On September 18, A.T. Kearney released its 2017 Global Services Location Index™ (GSLI), a study that analyzes and tracks the contours of the offshoring landscape in 55 countries across three major…
Announcing the Launch of ProcureSearch!
Announcing the Launch of ProcureSearch! ProcureSearch is an open access hub that lists and updates key supply market intelligence resources. In 2014, Kelly Barner and I published Supply Market Intelligence for…
Public Spend Forum Launches World’s Largest Library of Public Procurement Best Practices
Public Spend Forum has recently launched the beta version of their Best Practices Library that is available free (registration is required). Resources are authored and published by highly respected organizations, associations, and thought…
A True Story of the Wild West and a Contract Gone Bad
This is probably not the worst example of a procurement initiative gone bad, but it just might be the most interesting. This true story takes place in Pioche, Nevada, a…
New Resources Added to Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement Professionals Third Update
A third Update to the resources section (Part II, Chapters 8-31) of Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement Professionals: Research, Process, and Resources has been written: WAV_Update_Comp_February_2016. It is comprehensive in…
OpenLandContracts.org Launches Database of Publicly Available Contracts for Land/Agriculture Projects
OpenLandContracts.org has just launched an online, searchable repository of publicly available contracts for large-scale land, agriculture, and forestry projects. Thomson Reuters Foundation reports: “OpenLandContracts.org, based at Columbia University in New…
Should You Take the Time to Read Scholarly Journals?
Forbes contributor Christian Stadler wrote an important article in June 2015 entitled, “Should Managers Read Academic Articles,” that discusses the value of academic journals in the world of management and business. He uses Rita…
IBISWorld: Procurement-Related Software Solutions Pricing Trends
IBISWorld’s Dale Schmidt has written an article that identifies and provides price trends for “a handful of different software products that can benefit procurement departments.” Here are highlights: Procurement Software –…
IACCM Launches Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation (JSCAN)
IACCM has recently launched its new peer-reviewed academic journal entitled Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation (JSCAN). The description states: “The official journal of the International Association for Contract and Commercial…
Cloud Service Level Agreements: Free Access Articles Offer Tips/Advice
According to a recent survey by North Bridge Venture Partners and Giga OM Research, cloud adoption continued to rise in 2013 – up from 67% last year. The value of…