Purchasing


I purchased a used Mini-Cooper recently and my experience went from obnoxious to delightful. At the first dealership. The salesman missed my test drive appointment. His boss had to show up. The car I tested screeched uncontrollably.  The salesman promised to fix the car “if I bought it” Come again?  The salesman phoned me an hour later pressuring me into reserving the car and sending a copy of my driver’s license.After...

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As I try to explain Digital Transformation to friends I am sometimes met with blank stares and drooping eye lids.  In this brave new world, Digital Transformation is pounded at people mercilessly by way of the internet, news, and thousands of fresh faced start-ups.  As such, it’s imperative that clients understand the future Digital world.  Just think how Amazon is crushing retail and how Tesla is turning the car industry on its head....

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The SAP Activate methodology is utilized for implementing or migrating SAP in cloud, on premise, or hybrid solutions. SAP Activate methodology aligns with best practices recommended by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The SAP Activate methodology follows four main phases to provide support throughout the project life cycle of SAP solutions. Underlying these phases is a series of value delivery and quality checks, reflected in...

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Increased computing power, internet-based procurement (i.e. Amazon), and advanced analytics are driving a revolution in speed, magnitude, and efficacy in the procurement process. Procurement processes are moving to cloud-based solutions to enable continuous interactions between buyers and suppliers reducing the need for inefficient phone calls or emails. A few key benefits that SAP Ariba brings to your Procurement practice:   Create...

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Want to reduce procurement cycle times and drastically cut accounts payable, sourcing, VAT compliance costs AND effortlessly oversee your spend costs? Adopted by 79% of Fortune 500 companies. Ariba delivers cloud-based E- Procurement solutions with advanced analytics to make it easier to just do that, as well as, enabling you to routinely find new businesses to collaborate with. Ariba allows common access to a server instance for...

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Causality-there is no escape from it, we are forever slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace, is to understand it. To understand the “why.” “Why” is what separates us from them…”Why” is the only real source of power, without it you are powerless. MEROVINGIAN, The Matrix Reloaded (2003) How did Isadore Sharp Make the Four Seasons Hotel into Fortune magazine’s list “Top Companies to Work...

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