I was traveling during part of this week with a broken laptop, so I missed some of the posts going on that I would have normally seen right away. Needless to say, it was an exciting week with lots of action.
- I raised some questions about a Hackett report on diversity sourcing which was followed on by a spirited exchange and my request for some input by Pierre Mitchell was ultimately answered, just not on ESF.
- BIQ and Spend Analysis fighter ace, Eric Strovink, helped spearhead a very interesting conversation on the details of spend visibility. At last count, there were 14 comments which is a virtual geyser of discussion for our blogs.
- Coupa Release Candidate 3 was announced (previous week) and from all I hear, is doing very well and gaining steam.
- Our post on the EU, by Sean Delaney, got some pretty good attention in Europe. We received some emails on the topic but they were too shy to post in a comment. Regardless, some liked it and thought it spot on, others thought we were a little too hard on the EU.
- Spend Matters and Supply Excellence announced a podcast series, an idea that I have wanted to launch for almost a year now, but alas, 24 hours in a day just aren’t what they used to be. Nice work guys, should be good stuff.
I have no doubt that the amount of quality news and information about supply management has literally doubled, or even, tripled or more in the last 12 months. I think 2006 can be described as the year of the blog in supply management.
