“The Internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see, but not necessarily what we need to see.” – Eli Pariser In a fascinating nine-minute 2011 TED talk,…
"Organizational Forgetting" and Supply Chains
Phil Ciciora, in a Supply Chain 14/7 post, covers a paper co-authored by Anupam Agrawal (University of Illinois) and Suresh Muthulingam (Penn State University), entitled “Does Organizational Forgetting Affect Vendor Quality Performance?…
Allianz Risk Barometer: Top Global Business Risks 2015
The results of the fourth annual Allianz Risk Barometer survey have been made available. The top five risks: Business interruption & supply chain (46%), Natural catastrophes (30%), Fire/explosion (27%), Changes…
How To Retain Information From Books, Articles, and More
As procurement professionals delve more deeply into supply market intelligence and the research that is involved, a particular irony becomes evident: the more information is produced (think Internet) and digested,…
Ryan Fait
The developer and designer of this website, Ryan Fait, died unexpectedly on December 17. He was young and had a beautiful soul and a brilliant mind. He is survived by…
A Collection of Supply Market Intelligence Indices
Supply Market Intelligence Indices, by jfjones42