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The Smart Cube Launches Smart Risk, a Supply Chain Risk Monitoring Solution

Research and analytics solutions provider, The Smart Cube, announced today that it is launching Smart Risk, a bespoke, real-time supply chain risk monitoring solution. According to the press release: For Category…

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Crunchbase Launches Marketplace and Accelerates Vision to “Become the Single Source of Truth About Companies on the Internet”

Crunchbase is a popular company database used for innovation discovery. It offers free information and Enterprise and Pro versions that allow for advanced searching, market trend analytics, and the ability…

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On The Point: Giving Second Tier Data the Second Degree

Once again Kelly Barner and I take on the topic of determining the trustworthiness of sources, especially when using them for key decision-making purposes. This post, appearing on Kelly’s blog,…

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Using Supply Market Intelligence to Enhance Innovation – Update to Resources List!

Updated section below in orange text. Originally Published on February 5, 2017.   Summary: Procurement can support organization-wide innovation development by incorporating patent landscape analysis and startup company data into…

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Trustworthy Sources: How Do You Know? A Look at Two News Stories

How do you know if the sources you are using to make key decisions are trustworthy? Even the most innovative technology or strategic initiative will be useless if based on…

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