In addition to the traditional criteria used when evaluating a company or supplier, such as history, financials, and competitors, inclusion of reputation should be treated with the same weight of…
Reuters reports that IHS has agreed to buy Markit Ltd to create a $13 billion London-based data and business research provider. “Markit, founded in 2003 by ex-TD Securities credit trader Lance Uggla…
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…
Duncan Chapple, writing for Influencer Relations, (Early Surprises in the 2015/16 Analyst Value Survey), reports on strong trends being seen as the survey is now past the half way mark.…
The Strategic Sourceror recently ran my guest post entitled, “Supply Market Intelligence Trends [SMI] to Help Clear the Way.” In the post three SMI trends are identified that have the…
An update to Part II, the resources section of Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement Professionals, is now available (WAV_Update_Comp_June_2015) and will be added to the J. Ross WAV Download Resource Center. My…
Dr. Neil Pollock, writing for IIAR (Institute of Industry Analyst Relations), introduces us to the Tragic Quadrant, which materialized from information gleaned from the IIAR Analyst of the Year survey…
The Lexicon of Global Contingent Workforce-Related Terms is provided by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) to ensure that a common language is used among professionals in the industry. “One of the major…
On March 9, 2015, Gigaom Management posted a note to their readers on their website with this opening statement: “Gigaom recently became unable to pay its creditors in full at…
S. J. Rundt & Associates, Inc. is a 63-year old consulting and publishing firm that publishes intelligence reports that assess international risks. The weekly “Rundt’s World Business Intelligence Report” is…