Thanks to recent market events, the hype surrounding On Demand and its applicability in the supply management arena has reached Mission: Impossible III proportions. Sensing a change in enterprise software buying preferences, several traditional enterprise application providers have made desperate moves to hop the On Demand bandwagon. (I was half expecting the CEO of a certain [more]

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Like a cyborg from a bad movie sequel, this Supply Management versus Spend Management battle is the debate that just won’t die. Just when you thought it was safe to log onto your favorite Web site, Jason Busch, serial blogger and spend management evangelist is back with another volley.
In his latest installment, Jason mistakenly attributed [more]

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Touching down in Windy City gave me a chance to catch up with my old pal (and recent debate opponent) Jason Busch. Jason has built a cult following with his Spend Matters blog where he mixes supply strategy and software industry gossip with a sardonic wit that can only come from an Ayn Rand devotee [more]

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The first stop on the U.S. swing of the Supply Management 2.0 Forum brought me to my old stomping grounds: New York City. While I had little time to revisit my favorite haunts, I was able to catch up with supply management executives from an array of financial services, publishing, industrial manufacturing, and transportation companies. [more]

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All the talk at ISM about recruiting and development talent is great. But it appeared to me that great supply management organizations also use another strategy: buy the best talent available.
It is not by mistake that one of the first things my friend did when taking over as director of supply management at a defense [more]

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