by Debbie Wilson | July 22, 2009 | 8 Comments
I’m working on some research on the topic of SaaS business continuity risk mitigation. It’s a fascinating subject because without a doubt – some day – a major SaaS vendor will suddenly close its doors and leave its customers high and dry. When a vendor for an on-premises solution stops supporting a solution, for whatever [...]
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by Debbie Wilson | April 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Last week, I commented on Professor Rob Handfield’s overly supplier-centric recommendations on helping distressed suppliers through a financial crisis. No one could accuse Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, a global brewing giant, of being too considerate of its suppliers. According to”AB InBev Suppliers Feel Squeeze,” from the April 17th US edition of the Wall Street Journal, this [...]
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Category: Cost Cutting Risk Management Vendor Vulnerability Tags:
by Debbie Wilson | April 9, 2009 | Comments Off
The down economy and the tightness of capital markets of 2009 will lead to significantly higher levels of vendor bankruptcy, instability and closure. Figure out whether your vendor is a dominator, leader, fighter, survivor or flailer; and establish an effective scope for a vendor vulnerability program. Use observable vendor behavior, financial ratio analysis and qualitative [...]
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by Debbie Wilson | November 11, 2008 | 1 Comment
One of procurement’s lesser known jobs is risk management – taking proactive steps to prepare for rainy day supply-disrupting events such as earthquakes, supplier bankruptcies and acquisitions. Risk management is as much an art as it is a science, because success requires broad contemplation concerning what could go wrong and how likely each potential disaster [...]
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