Note the Sourcing Innovation Editorial Disclaimers and note this is a very opinionated rant! Your mileage will vary! (And not really about any firm in particular, although only a few firms have removed our questions and discussion points, and directly aimed at marketing/public relations, as we’re not sure the analysts or consultants behind the firms, […]
Last Saturday, Jon The Revelator penned a piece on how Going “off-map” is the key to finding the best solution providers, which he correctly said was critical because Gartner reports that 85% of all AI and ML projects fail to produce a return for the business. As per a Forbes article, the reasons often cited […]
Because if we don’t, no one else will! What am I talking about? As per last Wednesday’s article, PROCUREMENT STINKS and we just can’t deny it anymore. In a nutshell, and this is just the tip of the garbage heap: Case studies are ranker than expired fish in a microwave on high. Approximately 85% of […]
As expected, the doctor‘s question on whether Traditional Analyst and Consulting Models Outdated and/or Unethical? on LinkedIn has led to some debate. Most notably, Duncan Jones indicated that he’s pretty sure [the dozens of smaller vendors] are mistaken when they told the doctor they won’t get covered (and sometimes not even given the opportunity to […]
There is a lot of preamble (summary to date) in this post, and if you have been fully keeping up here and on LinkedIn, click here to skip it.) Last Wednesday (2024-04-17) the doctor released the Sourcing Innovation Source-to-Pay+ Mega-Map which presented a new and improved mega version of the logo maps (with 666 distinct […]