Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was originally published in the Procurement Insights blog on December 3rd, 2007 – almost 16 years ago. So, why am I reposting it today? I t was a very ambitious project with an equally ambitious outcome – driving 21st-century procurement.

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Procurement Tactics

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The 2008 recession (also known as The Great Recession) lasted 18 months, from December 2007 to June 2009. From 2007 to 2008, the Real Median Household Income decreased by roughly 3.6%. One question at the forefront of many Americans’ minds is, “Will this be another 2008 recession?”. Notably, it left 8.7 from 2019 to 2020.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

This year, I will be closing in on the 2,000th blog post on Procurement Insights dating back to May 2007. It is a pretty deep archive of the history of our industry – like counting the rings of an old tree. But we all know that quantity does not necessarily mean quality – or enduring relevance. So, do my writings stand the test of time?

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SCMDOJO

JULY 18, 2024

CNG burns cleaner than diesel, reducing emissions and greenhouse gas output (Lowe, 2007). These tires offer less resistance as they roll, reducing the energy required to maintain movement (Lowe, 2007). 2007), The Transport Manager’s and Operator’s Handbook 2007, Kogan Page: London. Khare, M. & & K.J.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

2007 – Dangerous Supply Chain Myths Revisited (Part 7): Enabling Technology The Emergence of theMetaprise Discussion Excerpt: “In August 2003, the new technology successfully went live in a production environment for the DND. Scottish Water 9bn procurement process could create 4,000 jobs – thetimes.co.uk

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

For example, many reports show that the adoption of e-sourcing by best-in-class companies has stagnated at 60% – 70% since 2007. Analysts and research firms have all reached the same conclusion.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 25, 2024

Part 1), Procurement Insights (September 12th, 2007) I wrote this blog’s first post on May 18th, 2007. A Commentary) (December 5th, 2007) Johnson & Johnson (ranked #5) – first post: Pharma Supply Chains (Part 1): A problem of focus versus avarice? – Yes, Virginia!

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Procurement Insights

MAY 20, 2024

Here is an example of true “success tracking:” September 12th, 2007 – [link] (first Virginia post) April 4th, 2014 – [link] ( Forrester Wave Report on eVA) May 14th, 2024 – [link] Between 2007 and 2024, I tracked Virginia through several new Governors and senior staff changes internally.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Supply Risk Solutions (SRS) was founded in 2007 to address these issues for the semiconductor and healthcare industries. Imagine relying on a single supplier for a critical component — if they face a problem, it could jeopardize your entire production process. It tracks geopolitical risk, natural disaster risk and financial risk.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Adapted from Ehrlich (2002); Stamatis (2002); George (2003); Bendell (2006); Bhuiyan et.al, (2006); Andersson et.al, (2006); Arnheiter and Maleyeff (2005); Nonthaleerak (2005); Kumar (2007); Magnusson et.al, (2003) Read more on Top 15 Lean Six Sigma Books to Level Up Your Continuous Improvement Efforts & Strategy on our website SCMDOJO!

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Quality Supply Chain Optimization 98

Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2024

.” A cycle in which solution providers were given little choice but to proclaim “we are now a GenAI company” in much the same way that Ariba claimed that it was an “on-demand company” in 2007 in one of this blog’s most read posts “ The Ariba Interviews.”

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ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Established in 2007, Consus is a leading Procurement services provider and procurement systems integrator, operating across 9 countries. “Ivalua is proud to provide the technology to empower Procurement leaders at Pacific Drilling and hundreds of other global companies to deliver ever greater value to their organizations.”. About Consus.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Part 1) (September 12th, 2007) To be clear, a Practitioner-Authored Case Study does not mean that it has been written by a practitioner – although it can be. 2007 – Commonwealth of Virginia’s eVA – Yes, Virginia! The 75 to 85% e-procurement initiative failure rate gives testimony to this fact.”

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supply chain software solutions Procurement Collaboration Supply chain 75

ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Established in 2007, Consus is a leading procurement services provider operating across 9 countries. With a highly demanding timeline of 5 weeks, we believed that only a true partnership and strong leadership across Intalere, Ivalua and Consus was the key difference-maker in the success of this project.”. About Consus.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2024

However, my 2007 series, Dangerous Supply Chain Myths, has stood the test of time. Here are my thoughts. I know I will sound like a broken record here, Mathew Schulz.

Supply Chain Efficiency 72

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Shortly after launching the Procurement Insights blog in May 2007, I was contacted by Ariba, asking if I would like to interview them about their latest contract win in the Healthcare sector.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 9, 2022

The post, which garnered almost 93,000 views, stimulated one of the more interesting and energetic dialogues with which I have been involved since joining LinkedIn in 2007. (Question after reading Boston Consulting Group (BCG) post shared by Lance Younger ).

