Monthly Archives: June 2006
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Debbie Wilson asks “Why?”
Posted on June 23, 2006 by hudgeon in VendorManagementDebbie Wilson, author of Cool Tools for Purchasing, declares 2006 to be the "Year of the Blog". For those of you not familiar with her site, Debbie, amongst other things, publishes periodic commentary on procurement issues. Her opinions are poignant and I read her stuff as soon as it hits my in-box. Jason Busch calls [...]
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Buzzword Lifecycle Management (BLM) and Procurement
Posted on June 22, 2006 by hudgeon in VendorManagementHere's a little ditty from the e-INSIDER newsletter that brought a wry smile to my face. BLM—Buzzword Lifecycle Management The information technology (IT) industry is alive with buzzwords (BW). The management of BW represents a significant area for improvement for both the BW users (BU) (for example, vendors, analysts, and consultants), BW consumers (BC) (mostly [...]
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HireVue responds to my Prescriptive RFT post
Posted on June 14, 2006 by hudgeon in VendorManagementA few weeks ago, I used HireVue, a software vendor producing a video interviewing system, as an example of an overly-prescriptive vendor/candidate selection mechanism. Because my knowledge of the system comes from Vinnie Mirchandani's blog rather than first-hand use, I lead my post with the following paragraph: "I'm going to gloss over many of the [...]
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Dave Stephens’ new venture
Posted on June 13, 2006 by hudgeon in VendorManagementDave Stephens' new venture has been greeted skeptically by Jason Busch. Jason writes "I wish Dave the best of luck in his new gig, but I have more questions at this point than anything else, as I'm sure anyone would reading their rather spartan landing site and Dave's short announcement at Procurement Central. … there's [...]
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Mundane management advice and clear thinking on economies of scale
Posted on June 10, 2006 by hudgeon in VendorManagementBill Waddell in Evolving Excellence links to a great article out of Stanford titled "Management Advice: Which 90% is crap?". It's well worth a read, as is Bill's blog. His post, A Stake in the Heart of Economies of Scale, is an example of blogging at its best.
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Your second most valuable asset … apparently not
Posted on June 9, 2006 by hudgeon in VendorManagementMy previous post discussed the importance of maintaining your reputation as a credible purchasing organisation. I would also rank highly the importance of maintaining your reputation as a credible contracting organisation, but I would, apparently, be wrong. The State Government of New South Wales (Australia's most populous state) is currently embroiled in a dispute with [...]
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Your most valuable asset
Posted on June 4, 2006 by hudgeon in VendorManagementYour procurement department’s most valuable asset is not its people, technology or processes, but its credibility. You can increase resourcing, upgrade technology and implement new processes by throwing money at the problems, but regaining your lost credibility is far more difficult and potentially far more costly. Imagine you run a small procurement department managing $200 [...]
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