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China’s Incipient Recession

By Denis Pombriant on August 24, 2012

It was only a matter of time before slack demand in the rest of the world backed up into China, the world’s biggest manufacturer.  According to an article in the New York Times finished goods have been piling up in Chinese warehouses, car dealers’ lots and in the spaces between other things in factories. China is […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged China, economics, New York Times, Paul Krugman, recession, Supply-side economics, walmart

New approaches for front office

New approaches for front office

By Denis Pombriant on January 12, 2011

We’re coming back.  We aren’t out of the proverbial woods but we should be on the upswing from the long downturn.  According the Labor Department the U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in December bringing the unemployment rate down to 9.4 percent.  Jobs are traditionally a lagging indicator so even better. Most importantly this was not […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CRM, Employment, recession, salesforce, salesforce.com, technology, video marketing

The Subscription Economy

The Subscription Economy

By Denis Pombriant on October 20, 2010

I get a lot of email.  It’s not all because of my job or because I publish my work frequently.  Some of it is like that, but it seems like my email address is on a lot of lists and I am one of the people who get spammed whenever there’s a webinar to fill. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CRM, economics, On Demand, recession, sales, subscription economy, technology, Tien Tzuo, Zuora

Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 3)

Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 3)

By Jason Busch on August 18, 2010

In the first two posts in this series (Part 1 and Part 2), we examined some of the trends highlighting the movement to contingent workforces as well as how the current state of the economy ties to just that — not to mention some …

Posted in Business | Tagged contingent workforce, Employment, Human resources, Independent contractor, recession

Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 2)

Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on August 16, 2010

In the first post in this series, I cited a Workforce Management article that highlights the recent trend toward contingent hiring as a replacement for — rather than a supplement to — bringing on regular W-2 full-time employees….

Posted in Business | Tagged contingent workforce, Employment, Human resources, Independent contractor, recession

Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 1)

Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on August 11, 2010

I’ve often found the contingent staffing market to be a useful indicator for looking at where an economy is in regards to its overall cycle — from growth to recession. The traditional thinking goes that contingent hiring ramps up…

Posted in Business | Tagged contingent workforce, Employment, Human resources, Independent contractor, recession | 2 Responses

Friday Rant: Get Ready for a Double-Dip Recession and Its Impact on Procurement (Part 2)

Friday Rant: Get Ready for a Double-Dip Recession and Its Impact on Procurement (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on July 9, 2010

Last Friday, we introduced economic data that suggests the US could be headed for a double-dip recession sooner than many might realize (as early as Q2, when revised numbers come out). In this Friday’s post, we’ll continue providing what we believe are the most critical checklist supplier recommendations to consider based on the highly probable […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Business, double-dip recession, Economic model, economy, finance, recession, Recession shapes

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Friday Rant: Get Ready for a Double-Dip Recession and Its Impact on Procurement (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on July 2, 2010

Our sister-site MetalMiner ran an article yesterday citing some pretty serious — and historically accurate — leading indicative consumer data that suggests the US will soon face the prospects of a double-dip recession as Q2 revisions and Q3 GDP data come up. You can read the full story here. Lisa Reisman, who authored the piece, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Consumer Metrics Institute, double-dip recession, recession, Risk management, supply chain

FedEx Demand Forecast Suggests Some Decent News in the Global Economy

FedEx Demand Forecast Suggests Some Decent News in the Global Economy

By Jason Busch on June 21, 2010

Last week, FedEx came out with an earnings report and outlook that actually casts the global economy in a better light than many I talk to on a regular basis forecast. According to the WSJ’s coverage of the quarter, FedEx executives observed that t…

Posted in Business | Tagged economy, fedex, recession

The BI Recession?

The BI Recession?

By Dennis Moore on May 11, 2010

Some have called the current economic recession “The SAP Recession,” as ERP systems like SAP have given companies unprecedented ability to control spending. However, this was mostly true by the beginning of the 2001 recession (perhaps we are still in the 2001 recession?). What has changed since 2001: business intelligence systems are pervasive. Companies now have the ability to identify underperforming business units and shut them down. Perhaps this should be called “The BI Recession.”

Posted in Business, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged BI, business intelligence, economic recession, Enterprise resource planning, erp, recession, sap, SAP AG, supply chain

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