Budget 84

Budget Collaboration Contract Innovation 84

ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Established in 2007, Consus is a leading procurement services provider operating across 9 countries. With a highly demanding timeline of 5 weeks, we believed that only a true partnership and strong leadership across Intalere, Ivalua and Consus was the key difference-maker in the success of this project.”. About Consus.

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Contract Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 130

Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2024

On April 23rd, Vineet Khanna , the former Global Head of Supply Chain at Nestlé , will share his roadmap to Supply Chain Orchestration Success. In the meantime, these are my thoughts; please share yours.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Shanghais port processed a record 5 million containers in January, well above any previous month according to data going back to 2007.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 1, 2024

In 2007 , I wrote the following in Part 7 of my Dangerous Supply Chain Myths Series: In short, a Metaprise is a synchronized versus sequential architecture (private hub) that simultaneously links or incorporates the unique operating attributes of all transactional stakeholders on a real-world, real-time basis.

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Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Buyers Quality 87

Procurement Insights

MAY 27, 2024

For those following this blog since 2007, the above text will likely tweak a few recalls of the much-repeated words I used to describe how I developed my company’s platform in the late 1990s – early 2000s. Businesses must take an outside-in-network view and together serve the end consumer.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2023

For that answer, let’s go back to a 2007 post in this blog titled “Yes, Virginia! Revisiting the 2007 Cisco Post in 2023)” to see if my Virginia eVA review stood the test of time. My answer has always been the same – always try to choose successful clients. There is more to e-procurement than software!

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

FIRST, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION In August 2007, I wrote an article titled “Procurement’s Expanding Role and the Executive of the Future.” 2007 – Commonwealth of Virginia ’s eVA – Yes, Virginia! There is more to e-procurement than software!

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Answer today’s question, then read these two Procurement Insights posts: Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 7) | Procurement Insights (July 4th, 2007) Are you chasing solutions or solving problems? Part 1 of 3) (October 23rd, 2023) Now, answer the question again? Did your answer change? Mine didn’t. 30 Weird Science?

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Great article , Elvire Regnier ! Governance is THE key to cluster development and the globalized supply base.

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Supply Networking Procurement Buyers 69

Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As one of the first procurement industry bloggers, if you told me on May 18th, 2007, that in December 2023, I would still be penning my thoughts on the Procurement Insights blog, I probably would not have believed you. Here Here is the link to my very first post: Welcome to Procurement Insights.

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Supply chain Procurement Purchasing Risk 81

ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Established in 2007, Consus is a leading Procurement services provider and procurement systems integrator, operating across 9 countries. “Ivalua is proud to provide the technology to empower Procurement leaders at Pacific Drilling and hundreds of other global companies to deliver ever greater value to their organizations.”. About Consus.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 27, 2023

My Response R.Gökhan Hüner , you provide great insights that immediately reminded me of the following excerpt from an article I wrote in 2007 – [link] “Unfortunately, most purchasing departments “inherit” their software as an adjunct downstream byproduct of either an original finance or IT-centric initiative.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 25, 2013

Larson et al 2007 indicated that, based on a literature review, there are 4 types of interaction as below, Reproduced from Larson et al 2007. (1) This implies that the army relied on "replenishment progress (process). 4) Relationship Between 2 Terms. The difference between 2 terms has been very confusing for practitioners.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It was started in 2007 and is managed by the U.S. With the current waiver, all payments for federal student loans after October 1, 2007, count under the qualifications. About The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). Department of Education. The only needed criteria – is qualifying employment. Submit an Application.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 19, 2025

TODAY’S TAKEAWAY Based on the Deloitte representative’s comments, the success of any ProcureTech initiative is more dependent on the practitioner than the solution provider.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

May 2007 – The high (and continuing) rate of e-procurement initiative failures – studies indicate that 75 to 85% of all initiatives exceed budgetary expectations but fall far short of projected savings. What are the common denominators? How can you scale digital adoption and transformation success?

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

2007) The Mendocino Project: A Brilliant Strategy by Microsoft and SAP to Sidestep Anti-Trust Legislation? 2007) 30 So, I will share the first two posts with you and suggest that you, once again, avail yourself of the blog’s “Search” feature. Microsoft Acquires SAP? (A A Commentary) (Dec.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 27, 2023

2007 article on the CPO Agenda Roundtable Meeting, I reported the following – [link] “As a result, there is going to be a continuing need for what was referred to as “low-level” buyers. Of course, the “value creation” concept predates AI.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2023

(In fact, it’s the lack of Big Data leading to so many failures … but that’s a different rant …)” – Michael Lamoureux, LinkedIn (September 2023) Michael Lamoureux , your post reminded me of a 2007 post on Double Marginalization.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

2007 – [link] “Process understanding starts and ends with the premise of centralized visibility and departmental empowerment. “It EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is my response to Laura Barrett’s very good post about SRM and centralization versus decentralization. To start, here is an excerpt of a post I wrote in Sept.

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