Showing posts with label Industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Industry. Show all posts
All things to all people, ah ...maybe no.
Posted on Oct 30, 2017 by Simon
What happens is rather than doing one thing well, you end up doing many things poorly.
Our focus is on providing a consistent and reliable punchout catalog.
There are many other solutions that can do master data scrubbing, and we leave that task to them.
In our experience, a majority of our customers have well defined data, and other than duplicate checking, we concentrate on getting the data uploaded as quickly as possible.
And by the way, Realistic, the maker of the all-in-one stereo system, is now bankrupt.
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UNSPSC - Yes or No?
Posted on Sep 23, 2017 by Simon
If a supplier needs to register with a search engine or a third-party market place, most likely a categorization of items by UNSPSC will be required.
Advantages of utilizing UNSPSC:
- A standard within the organization and across the supply chain.
- Analyse spend by category.
- Familiarity when searching for a product.
Additional category FAQ and reference available on our site.
And it's a Yes on UNSPSC.
Cheers!
Subscription Model Explained in Five
Posted on Aug 31, 2017 by Simon
By 2020 its expected that 80% of software will be by subscription.
Here are just five reasons as to why subscription is favored by our customers.
Internet Ubiquity
Available from any computer, from any device, at any time, from anywhere.
Minimal Startup Cost
No license fees, hardware, software, or extra resource expenses.
Application Maintenance
No need to download, upgrade, or install patches, new updates, or maintain hardware like hard disks or RAM.
Cloud Scaling
Architecture that can scale indefinitely to meet customer demand.
Business Integration
Integrate with existing ERP systems or to other business systems across the web.
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Gas Jockey
Posted on Mar 31, 2017 by Simon
Is the demise of a gas jockey good or bad?
If in a rush and minimal needs ...then good. If blistering cold or howling rain ...then bad.
As a driver, I'd like to write some emails when gas is being filled. But I know my car best and the level of urgency. The advantages of me doing the filling win out.
Who knows item data the best? The supplier of course. Why be a gas jockey when you can let the supplier (i.e. the driver), manage the items and punchout catalog. All the pieces are there for the supplier to take responsibility for their catalog and run the show. For a buyer with many suppliers (drivers), wouldn't this arrangement be most preferable?
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Faux Cloud
Posted on Feb 28, 2017 by Simon
Too many companies are labeling themselves as the cloud which is just disingenuous and does nothing but confuse the public.
So don't be fooled by these companies jumping on the bandwagon and labeling themselves as the "cloud" by simply touching up legacy stacks with a new coat of paint. We need to have these services cloud authenticated or just call them out for pure fakery.
Cheers!
- If you host your application on Amazon or Rackspace, that does not automatically qualify you as the cloud. Legitimacy by association is a fallacy.
- If you upgrade users A-to-M one day, and N-to-Z the next, that does not automatically qualify you as the cloud. All users are on the same version, at the same time.
- If you make users download the application locally, that does not automatically qualify you as the cloud. The whole reason is to keep it up in the cloud and find it there.
- If each user has their own tablespace, that does not automatically qualify you as the cloud. Clouds change in shape and size with no defined limits.
So don't be fooled by these companies jumping on the bandwagon and labeling themselves as the "cloud" by simply touching up legacy stacks with a new coat of paint. We need to have these services cloud authenticated or just call them out for pure fakery.
Cheers!