Executive memo: catching up on the supply chain circuit.

From: Supply & Demand Chain Executive | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

April, May and June are busy months on the supply chain conference circuit, and this year, as in the past, I hit the road with notebook in hand, shuttling from one event center and show hall to the next, trying as much to pick up the buzz in the hallways during the breaks as to listen in on the keynotes and presentations going on inside the meeting rooms.

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At Ariba's user conference in Orlando, Fla., this year, I was struck both by the number of enterprises that were already into the fourth or fifth year since deploying their e-procurement systems ...

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