After Sunday’s lyrical Coupa Cabana, you knew something was coming. But you probably weren’t sure what, since the tone was a bit different than the Coupa songs the doctor used to publish back in the day when it was Coupa Time and he sung the praises of the Coupa Store (and even gave the farmers […]
In Part 1 we reminded you that our space is filling up with dumb companies and that this number, at least in the view of the doctor, is likely at an all time high. We also reminded you that the doctor believes that your favourite vendor likely won’t be around, or at least not in […]
As much as many vendors and consultancies would like to tell you that category strategy selection can be automated whenever you need to kick off a new sourcing cycle, because “it just depends on the supply vs demand imbalance and based on that you either do an auction (if [way] more supply than demand), do […]
And, more importantly, will you be among the 20% who will be completely gone within two years (as per the doctor‘s predictions, and remember that he has been following this market for almost 25 years and seen all the ups, down, startup explosions, M&A manias, and the following implosions) or the 75% who won’t last […]
Last week, the doctor asked fellow niche/independent consultants as to how we can help to dispel the PROCUREMENT STINK which is permeating the space as a result of poor choices, bad information, and sometimes bad actors, which include the reasons we described in that article as well as many more. Why? Because it’s going to […]