- 15
- JUN
- 2010
Red alert – Kyrgyzstan crisis fall-out set to spread
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Risk
A week ago Kyrgyzstan was just another former Soviet Republic – now it's a country teetering dangerously close to civil war as mob rule in the southern cities of Osh and Jalabad threaten to deliver a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis on a par with the one witnessed in Georgia just two short years ago. more
- 02
- JUN
- 2010
Red alert: Is your intelligence falling into the wrong hands?
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Risk, Procurement Intelligence
A quick question – do you know where your intelligence is as you read this? As the scope of market intelligence gathered by procurement organisations grows, then so does the amount of information provided to them. How many, though, are ensuring that their precious data doesn't fall into the wrong hands – and how many are working hard to make sure that their intelligence doesn't walk out of the building when a member of staff swaps one place of work for another? more
- 30
- APR
- 2010
Time is of the essence in market intelligence race
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Procurement Intelligence
Gathering procurement intelligence is one thing, but are the companies that are active in this area doing enough to ensure that, once collated, the data gets to the right people at the right time? more
- 26
- APR
- 2010
Getting into a lava – why procurement intelligence looks set to erupt
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Procurement Intelligence, Risk, Economy & Current Affairs
A sage analyst once told me that nothing creates more nervousness in the procurement community that uncertainty – which doesn't bode well for the blood pressure of most CPOs at the current time. more
- 26
- FEB
- 2010
FM tuning in to new position in business world
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Procurement Intelligence
Facilities management is something that every company – big or small – has to deal with, and it's fast-emerging as a new outsourcing battleground. more
- 19
- FEB
- 2010
Data centre management - blue sky thinking could solve cost dilemma
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Procurement Intelligence
Despite the biggest economic slump in a generation, some sectors have proved to be remarkably adept at maintaining their growth – which in some cases hasn't been great news for procurement. more
- 10
- FEB
- 2010
Greece puts eurozone on slippery slope
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Procurement Intelligence
Maybe it's time that the phrase 'beware of Greeks bearing gifts' should be altered slightly, because after a week where the country's financial state looks more perilous than ever, maybe 'beware of Greeks carrying a huge fiscal deficit' would be more apt. more
- 08
- FEB
- 2010
Ill wind could blow Philippines off course
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Talent, Risk, Technology & Apps, Global Sourcing
Few countries in the globalised business world have recovered as rapidly from the economic downturn as the Philippines. Thanks to the swift intervention of the country's republican government – and helped, in part, by the natural conservatism displayed by financial institutions operating inside its borders – a dip in economic growth in 2009 appears to represent a temporary blip on an otherwise upward curve that shows little signs of slowing. more
