Recent Blog Posts
My Near Biopsy Experience
on Sep 24, 2007 in health care Pittsburgh Spend Management The world of Spend Management (or at least Supply chain Management) and my health collided yesterday at Allegheny General Hospital.Those of you that know me personally know that for the past 18 months I have had abnormally high results from liver fun...
Commodity Knowledge In Your Food Section
on Feb 6, 2008 in Environment Pittsburgh Spend Management The "Food & Flavor" section of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is usually the last place you expect to find coverage of global supply coverage, but today, Gretchen McKay brings together environmental sustainability, farm raised fish and the high prot...
Are Spend Management (or SRM) Apps Suited for the Mid-market? – Part 1
on Jul 7, 2009 in The Supply Chain Logistics Blog Industry Observation accounts payable ariba e procurement eipp electronic invoice presentment & payment emptoris procurement sap srm SCM sourcing spend analysis spend management srm strategic sourcing supplier relationship management My previous blog entry about procurement commandments in a down economy also made me think about whether there are different priorities for the chief procurement officer (CPO) during prosperous economic times. Or, how different are (or should be) the...
Are Spend Management (or SRM) Apps Suited for the Mid-Market? – Part 1
on Jul 7, 2009 in The Supply Chain Logistics Blog Industry Observation accounts payable ariba e procurement eipp electronic invoice presentment & payment emptoris procurement sap srm SCM sourcing spend analysis spend management srm strategic sourcing supplier relationship management My previous blog entry about procurement commandments in a down economy also made me think about whether there are different chief procurement officer (CPO’s) priorities during prosperous economic times. Or, how different are (or should be) CPO’...
Are Spend Management (or SRM) Apps Suited for the Mid-market? – Part 2
on Jul 10, 2009 in The Supply Chain Logistics Blog Industry Observation ariba auction direct materials dutch auction e procurement english auction epicor srm event pack indirect materials mro on demand procurement purchasing cards reverse auction RFI RFP rfq rfx SCM sourcing spend management spot purchase srm strategic sourcing supplier evaluation supplier relationship management Part 1 of this blog series introduced common supply chain challenges and resulting spend management opportunities for companies of all sizes. The article then went into the philosophical and functional differences (if any) between the “spend man...