More Aberdeen changes?

1 comment June 15th, 2007 David Bush - Iasta

Reprinting from Spend Matters comments, which was pointing out a comment I made about Aberdeen, last week:

Well, did one of those emails announce any analyst/coverage changes? Vance got smart and escaped out of here — Aberdeen’s going to be a non-player in Supply Management. So you can just remove yourself from their email list. Don’t hold your breath on a RSS feed. # Posted By Aberdeen Churn Continues | 6/14/07 8:17 PM

If this turns out to be true, it takes the crown - in my personal experience - as having the most consistent talent turnover I have ever witnessed. All of supply management suffers from this type of instability.

Jason, you need to expand your sphere of influence and start hiring all these former analysts to build a new type of analyst coverage which only sells research and has deep supply management knowledge and experience. I think the time has come for a new model in market analysis/benchmarking, vendor coverage and best practice documentation.

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Cost Avoidance - NFL style

Add comment June 15th, 2007 David Bush - Iasta

Clipped from a recent story (and discovered by Tony Poshek) on ESPN, Raiders WR - Jerry Porter has elected not to spend $210,000 to switch his number back to #84 from #81, which he currently has as a result of his malcontent behavior from last season. He would have to pay this amount to Reebok and the team as a result of unsold jerseys that have been printed with his current number. Porter eloquently remarked, “Man, there’s a couple of nice cars I’d like to get for that money,” Porter said. “I could buy a nice vacation home, or at least go half on one with someone else.”

That is sheer brilliance and a budding superstar in spend, errr..supply management!

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