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Earthquakes Show Supply Chain Risk Extends Beyond Supplier Financial Viability

By Jason Busch on March 18, 2010

Inside many companies, the recession has caused supply risk to move from a secondary issue to a primary concern. Despite this interest, many companies are approaching the topic from a narrow scope, considering only supplier financial viability as a r…

Posted in Business | Tagged chile, earthquake, San Francisco, Suppliers, supply chain, supply risk

Friday Rant: Are Acquisitions Good For Spend Management Users?

Friday Rant: Are Acquisitions Good For Spend Management Users?

By Jason Busch on March 12, 2010

There’s been a lot of chatter in the market these past few weeks about acquisitions. Some larger players are clearly headed to Costco to look for warehouse bargains (smaller formats and Ma and Pop shops aren’t worth the time for these larger players,…

Posted in Business | Tagged acquisitions, Ariba, BPO, enterprise software, M&A, Outsourcing, software as a service, Suppliers

Rolling out a Supplier Performance Management Program -- Key Process Steps (Part 1)

Rolling out a Supplier Performance Management Program — Key Process Steps (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on March 4, 2010

The other week, I had the chance to catch up with an old friend and colleague, Paul Martyn, who runs marketing in North America for BravoSolution. According to feedback I’ve heard from several parties who’ve looked at their tool recently, BravoSoluti…

Posted in Business | Tagged BravoSolution, Enterprise resource planning, marketing, Performance indicator, performance management, spend analysis, Suppliers

2010 Prediction: Companies Focus on Supplier Social and Performance Transparency

2010 Prediction: Companies Focus on Supplier Social and Performance Transparency

By Jason Busch on February 22, 2010

In the first column in this prediction series on building supplier transparency, I focused on the area of financial and business transparency. But this is only one type of supply chain transparency on which companies will focus on building in 2010, h…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged aravo, Ariba, BravoSolution D&B, Ecovadis, Emptoris, Endeca, Hiperos, Marketplaces, performance management, performance transparency, SAS, social transparency, SupplierForce, Suppliers, SupplierSoft, supply chain, transparency, Vendormate, Visibility, Xcitec

Is Business Intelligence the Answer to Supplier and Supply Chain Management?

Is Business Intelligence the Answer to Supplier and Supply Chain Management?

By Jason Busch on February 16, 2010

Over on Supply Chain Management Review, an article by two Wipro consultants suggests that business intelligence (BI) software, such as the kind acquired by SAP and Oracle in recent years, is key to building supply chain visibility. The two argue that…

Posted in Business | Tagged Category Management, erp, Suppliers, supply chain, supply chain management, Visibility

2010 Prediction: Transparency Rules the Supplier Management Focus

2010 Prediction: Transparency Rules the Supplier Management Focus

By Jason Busch on February 15, 2010

Spend Matters believes that in 2010 transparency — not simply compliance management or supplier on-boarding — will begin to rule the supplier management focus. In recent years, many organizations have begun their supplier information management jou…

Posted in Business | Tagged procurement, Suppliers, Supply and demand, supply chain, transparency, Visibility

Supplier Management: Is the "Toyota Way" on the Way Out?

Supplier Management: Is the “Toyota Way” on the Way Out?

By Jason Busch on February 11, 2010

I’m pleased to report that after a weekend driving around in a Toyota Avalon, a model impacted by the recent acceleration recall, I’m alive and well. The same can’t necessarily be said about Toyota’s supply chain. According to a recent article in Sup…

Posted in Business | Tagged automotive, Manufacturing, Suppliers, supply chain, supply risk, Toyota, toyota way

Don't Bet on a Sustained Recovery Just Yet (But Do Put Your Chips on Volatility)

Don’t Bet on a Sustained Recovery Just Yet (But Do Put Your Chips on Volatility)

By Jason Busch on February 3, 2010

Over on Spend Matters affiliate site Metal Miner, Stuart Burns recently took out his virtual pen and analyzed the latest U.S. GDP numbers which, on the face if it, may suggest a solid recovery. After all, it appears that we’re “expanding at the faste…

Posted in Business | Tagged Gross domestic product, Inventory, Metal Miner, Suppliers, supply risk, U.S. GDP

Will We See an Automotive Supply Chain Recovery?

Will We See an Automotive Supply Chain Recovery?

By Jason Busch on January 21, 2010

There have been quite a number of headlines of late about
risk and renaissance in the automotive supplier community. When new
bulbs eventually begin to break through the frozen economic tundra of
the nuclear automotive winter, supply markets…

Posted in Business | Tagged auto industry, automotive, cars, Suppliers, supply chain | 1 Response

The Asian Auto Boom: Contrasting India and China

The Asian Auto Boom: Contrasting India and China

By Jason Busch on January 18, 2010

The first time I was in China, I was shocked at the level of interest there
in premium cars, often Western brands. Sure, there were the countless
knock-offs of older Western models, cheaply produced in China (my
favorite reminded me of the o…

Posted in Business | Tagged Audi, Automobile, China, Compact car, India, Suppliers, Tata, tata nano, Toyota, Volkswagen

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