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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Louis Columbus (A Passion for Research) reports that Coursera and edX are offering free online courses for cloud computing learning. “These programs are designed for C-level executives and senior managers…