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Some weeks ago we received a last minute RFP. I decided a no-go. I did not want team burn into a RFP we were not going to win, for a customer department we have not relationship. One of the things I did not like about the RFP was the fact they were offering a project … Read more
You have to attend your customers and their requests, they challenge you everyday and you have to adapt to the challenges. Then you comeback to your office and find that your organization is in a continuous change where internal audits have improvements, forecasts have to be more justified and internal financial reviews requires more information. … Read more
I have Sametime 8.02 installed and want to remind this configuration. Step 1.- Create new server community 1. File, Create new server community, enter all data below Server Community name: https://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?sitedomain=sns.webmail.aol.com&lang=en&locale=us&authLev=0&siteState=ver%3a4%7crt%3aSTANDARD%7cat%3aSNS%7cld%3awebmail.aol.com%7cuv%3aAOL%7clc%3aen-us%7cmt%3aAOL%7csnt%3aScreenName%7csid%3aed9a6c46-58c3-4782-ad97-9031ce424c32&offerId=newmail-en-us-v2&seamless=novl&xchk=false username / password: your aim username password Host server: my.screenname.aol.com Server Community port: 80 2. Save. Step 2.- Communicate with AOL and AIM users, … Read more
There is a old quote that says: “The worst job in the world is to work with hungry people” In the Internet era, this saying has evolved to: “The worst job in the world is to work with people who lost the connection to Internet” I have seen this effect during this month twice, and … Read more
Education is changing, the way to obtain knowledge and access to courses continue changing very quickly. In my company I have access to a complete set of web courses and virtual sessions where different topics are reviewed and you can follow training programs composed by different courses. I enroll these courses and they provide me … Read more
Everyday I face issues and people arguing about problems and invesitng time and effort on personal issues more than on resolve the issue itself. Some people forget how to identify the arguments mentioned by the other party, analysis it and put on context of the situation or the organization. When you want to defend a … Read more
Since SAP bought Ariba, when you as a customer asks about a procurement/sourcing solution to a SAP/Ariba salesman, the first question will be: on-premise or on-demand? If your answer is on-premise, the proposed solution will be SAP SRM and Ariba for on-demand. The main components of the Ariba Sourcing on-demand solution are, Buyer, the core … Read more
I discovered a different approach on Six Sigma: DMADV, that could be compared to the classic DMAIC. DMAIC | DMADV Define | Define Measure | Measure Analyze | Analyze Improve | Design Control | Verify We should use DMADV methodology when a product or process is not in existence at the organization and one … Read more
Maverick buying in the supply management arena is the purchasing outside of standard procurement processes, also known as off-contract buying. The standard processes always tries to minimize this type of practices, because if an organization use it in an excessive way it has fatal consequences. But in some cases it is necessary to be flexible … Read more
Negotiating a more or less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services. Look for the equity of the transaction is in terms of information