SaaS

The Ariba Interviews: Re-engineering the Future of On-Demand? (White paper Excerpt)

PI Blogger — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:20:01 +0100

In August of 2007, I was contacted by Ariba’s PR firm indicating that they wanted to schedule an interview between myself and a senior executive from the company. The purpose for the interview was to discuss Ariba’s latest contract win in the Healthcare sector.

The Ariba Interviews: Re-engineering the Future of On-Demand?

PI Blogger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:25:14 +0100

Earlier this month I was contacted by Ariba’s PR firm indicating that they wanted to schedule an interview between myself and a senior executive from the company. The purpose for the interview was to discuss Ariba’s latest contract win in the Healthcare sector.

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

Yes Virginia! There is more to e-procurement than software! (Part 2)

PI Blogger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:08:09 +0100

In Part 1 of this posting, I shared with you information from my recent interview with Bob Sievert (Director, eProcurement Bureau for the Commonwealth of Virginia). As indicated, Bob had contacted me in response to the Ariba posting (The Ariba Interviews: Re-engineering the Future of On-Demand, August 31, 2007) indicating that their experiences would “fit nicely” with that article. Needless to say, it did in that it emphasized a number of key points including the importance of leading with process understanding versus technological capabilities.

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

Yes Virginia! There is more to e-procurement than software! (Part 1)

PI Blogger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:03:06 +0100

My recent post on the series of interviews I had with Ariba garnered considerable interest and feedback. By far the most interesting (and insightful) comments came from the Commonwealth of Virginia. What was compelling about the Virginia response was their willingness to provide a perspective from what they referred to as the “other side of the fence.” What was refreshing is that the subsequent interview revealed an extremely capable group of people whose passion for procurement was only rivaled by their commitment to a vision.

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

The FOSS(ilization) of the supply chain: The risks of a strategy centered on Free Open Source Software

PI Blogger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:36:17 +0100

I recently reviewed (actually browsed as there were only10 PowerPoint slides in total) a Government of Canada presentation to attendees of the September 2006 CIO Summit in Ottawa.

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group