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Is Cisco Really Driving 21st Century Supply Chain Innovation? (Revisiting the 2007 Cisco Post in 2023)

Procurement Insights

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

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Who Is The “ONE” Missing From The Deloitte Solution Map?

Procurement Insights

” By the time Greg Brady and Ranjit Notani began their journey, I had already sold my company and was moving on to my next challenge. The obvious question is why, after more than 40 years in the high-tech and procurement industries, I had not heard of this company before now?

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Selecting the right service provider partner for each one of the three steps or stages of procurement digital transformation success

Procurement Insights

They say that, like truth, good ideas stand the test of time. 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?

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Inexpensive O-rings Prevent An EV Manufacturer From Delivering Dozens of $250K Vehicles – WHY?

Procurement Insights

What is the difference between the following excerpts from the 2009 article and the 2023 LinkedIn post comment : 2009 ARTICLE “Here’s another real-world example of how a little break in a supply line can have a big impact. Blame it on kanban, the just-in-time philosophy of keeping as little inventory on hand as possible.”

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Top 10 US Dropshipping Suppliers – Pricing & Reviews

Procurement Tactics

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Top 10 US Dropshipping Suppliers — Pricing & Reviews The US dropshipping market reached an estimated amount of $15.64 Top 10 US Dropshipping Suppliers Study Procurement Study Negotiations 1.

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Is Amazon The New Oracle or How The Emergence of The B2C World Marks The Official End of The ERP Era (Originally Published Sept. 2014)

Procurement Insights

At the time, it was as much whimsy as it was reasonable contemplation. I say reasonable because that was the time when many people started asking the question, “Why can’t buying at work be as easy as it is at home on Amazon? .” ” Comparison Results: Amazon AWS is the clear winner in this comparison.

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Melissa Drew on Fast Talk, AI, and Closing the Gender Gap in Supply Chain

Let's Talk Supply Chain

Let’s Talk Supply Chain gives them a platform to share what drives them and how they are igniting real progress at their organizations. The premise for the company was working with local companies across Alabama, Georgia, and Northern Florida developing tools to provide more visibility into their suppliers across their supply chain.