A good friend, colleague and my intellectual provocateur Tim Cummins (IACCM) and I have been talking about this issue for quite a long time and finally decided to collaborate and do something about it. We have co-hosted about 15-20 different sessions in our relationship but…
. . . . with your trading partners (either your customers or suppliers)? Many believe that the relationship begins AFTER the contract is signed. In other words, it is OK to be adversarial throughout the selling / buying and contracting process (dating / pre-marriage) and…
As I was trying to decide on my blog topic, I ran across an article hot off the press in Forbes entitled “Ten New Year’s Resolutions for CIOs in 2016”. It was written by a few VPs at Gartner and was meant to provide inspiration…
As you have heard us mention before, we find IACCM to be in a unique position to help change the discussion around how organizations enter and optimize trading relationships because they have both the buy and the sell sides represented as members. We hosted a…
Before I get started, let me wish everyone a very happy, healthy and safe 2016. Now is the time to come up with your New Year’s resolutions. Last month I ranted that MSP does not mean “Hand over the Keys” so consider this: resolve to…