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Big Data Research Topics

On the Enterprise Irregulars site, Louis Columbus summarizes the results of a several pieces of research on the topic of Big Data. It's no surprise that the technology is going through a huge growth spurt. Read more...

Purchasing Improves Its Profile

On the My Purchasing Center site, Mickey North Rizza reviews what it means for purchasing to move to a more strategic level in the organization. When you look at the pillars of people, process, and technology, lots of transformation has taken place but there's more to do. Read more...

B2B is Where It's At

B2C gets all the pub, but B2B seems to be the 'hot' area of growth for ecommerce. It's a huge target that has traditionally been served by a relatively fragmented distributor base, but recent inroads by Amazon and others are opening some eyes. Read more...

Small Changes Can Drive Big Savings

There's a lot happening technology-wise in the supply chain. With all the excitement out there about the most high profile innovations, it might be easy to overlook some basic 'blocking and tackling' changes. Read more...

Big Data Benefits Procurement

If there's a technology that's getting more press than big data nowadays, I don't know what it is (maybe IoT?). Nancy Clinton gives us a few ideas on how it connects specifically to procurement in an article on the Spend Matters site. Read more...

Procurement Job Rotations

With as much concern as we've heard about the difficulty of attracting talent to supply chain positions, it would seem that rotating staff through procurement roles wouldn't necessarily help. Deloitte, though, has a different take on it. Read more...

Improve Your Adoption Rate

If you're having problems with slow adoption of your procurement automation choice by your supply chain, don't despair. There are commonsense steps you can take to help both you and your vendors. Read more...

Hot Tech on the Way

The folks on the Enterprise Irregulars site do a great job staying on top of new technologies. In a recent article by Dion Hinchcliffe, he takes a look at the hot topics that will affect how business will be conducted in the future. Read more...

Holistic Risk Mitigation

Supply chain risk keeps a lot of executives awake at night. A holistic approach to managing it has a great chance of eliminating and mitigating these risks, according to Gary Barraco on the Sourcing Journal site. Read more...

B2B Steams Ahead

B2C electronic commerce gets all the publicity, but in reality B2B is where it's at. Growth is hefty and investment in ecommerce platforms is increasing. Read more...

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