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Recommended Webinars March 30-April 3: AI and Legal Efficiency, the Power of the RFP, and Shift Happens!
AI And Impacting The Efficacy And Efficiency Of The Legal Department (IACCM, Seal) March 31st, 11am ET It is interesting that contract management seems to be the area of focus for incorporating emerging technology. We’ve heard about the connection between “smart contracts” and blockchain, and now we’re on to AI. In this event, Jim Wagner, President of enterprise contract analytics leader Se...
Recommended Webinars March 23-27: Career Sponsorship, Performance Measurement, Live Forums for the New Norm
Fast-Track Your Career by Finding a Sponsor (HBR) March 23, 12pm ET Someday, when our lives have all gone back to “normal,” we can start thinking about our careers again – and a sponsor is a great place to start. This free Harvard Business Review webinar will features Sylvia Ann Hewlett, CEO of Hewlett Consulting Partners, founder of the Center for Talent Innovation, and author of 14 books,...
Procurement Industry Event Updates
** A new CDC Directive (released 3/15/2020) recommends that for the next 8 weeks, organizers (whether groups or individuals) cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States. If there is an event you been waiting for a decision on, and it occurs between now and May 8, 2020, that pretty much covers it. Ariba Live, Las Vegas, March 16-18 I...
The February ISM-New York Report on Business: Short Term Upturn
The February ISM-New York Report on Business was released on March 3rd at 9:45am Eastern and is available for download here. Please see the end of this commentary for additional information about the ISM-New York Report on Business. In February, New York City purchasing managers reported improved Current Business Conditions, Current Revenues, and prices paid. Current Business Conditions rose for t...
Economic Update: The Q4 2019 Freight Payment Index
Just as with the ISM reports, the FPI looks at trends over time, comparing the results from one period to another. Its purpose is to provide insight into the ups and downs, not necessarily a momentary snapshot, of conditions in the freight industry. Below are some of the key numbers from the Q4 report, but if you are interested in discussion based coverage you can check out Supply Chain Now’s live...
Providing Real Value in Data Analysis
Data analysis has an image problem. Despite the fact that data collection is priority one, regardless of how common “big data” buzzwords have gotten, and setting aside all the calls for data-centric decision making… The boots on the ground, those of us who manage this analysis daily, have a problem. Too many analysts are viewed as tactical cogs in a machine. We aren’t brought in to own and manage ...
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