I recently attended the Midwest Regional User Group (MW RUG) meeting in Chicago. There were a number of PeopleSoft customers/users in attendance and breakout meetings were held to discuss current hot topics. Below is a collection of things I noticed — a pulse of the conversations, at it were. Needless to say, everyone is interested
Read More...Every spring, it’s the same gig. The internet erupts into frustrated cries about the sleep-flummoxing evils of Daylight Savings Time (DST), how it throws you off, causes your sleep to be ruined for two weeks, destroys your family life and causes your children to morph into foam-drooling, bleary-eyed hyenas. (Okay, I’ll concede that last part
Read More...How’d you like that headline? Yes, you and I both know KPI is an acronym for Key Performance Indicator but the goal for most organizations is to utilize these valuable metrics to keep profits increasing. KPIs are the lifeblood for any company; they provide the pulse of the business. All of the various metrics that
Read More...Posts in the Taking Control of Your Health series thus far: Taking Control of Your Health and Fitness Bloodwork as Your State of the Union Understanding What ‘Real Food’ Is, Part 1 What Are Fats Besides a Bad Word? Understanding Proteins Understanding Carbohydrates Controlling Stress When It Comes to Health & Fitness, Tracking is Knowing The
Read More...Some days we are so deep in what we are doing that we lose sight of the basics. I was recently engaged in a conversation with the President of a consulting company who reminded me of one of the most basic tenets of Finance. He took time to remind me that for every dollar you
Read More...Last week we talked about the notion of tracking is knowing as it relates to understanding the food you eat (in terms of caloric value and macronutrient breakdown). As I said, it’s probably the biggest step you can take to getting a handle on your health and fitness, because very few people understand how much
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Read More...Now that we have discussed an overview of Strategic Sourcing, bid factors and scoring, let’s focus on creating the sourcing event. There are three types of events in PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing: A sell event: the sale of goods that you own (equivalent to a forward auction). A buy event: the purchase of goods or services
Read More...We discussed in my previous blog about bid factors weighting and scoring. Today, we will review total cost modeling which allows bids to be analyzed based upon price, best score and lowest total score. In simple language, total cost modeling allows the flexibility to make the best decision for award. PeopleBooks has some good information
Read More...I wasted so, so much time with this over the weekend. It’s a bunch of videos about math and numbers that frequently careen into popular geek culture. So well done. Don’t say you weren’t warned. Just click on one of the doodles and grab a coffee. Before you know it, you’ll be late for your
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