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Xometry Acquires Thomas: These Two Companies, Originating from Different Beginnings, Face Fierce Competition

Xometry Acquires Thomas: These Two Companies, Originating from Different Beginnings, Face Fierce Competition

On December 8, Xometry announced it has acquired Thomas, a long time trusted resource for the manufacturing industry. The beginnings of these two companies could not be more different. According…

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New Purdue Food and Agriculture Vulnerability Index Shows Potential Supply Risk Due to COVID-19 Worker Illnesses

New Purdue Food and Agriculture Vulnerability Index Shows Potential Supply Risk Due to COVID-19 Worker Illnesses

The Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University has created an online dashboard that quantifies the potential supply risk of agricultural products due to farm and agricultural worker COVID19 illnesses.…

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Gigaom Saved By Knowingly Corp

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…

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GEP Trend Report: Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Outlook 2015

GEP, in its report entitled, GEP Trend Report: Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Outlook 2015, shares “key global economic and business trends that will shape and drive procurement strategies in 2015 and…

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A Few of My Favorite (Research) Gems

In the second part of our upcoming book, Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement Professionals: Research, Process, and Resources, Kelly Barner and I provide listings of recommended resources to use when…

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An Overview of riskmethods

One has to love the marketing point riskmethods often makes about using its product – it’s fun to use. Really, how refreshing and unique and who says that research has…

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Nine Tech Trends That Will Generate Billions of Dollars

Business Insider’s Julie Bort writes about nine trends that market research firm IDC predicts “will unfold next year – and generate billions of dollars.” Here they are: People and companies…

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Cloud Computing Forecasts

Louis Columbus provides, on his blog A Passion for Research, an excellent roundup of cloud computing forecasts (summarized) from analyst and consulting firms Gartner, McKinsey & Company, IDC, Informatica, KPMG,…

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Free Cloud Computing and Enterprise Software Research: Top Sites

A Passion for Research’s Louis Columbus has written a very helpful post for those who need to research enterprise software and cloud computing topics, but do not have subscriptions with…

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