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这几天，一个人不能摆动一只死猫，因为俗话说，而不与“演出的经济”联系。媒体都是Aflutter - 或者我们应该说，擦手 - 关于“演出经济”或“按需经济”，这两者通常意味着人们在截止的基础上做出低技能，低工资就业。劳动力经济学条款包括“努力工作”和“劳动力的盲目”。现在，我不是在判断“演出的经济”，但我们失去了轴承？我们的注意力是否误导了远离更关键的东西？

最近几个月，我注意到了一个令人不安的现象：越来越多的送货人们将所有尺寸的包装包装到家庭街道的不同地址。在线零售采购几乎任何关于居住的购买以及将这些购买的交付都创造了一个前所未有的送货车涌入，所有这些都包含一系列不同的物品，以大量的（不是环保的）包装材料包装。我们不应该考虑新的消费者文化的后果，特别是在“最后一英里”下游所带来的内容？

良好的客户服务有很长的路要走，我赞扬了实现这一点的企业，即使它需要几点试图才能获得正确的。这是愿景作业的案例，最近拨出了一个主要错误6月份写了关于回来的。当我在2014年春季购买的眼镜上的刮擦涂层开始在1年的第二次开始剥落时，我了解了这个问题是一个知名的供应商缺陷。起初，我当地的商店拒绝取代我的镜头，因为我的保修已过期。但在我花费问题后解决这个问题后，VisionWorks开始采取不同的基调。

我的Apple MacBook Pro具有视网膜显示（AKA MBPR）正在失去收费 - 否则这是由于杰森以来的一点是冠军，我每个人都在2012年出现的第一天来。路上有一些错误（e.g. WiFi and Bluetooth don't always like each other, and some unexpected crashes), but overall it has been a good relationship. As is expected with all battery-powered devices (remember that prospective electric car buyers!), eventually the charge doesn't last. Early on, I got a solid 8 hours out of my MacBook battery, maybe even 10 hours or more sometimes, especially on dark planes with the screen dimmed down. Now, however, 3 hours or so, and it’s shutting down.

There’ve been numerous studies that have asked finance executives to rate procurement effectiveness, with a focus on the credibility of the procurement-cited savings and whether the results are dropping to the bottom line (I even led such a study over 5 years ago). Not surprisingly, there are clearly some capability gaps here. But, is this really the right question to be asking finance folks? First of all, you have to consider why these gaps occur at all. We take a look at this issue in this post and also will be conducting a study in partnership with ISM on the topic.

We’ve been in touch with a lot of folks going through procurement technology selections. And, the good news is there’s lots of activity – more than ever, actually. More procurement teams than ever, too, are investing the time – often with other stakeholders such as AP and IT – to gain intelligence on the market and their various options rather than jumping to conclusions in selection processes. But on the negative side, one trend we’re seeing is executive sponsors outside of procurement making a play to work Ariba (and other SAP cloud solutions – Fieldglass, Concur, etc.) into a process that circumvents a traditional sourcing process applied to technology.

I admit to not being the most technologically-literate person. But despite the limited technology knowledge I have chosen to acquire, I do know one thing: when you buy a brand new laptop, it’s supposed to work. It is supposed to operate without incident for a period of time that is longer than 30 days. It should not require a 3-hour call on a Friday afternoon with technical support personnel. For our company's new Lenovo laptop, however, this is exactly what it took to remove malware that somehow infiltrated the Windows operating system.

With so many sourcing tool providers there's no reason to be sending Excel spreadsheets back and forth via email. Choosing a provider can improve your company's structure, and quickly. Practices can be implemented in a matter of days. So really, how do you not have a tool yet?

SAP / Ariba收购FieldGlass的收购为过去几周的花费船员提供了大量的饲料，但在今天的咆哮中，我们采取了一些探究的视角。网络服务采购的未来持有什么？将FieldGlass VM的应用功能扩展为目标新类型值的基于网络的模型可能完全改变采购讨论。

对于像我这样的乙烯基坚果，几乎没有更大的乐趣，而不是在展出的旧乙烯基记录的情况下通过院子出售，通常以美元或更少的价格。它同样令人兴奋地走进旧的纪录商店，并找到一批新的使用爵士乐和古典录音。可悲的是，这个珍贵的消遣的日子是编号的。数百万在数百万美元的使用记录主要属于缩小尺寸的老年人，在50年代，60年代和70年代购买了新的。因此，如果你喜欢旧的岩石，民间，乡村，爵士和/或古典，现在是时候以最低的历史成本建造你的收藏。

致电CIPS，致电ISM，调用潜在的盈利培训公司：采购需要这样的东西，今天NYT在销售中致电。你问的是什么？这是最近毕业生的“专业训练营”，其中“有时超过1000美元的费用”以启用“宇宙的大师”[到]完美的Excel建模技术和财务分析。“对这种密集型辅导的需求很清楚 - 即使是那些据说学校在学校学习这些技术的人。

EDI或电子数据交换，正是它是什么：首字母缩略词为自己说话。像我们和解决方案提供商这样的专栏使用了短语供应商网络（或商业网络，如果必须）。但采购，A / P和制造组织没有，除非他们被供应商，顾问或分析师洗脑 - 至少一般而言。许多人没有CLUE供应商网络是什么，也没有关心。为什么要打扰断开连接？