Kudos to William J. Amelio of Lenovo for coming up with, and promoting the concept of "worldsourcing". Today Business Week carries a story and this earlier piece on BBC is also enlightening. Bill Amelio advocates lightening up on the "outsourcing" label and the superior attitude that prevails in the wealthier countries vis-a-vis the booming butContinue reading “Worldsourcing-made in this planet”
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Booming choices in CRM,SCM,ERP- executing “benefit of the benefit”
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-xxxxxx-x”); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); When I walked through the exhibitor booths at the ISM conference, I was struck by the rather large number of software vendors who were trying to explain how their software would "solve"Continue reading “Booming choices in CRM,SCM,ERP- executing “benefit of the benefit””
The Conceptual Age – reporting from ISM 93rd Conference St. Louis
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-857684-6”); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Just returned from a wonderful conference – the ISM 93rd at St. Louis. St. Louis is a nice place and the conference center was great as was the metro train transportation whichContinue reading “The Conceptual Age – reporting from ISM 93rd Conference St. Louis”
Happy Earth Day -“Green” Value Chain and Clorox
Today is "Earth Day" and here is to wishing readers a very happy earth day! The Earth day movement has an interesting timeline and there is much to celebrate in terms of the progress we have made globally. However, much needs to be done. I had written about how B2B folks can help with greeningContinue reading “Happy Earth Day -“Green” Value Chain and Clorox”
Are P-Cards abused ?
Some years ago I wrote a paper on P-Card users doing maverick purchases. Generally, I thought the issue was resolved till the recent GAO report, much discussed in the popular media. P-Card use in Government, according to the report, has grown from 3 billion dollars in 1996 to over 17 billion dollars in 2006. ThisContinue reading “Are P-Cards abused ?”
Tata Nano and now Tata Jaguar and Land Rover
Tata had announced the $2500 Nano Car (left with Chairman Ratan Tata) to much applause. There are no dearth of buyers at this price point in Asia,Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America . But have you ever heard of a company operating at both ends of the market ? In fact, the Tata’s have createdContinue reading “Tata Nano and now Tata Jaguar and Land Rover”
Upcoming KPO/BPO learning opportunities in Florida and New York
I am really glad to see the surge of recent interest on knowledge process outsourcing and the shared service domain. End of March you have the Orlando Florida event where you have the eminent strategy guru Ram Charan leading the proceedings. On a more applied and "what I can I do with this KPO thingContinue reading “Upcoming KPO/BPO learning opportunities in Florida and New York”
Michigan Auto Industry is changing
Somehow Michigan fascinates me for its auto industry and what it has given to the study of management,innovation and the wrong way to manage buyer seller relationships. When I heard on the radio about the leading rate of job losses and foreclosures in Michigan, I felt bad for the folks in Michigan. But this mayContinue reading “Michigan Auto Industry is changing”
You don’t repeat reverse auctions!
Reverse auctions are controversial. Suppliers bid their lowest rates on-line and prices keep going down and the buyer’s organization is happy. Inefficiencies in the supply chain reduce, transparency increases and suppliers are on their toes. Sounds not very collaborative and that’s what I had though so far till I went yesterday to the CAPM SeminarContinue reading “You don’t repeat reverse auctions!”
GNHCC Business Expo 2008 with AMA-CT ,Google and Seth Godin
Last year (2007) I had spoken at the GNHCC Business Expo and the expo was great. This year I was unable to attend but requested my Internet Marketing and E-Commerce class to attend and also help out with the AMA-CT booth. It was really nice of the students to attend the expo and also listen to the excellent talk”Web 2.0: Trends in the Digital Landscape” by Mandy Gardiner, Team Manager Google Inc.
[ Note: This post from February 24, 2008 was updated for formatting issues on May 31, 2021]