Comments on: 2007 - The e-Sourcing Crystal Ball http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2006/12/26/2007-the-e-sourcing-crystal-ball/ The source of information and best practices in strategic sourcing. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:06:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Philip http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2006/12/26/2007-the-e-sourcing-crystal-ball/#comment-7852 Philip Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:41:38 +0000 http://www.esourcingforum.com/?p=334#comment-7852 Your crystal ball seems to have at least 1 slam dunk guarantee in line for 2007 <a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">Yahoo</a> Your crystal ball seems to have at least 1 slam dunk guarantee in line for 2007
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]]> By: No Brainer http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2006/12/26/2007-the-e-sourcing-crystal-ball/#comment-4311 No Brainer Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:40:46 +0000 http://www.esourcingforum.com/?p=334#comment-4311 David, Your crystal ball seems to have at least 1 slam dunk guarantee in line for 2007. Looking at the amount of turnover Verticalnets mgt team has seen in the past 2 months you have to imagine they are moving closer to being acquired IBM, CDC, or tbd...something is brewing... David,

Your crystal ball seems to have at least 1 slam dunk guarantee in line for 2007. Looking at the amount of turnover Verticalnets mgt team has seen in the past 2 months you have to imagine they are moving closer to being acquired IBM, CDC, or tbd…something is brewing…

]]> By: Supply Excellence » Kicking and Screaming: My Top Picks for 2007 http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2006/12/26/2007-the-e-sourcing-crystal-ball/#comment-4206 Supply Excellence » Kicking and Screaming: My Top Picks for 2007 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:20:10 +0000 http://www.esourcingforum.com/?p=334#comment-4206 [...] I’m embarassed to say he coaxed me using the road-tested “everyone-is-doing-it” tactic. Though sophomoric, it’s still a pretty persuasive technique. (How else do you think all those e-marketplaces got funded?) In fact, Spend Matters, Sourcing Innovation, The Purchasing Certification Blog, and (even) the e-Sourcing Forum all beat me to the punch, having already posted some interesting predictions. That doesn’t mean that I agree with their forecasts. (No offense Michael, but will 2007 really be the year of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)? During my decade as analyst, I was always amused by my peer’s annual prediction that this will be PLM’s breakout year.) But their predictions are more than worth the read. [...] [...] I’m embarassed to say he coaxed me using the road-tested “everyone-is-doing-it” tactic. Though sophomoric, it’s still a pretty persuasive technique. (How else do you think all those e-marketplaces got funded?) In fact, Spend Matters, Sourcing Innovation, The Purchasing Certification Blog, and (even) the e-Sourcing Forum all beat me to the punch, having already posted some interesting predictions. That doesn’t mean that I agree with their forecasts. (No offense Michael, but will 2007 really be the year of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)? During my decade as analyst, I was always amused by my peer’s annual prediction that this will be PLM’s breakout year.) But their predictions are more than worth the read. [...]

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