Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

I am talking about a fully interactive, intuitive chatbot through which 90 percent of everyday procurement work can be effectively and efficiently managed. Maverick spend was not the result of obstinate buyers refusing to use the “new system.” This disconnect meant that other measures had to be taken. Back To Square One?

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Information technology plays a significant role in supporting relationships between the customer and the supplier using electronic data interchange to share data between both sides, this technology provides fast, accurate information and business efficiency to the firm ( Mulligan and Gordon , 2002).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 26, 2024

For example—and I find it interesting that I reference them more today than I did back then—the Commonwealth of Virginia’s eVA initiative began with an early 2007 post titled “Yes, Virginia, there is more to eProcurement than software.” In the U.S.,

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 30, 2023

As you read this post originally published in May 2007 about “enabling technology and the emergence of the metaprise,” can the three-stage implementation framework be as successful today as it was back then? The Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series was based on my review of the ISM, CAPS and A.T.

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The Procuretech Podcast

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This was around 2007. How do you complement the performance or the requirements of the service technician with the objectives of hitting an SLA but doing it on a cost efficient basis where you were not paying a lot to get these products? . Through the automation process,within 18 months, they went from 21 buyers down to three.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 29, 2024

In other words, your organization gains control of it’s spend environment by relinquishing centralized functional control in favor of operational efficiencies originating on the front lines. This is the cornerstone of agent-based modeling. Delivery performance and product quality also improved dramatically.)”

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

1999 – I introduced the Metaprise model (RAM) 2007 – In Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part7) , I write about the Metaprise in greater detail, including the results of its implementation in a production environment (Department of National Defence). Hansen ( 4 ).

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