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You Have a Deadline
In an article in this month's Inc magazine, the word that frightens a lot of people, 'Deadline', is discussed. Are deadlines good or do they tend to corrode the quality of projects?
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The Procurement Transformation
A recent study by Ardent Partners shows us that well over half of the enterprise 'spend' is being managed through the procurement function. Looks like the procurement 'mindset' of cost avoidance may need an overhaul.
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Explaining Microservices
In the first of a series on the topic of Microservices, Rob Tiberio looks at what they really are, as opposed to what the 'buzzword watchers' consider them to be.
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The Supply Chain and Black Friday
Well, Black Friday is already behind us for this year, and the supply chain is ready and able to take credit for its successes and failures. The planning and execution that have preceded it should result in major improvements over previous years.
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eCommerce Driving Supply Chain Changes
What's the biggest driver of changes in the supply chain and transportation arenas? According to FedEx CEO Henry Maier, it's the ecommerce revolution.
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ERP Customization Impact
Those of us who have survived ERP implementations know that 'customization' is a dirty word. It's not that it can't be done (it can, as your programming consultants will gleefully inform you), but that it has impacts down the line that you may regret.
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Profiting Within the Supply Chain
Who has more potential to create value, the hot tech startup of the small supplier who goes after a big contract? Conventional wisdom may say the tech company wins hands down, but the folks at Harvard reviewed a recent study and think otherwise.
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How Agile is Your Big Data?
Just because you have a mountain of data, it doesn't follow that you'll be able to use it effectively. One of the keys to leveraging Big Data is agility, or the ability to make the data actionable in responding to changes in the business environment.
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Trying to Explain the Cloud
When someone mentions 'the cloud', what are they actually talking about? To an IT architect, it's one thing, to a user another, and a vendor may have an entirely different description altogether.
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The New Champion
Spend Matters, and in particular its founder Jason Busch, has been studying procurement forever. Jason thinks it's time to call cloud eprocurement the new standard for the process.
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