Webinar Notes: Gartner's Cloud & Saas Webinar
The following notes were taken by BMP during a recent Gartner webinar. The speaker was Daryl Plummer, Managing VP & Gartner Fellow, and in our opinion he did an excellent job making a topic that...
View ArticleInternal Sales for Purchasing Solutions
Today's eSourcing wiki article, The Quest for Purchasing Fire, discusses the process and obstacles for getting buy-in from C-level executives as well as the stakeholders that will utilize an esourcing...
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More tips to find a Procurement Services Provider.
Today’s eSourcing Wiki-Wednesday topic is How to Find a Good PSP. When we have had to hire someone to do work on our house, we got references, interviewed multiple contractors and of course reviewed...
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What does your SPOUSE think of your solution provider?
The reality of today’s 24/7 highly interconnected professional environment is that work follows us home whether we like it or not. We get emails during dinner, invites at the grocery store, phone calls...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Sourcing Solutions NOT for Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. My father was a do-it-yourselfer to the max. Many times he...
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Mistakes to avoid when selecting software solutions
I have had the opportunity to be in the selection and implementation of MANY supply chain solutions. There were bumps along the way and lessons learned as well. I know some of you think this was in the...
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Death of a Software Salesman
Arthur Miller’s 1949 play ‘Death of a Salesman’ is often listed as one of America’s finest and most influential stage dramas of the twentieth century. It was a tale that conveyed the American Dream but...
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Time to Renew Your Office 365 Deal – Where Should You Place Your Bet?
Sourcing managers with a Microsoft enterprise agreement (EA) that is about to expire face an important decision and may have many questions. Should they renew their next EA along the same lines as they...
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