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Hansen Consulting and Seminars New Credit Certificate Program

PI Blogger — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:19:40 +0100

Whenever you purchase a Hansen Consulting and Seminars Inc white paper or service, you will receive a $25 HCSI credit certificate towards your next purchase.

Accumulating knowledge through sharing knowledge!

Whenever someone you have referred purchases a Hansen Consulting and Seminars Inc white paper or service, you will receive an HCSI $25 credit certificate towards your next purchase.

As good as money! Papers and services that qualify for redemption under the HCSI credit certificate program:

Double Marginalization and the Decentralized Supply Chain (White Paper)

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

Double Marginalization and the Decentralized Supply Chain (White Paper Excerpt)

PI Blogger — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:53:46 +0100

Double marginalization is defined as the “exercise of market power at successive vertical layers in a supply chain.” Dating back to Lerner (1934) the problem that arises as a result of double marginalization is tied to an impetus to mark up the product’s price above marginal cost. According to a 2005 Caltech paper (Vertical Integration of Successive Monopolists: A Classroom Experiment) the sequence of mark-ups “leads to a higher retail price and lower combined profit for the supply chain than would arise if the firms were vertically integrated.”

Is There a Poor “Herbie” anywhere in the Oracle SCM Area?

PI Blogger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:45:27 +0100

Member Question:

From the “Theory of Constraints” there is poor Herbie, the infamous bottleneck in the supply chain pipeline. For any of you who use the Oracle Supply Chain 11.5.9 (or above) platform, is there any built-in “Herbie” that you’ve noticed, or has it been custom code wrapped around vanilla, that effected you most?

New York City, U.S.

My Response:

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

Technology’s Diminishing Role in an Emerging Process-Driven World”

PI Blogger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:59:54 +0100

Whenever I have been invited to speak or write about the dramatic changes in procurement methodologies and practices, the significant interest by organizations that have a technology driven program already in place or have just recently implemented one still surprise me.

Unlike years past, where attention was predominantly centered on learning more about new and emerging technologies, today’s procurement professionals are seeking insights into the actual processes that drive their enterprises.

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

crossgate: EDI Power for SAP NetWeaver™

crossgategroup — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:59:21 +0000

Fully networked in just one step
Make the move to SAP XI™ and communicate without limits via EDI. This is the prospect we can
offer you with our on-demand service for SAP NetWeaver XI™. Using this outsourcing package, you can
make SAP XI™ fully EDI-compatible. And at the same time you can benefit from outsourcing – it’s riskfree,
there are no investment costs and it’s future-orientated.

e-invoicing and EIPP

crossgate: B2B 360° Services for SAP Business ByDesign™

crossgategroup — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:50:09 +0000

Fully networked in just one step
Make the move to SAP Business ByDesign™ and communicate without limits via EDI
Using this connectivity package, you can make SAP Business ByDesign™ fully EDI-compatible. And at the
same time you can benefit from the largest transaction network by crossgate – it’s risk-free, there are no
investment costs and it’s future-oriented.

crossgate: B2B 360° Services for SAP Solutions

crossgategroup — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:43:25 +0000

The gateway for unlimited B2B/EDI Connectivity
The best of both worlds: crossgate’s On-Demand-Service joins forces with your SAP® application.
The EDI specialist crossgate now provides SAP® users direct access to its repository of more than 34,000
companies – for immediate and limitless communication with business partners. The crossgate B2B/EDI
Service operates from within the SAP® system without additional components.
crossgate’s B2B 360° Services are powered by SAP™ and render your SAP® system 100% EDI-capable.

Aberdeen Group: E-Procurement Head-to-Head: Oracle & SAP VS Ariba VS BIC

ariba — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:45:15 +0100

Ariba Consistently Outperforms ERP Providers in E-Procurement

When it comes to e-procurement, bigger is not necessarily better. According to the results of a new research brief from independent research firm Aberdeen Group, the flexible and focused offerings of Ariba, Inc. the leading spend management solutions provider, deliver greater value than the e-procurement offerings of large ERP providers.