Category Archives: Team Work

Implementing Insurance for the Uninsured- a view from Hartford Connecticut -The Insurance Capital of the World

We are near Hartford, Connecticut the Insurance capital so my views are biased in favor of the industry. More so when I learnt that Aetna Chairman and CEO Ronald Williams has regretfully announced 1200 job cuts in the next four months.

Global B2B implications of Obama Nobel Prize, Free Global Telephony and Twitter

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Gen McChrystal on Afghanistan Strategy -Less worried about security leaks than ignorance

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Input-process-output and the supply-firm-marketing chain

The input-process-output ( ICT model) is a way of looking at the firm’s value chain. Supply managers handle the input coming in and the marketing folks handle the output coming out. Like:    global suppliers ->supply chain->[firm-]->marketing->global customers Supply and Marketing folks are people who sit at either end of the firm and look atContinue reading “Input-process-output and the supply-firm-marketing chain”

Procurement Reform bill becomes law and Memorial Day

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G-20 summit a success – is the world really getting “flat” ?

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What types of B2B and Supply Chain jobs will the stimulus package create ?

(Note: This post of Feb 9, 2009 refers to the 2007-8 stimulus package) We have been trying to figure out the kind of opportunities that might come up from the stimulus package – particularly in the B2B and Supply Chain areas. I think there will be plenty of opportunities in these areas if you start looking at what the stimulus is planning to do.

And change in modern cultures- Barack Obama

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Supply chain and marketing changes for a slow economy

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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 ?”