It was announced in a recent University of Maryland (UMD) news post that “researchers in UMD’s Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and in the Supply Chain Management Center of the Robert H. Smith…
Security Risk (Including Cybersecurity) Rating Offerings for Procurement
For procurement and supply chain management there is a fairly new risk indicator that will play an important part in supplier evaluation research efforts in 2019. Recent studies support the…
Opus and Ponemon Institute Study Reveals Third-Party Supplier Data Risk Realities and Perceptions
Opus and the Ponemon Institute revealed results of Ponemon Institute’s “Data Risk in the Third-Party Ecosystem” study. Over 1,000 CISOs and risk professionals across the US and UK were surveyed…
Interest Is Growing for Privacy-Minded Search Engines in Europe
The Associated Press is reporting that privacy-minded search engines like Britain’s Mojeek, France’s Qwant, Germany’s Unbubble and Switzerland’s Swisscows are growing due to new European privacy regulations and raised awareness of the gathering and selling of personal information.…
Freedom on the NET Report 2018 is Eye Opening
I have been curating a Supply Market Intelligence Index Collection for a few years now and still get continuously surprised at the number of excellent research reports containing indices that…
Cottrill Research’s Open Access Research Provider List Of Honor 2018
In recognition of Open Access Week, which was last week (Oct. 22 – 28), Cottrill Research, for the second year in a row, is honoring research resource providers that make…
Mintec Launches New Platform: Mintec Analytics
Powered by Robotic Process Automation, Mintec has launched a new platform that provides independent price information for 11,000+ commodities, in addition to advanced analytics tools. Mintec Analytics provides food and…
Waffle House Index in the News Due to Hurricane Michael
Damage done by hurricanes no doubt disrupts supply chains bringing services and products to communities. The Waffle House Index has made the news in multiple publications as Hurricane Michael in…
Poynter: Google is Building a Search Engine for Fact Checks
Photo by Mari Helin on Unsplash Poynter, in an article by Daniel Funke, reports that the Google News Initiative has launched a fact-checking content tool (in Beta), which reveals findings from fact-checkers…
Two Procurement-Related Offerings That Are Examples of Trends Disrupting Market Research
Recently, Euromonitor published a report entitled 4 Global Trends Disrupting Market Research by Zandi Brehmer and Lisa Holmes. They state the research industry is “at an exciting moment of evolution…