| [Wakko, Yakko, & Dot] | We are the sourcing-maniacs And we’re zany to the max So just sit back and relax You’ll laugh ’til you collapse We’re sourcing-maniacs! |
| [Wakko & Yakko] | Come join the ‘Riba Brothers |
| [Dot] | And the ‘Riba Sister, Dot |
| [Wakko, Yakko, & Dot] | Just for fun we ran around the corp’rate parking lot They locked us in the boardroom whenever we got caught But let us loose from the caboose And now you know the plot! |
| [Wakko, Yakko, & Dot] | Yes we’re sourcing-maniacs We had pay to play contracts But Chicken Boo got control Put us out in the cold Now there’s no turning back! |
| [Wakko, Yakko, & Dot] | ‘Cause we’re sourcing-maniacs Who are zany to the max |
| [Wakko] | There’s baloney in our slacks |
| [Yakko] | Our good friend Bill plays the sax |
| [Wakko, Yakko, & Dot] | We’re sourcing-manie, Totally insaney, Dollars-in-the-brainy, Sourcing-maniacs. |
| [Dot] | These are the facts! |
It’s been exactly a year since Chicken Boo let the Maniacs go, causing them to wander the country in their search for a new job, and maybe just a little bit of enlightenment. We join them somewhere in the valley, where they are resting up from their recent Vendor Tour that took them to twenty innovative vendors across the North American landscape.
| Yakko | So … |
| Dot | … what … |
| Wakko | … now? |
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| Dot | I really thought we’d have no problem finding work. After all, we have almost a decade of experience behind us! |
| Yakko | True … but it was with one company, and, as we found out, our view of the sourcing world was quite narrow as a result. |
| Wakko | We didn’t even know what spend analysis was, and we were associated with the team that invented it! |
| Dot | But we know so much now! SaaS. Senior Professional in Supply Management. Service Management. Sourcing Lifecycle Management. Supplier Information Management. Supplier Performance Management. Energized e-Procurement. Enterprise Cost Management. Enterprise Search. Response Management. Trade Data Management. Workforce Management. Most of these terms weren’t even in our vocabularly a year ago! |
| Yakko | Well, we certainly know a lot more than we did a year ago, but do we really know that much? Or did we just scratch the service of what modern spend and supply management platforms have to offer. We might have ten years behind us … |
| Wakko | … but they were ten years with blinders on! |
| Yakko | So … |
| Dot | … what … |
| Wakko | … now? |
| silence | |
| Yakko | I guess there’s nothing to do but to … |
| Dot | Keep Going! |
| Wakko | Yeah, I think the exercise did us good. And I could certainly go for another trip back to the Boston area when the weather warms up! |
| Dot | You just want more Boston Cream Pies! |
| Wakko | So? Can I help it if they’re as good as baloney? |
| Dot | So who will we visit this year? |
| Yakko | Whoever will see us! But I think we should consider more of a services bent this year … round out our knowledge base. |
| Dot | I think that’s a good plan! |
| Wakko | A’ight! More Pie! |
The maniacs break into song.
| Yakko | Maybe we’ll visit Achilles Who make sustainability real |
| Wakko | After all, I’m tired of feeling Like just another heel |
| Dot | Or maybe we’ll visit Basware And improve our financial sense |
| Wakko | Because it’s been a long time since A slice of pie cost five cents |
| Yakko | Maybe we’ll check out the Carbon Hub And find out what we can do |
| Dot | To take our carbon emissions and cleave them right in two |
| Wakko | Or visit the Oracle of Delphus And see what we can learn |
| Yakko | I’d like to have a forecast Without forty days of churn |
| Dot | Or peak in the Energy Window In search of a flash of insight |
| Wakko | That’ll light up our neurons In a dark and stormy night |
| Wakko | Or take a swim in the Fishbowl that holds our inventory |
| Dot | and see if we can find out more about the vendor managed story |
| Yakko | Or have a chat with the Greybeards who have procured through the ages |
| Wakko | When it comes to cutting costs it helps to heed the wise old sages |
| Dot | Or finally check out Hubwoo |
| Wakko | Shine a light on the hullaballo |
| Yakko | It’s time that someone found out Just what it is CC likes to do |
| Yakko | Or take a trip to the I. q. West |
| Wakko | I. q. West … Forty seven live beats coming from the Valley Street Nort East West South all in the same house Sifting in the back room, gonna make a big boom I’m in a boardroom waiting for my savings … |
| Yakko & Dot | Wakko! |
| Dot | Or maybe I’ll splurge and get some Jada Emeralds and rubies dug up with spadas And all the boys will say I’m buena |
| Wakko | Because my name’s Macarena |
| Dot | glaring at Wakko |
| Yakko | Or take a trip down to Kanbay To see what they have to say |
| Dot | about value management plays |
| Wakko | Because that’s the maniac way! |
| Yakko | Or maybe get some Logility ‘Cause we’ve just got to be free to |
| Dot | Collaborate. Collaborate. |
| Wakko | Online platforms — they make it great |
| Dot | Maybe walk through the Mercury Gate Managed transportation won’t be late |
| Yakko | Customers won’t be irate |
| Wakko | It’s time for us to make a date! |
| Yakko | We won’t forget the Next Level |
| Wakko | Or their upcoming revel |
| Dot | So we’ll swing by the Pitts And flash them our wits |
| Wakko | For we know how to use a bevel! |
| Yakko | Pay our respects to Osiris You ne’er know when our time will come |
| Dot | Should we get lost in desert lands |
| Wakko | To P2P we may succumb. |
| Yakko | Maybe we’ll get some Provade |
| Wakko | I sure am tired of lemonade |
| Dot | Shed some light on the managed game |
| Wakko | And the outsourcing crusade |
| Yakko | But then we’re in a Quadrem For there’s little that starts with Q |
| Dot | So why not go see Quadrem and see what they can do? |
| Wakko | Maybe we will burn some Rubber A GPO, we’ll run for cover Above the ground our feet will hover We won’t tire like a lubber |
| Yakko | And then maybe we’ll get Savi Mobile assets are all the rage |
| Dot | We’ll get a handle on inventory VMI gets center stage |
| Yakko | Maybe talk to Trade Extensions And their command of dimensions Optimization gets a mention |
| Wakko | And maybe I will pay attention! |
| Yakko | We could check out UGS But now they’re Siemens … and in a mess One Point Four Billion … that’s a lot |
| Wakko | It sure would fill my baloney pot! |
| Yakko | And make a date with VendorMate Visibility would be great Get those watchlists off our plate |
| Wakko | And keep those vendors at the gate |
| Dot | Maybe we should go ask Waer replenishment gets managed |
| Yakko | and how modern software suites can give buyers an advantage |
| Yakko | Maybe we will see the Xign |
| Wakko | it’s disappeared from the scenery and from my mind do this, don’t do that … I don’t know … ’cause I missed the Xign |
| Dot | Then we’ll take a little rest Almost through the alphabet |
| Wakko | A through Z is lots of work But our duties we will not shirk |
| Yakko | And in our quest for logic We might take a peak at Zogix |
| Wakko | because T&E is our life it gets us through our days of strife |
| Yakko | From A to Z, we’ll try them all |
| Wakko | Whether they are big and small |
| Dot | And if again we reach the end |
| Yakko, Wakko, & Dot | We will just start over again |
| Yakko, Wakko, & Dot | Happy New Year! |
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