article explores the decades-old
subject of treating procurement and category management like a sa…
