Jon Hansen (pi Window On The World)

"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" is a song by the rock band R.E.M. No, this hasn’t become a music show – especially given the fact that I can’t carry a tune to save my life!  However, the above referenced lyrics are more than appropriate in terms of my interview this afternoon with Source One’s Joe Payne and Bill Dorn. In what was the third and final segment of a 3-Part series (that will air next week), which focused on the company’s announcement that they had earlier this year created a Supply Chain Center of Excellence, both Payne and Dorn shared their belief that traditional analyst firms' and industry pundits' creditability in the market is waning.  Specifically, and being caught between serving cross-purposed agendas, firms such has Gartner continue to fail in terms of delivering sound and unbiased insight into industry trends and vendor capabilities. This is a segment that you will not want to miss.

I would once again like to welcome from Buyers Meeting Point to share information of this week's events and news from the world of purchasing Kelly Barner.   NOTE: In this week's update we'll hear Source One's Nick Haneiko describe a project where he helped a client nearshore the manufacturing of deceptively complex and proprietary sledge hammers because of lead time and supply continuity issues.   Be sure to visit the Buyers Meeting Point website @ http://buyersmeetingpoint.com   NOTE: Here is the link to the Source One guest post on Procurement Insights titled “The Prognosticators Series: 2013 Predictions by Source One” in which the topic of near shoring is discussed

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: What Is Government Shut Down? To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: A Morning Prayer To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April

I would once again like to welcome from Buyers Meeting Point to share information of this week's events and news from the world of purchasing Kelly Barner.   NOTE: In this week’s guest audio from YouTube, we’ll hear from Lisa MacLeod, a sales leadership consultant and author, and one of the speakers on a recent IACCM sponsored webinar titled 'Committing to Value Buying and Value Selling'.   Be sure to visit the Buyers Meeting Point website @ http://buyersmeetingpoint.com   NOTE: Here is the link to the Forbes article to which I had referred in the broadcast; The One Thing The Greatest Salespeople All Have

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: A Morning Prayer To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April

Being heralded as The View . . . With An Attitude, the women of 5 Alive will tackle today's most interesting, controversial and even disturbing issues head on! Meet Rhonda Ricardo, Maggie Reese, Jennifer Cameron, Heidi Damon and Deborah Chevalier.  Beautifully flawed, courageously vulnerable, these are real women who like everyone has faced and overcome life's adversities to offer a real-world perspective on the issues of the day. Joining the 5 Alive women as a special guest panelist this week is Tanya Brown. This week’s Topics; Victim's Rights & When Having It All Isn’t Enough Like the show . . . Then Like our Facebook Page and stay up to date on current news and events as well as story follow-ups.  

No sooner had I this past week completed a 2-Part guest post for the Buyers Meeting Point blog regarding the recent news that SciQuest had acquired CombineNet, when I received word from our newest sponsor Xchanging that they have acquired MarketMaker 4 (MM4), a Chicago-based provider of online sourcing and negotiation solutions.  Of course this is where the similarity with the respective acquisitions both starts and ends. Joining me today to talk about Xchanging's acquistion of Chicago-based MarketMaker4 is Ed Cross, who is the company's Executive Director of Procurement.  Also joining us today is Dave Bowen, Founder and CEO of MM4.

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: Walk Wisely To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April

I would once again like to welcome from Buyers Meeting Point to share information of this week's events and news from the world of purchasing Kelly Barner. NOTE: In this week's guest soundbite, we’re going to consider one of the take-away points from this month’s featured publication, Sustain Your Gains, by Michael McCarthy. Intended as a guide to handling the people side of Lean and Six Sigma initiatives, this book is ultimately a guide to human behavior in the face of change. Be sure to visit the Buyers Meeting Point website @ http://buyersmeetingpoint.com NOTE: Here is the link to Andy Akrouche's new book: Relationships First: The New Relationship Paradigm in Contracting

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: Walk Wisely To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: Don't Be Reckless To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April

I would once again like to welcome from Buyers Meeting Point to share information of this week's events and news from the world of purchasing Kelly Barner. NOTE: In this week's guest soundbite we will get an overview of digital manufacturing by Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan.   Be sure to visit the Buyers Meeting Point website @ http://buyersmeetingpoint.com  

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: Don't Be Reckless To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April

Back in May I had the opportunity to interview Xchanging’s Kaushik Dasbiswas regarding his company’s latest white paper “Unlocking value from indirect spend through a sourcing maturity model.” It was an interesting discussion on many levels. As one of our newest sponsors, I am pleased to welcome to the show Indy Ghosh, Xchanging's VP Business Development, Marketing and Advisor Relations to talk about his organization’s areas of expertise and services.

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: A Time For Everything To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April

For those of you who have followed my Procurement Insights Blog, and tuned into my Pi Window show here on Blog Talk Radio you are probably all too familiar with the passion I have for all things procurement. That being said it is rare that I have encountered someone whose passion for procurement either rivals or perhaps even surpasses my own.  After knowing Next Level Purchasing’s Charles Dominick for many years, I can say with confidence that he is one of those individuals. As a result, when Charles tells us that his 2013 NLPA “Make Procurement Rock” Conference is guaranteed to be an event you can't afford to miss, I believe him! Joining us today to tell us why is Charles Dominick.

I would once again like to welcome from Buyers Meeting Point to share information of this week's events and news from the world of purchasing Kelly Barner. NOTE: In this week's guest soundbite, we'll consider one of last weeks' leading procurement news stories - the acquisition of CombineNet by SciQuest. Be sure to visit the Buyers Meeting Point website @ http://buyersmeetingpoint.com  

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: A Time For Everything To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April

Each week on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon EST, April will share with you inspirational insights from God's Word. April is moved by a sincere desire to serve and minister to the needs of others as a speaker and sowing seed through social media and the Blog Talk Radio Network. Despite criticism and even concerns for her personal safety, she continues to press on. This show is a reflection of her faith and her commitment to share God's Word. This week’s episode: The Presence Of God To learn more about April and her ministry visit with her @ Inspiration With April