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Suppliers and SPAM

21 June 2015 by Robert Falkowitz

I am convinced that the trend toward complex outsourcing arrangements is like the nutmeg of consolation. You’re better off sailing on the main with your own crew and not be married to a harem of third parties. While looking through some old trunks in my attic, I recently found the following hitherto unpublished manuscript that lends credence to this opinion. Please note that any resemblance between this text and the work of Mr. Theodor Geisel is purely coincidental.

Suppliers and SPAM

I am SIAM

SIAM I am

That SIAM-I-am!
That SIAM-I-am!
I do not like that SIAM-I-am!

Do you like suppliers and spam?
I do not like them, SIAM-I-am.
I do not like suppliers and spam.

Would you like them
as a prime vendor?

I would not like them
as a prime vendor.
I can tell you where to send ‘er.

I do not like suppliers and spam.
I do not like them, SIAM-I-am.

Would you like them contracted in-house?
Would you like them as a spouse?

I do not like them
contracted in-house.
I do not like them
as a spouse.
I do not like them
as a prime vendor.
And I will tell you where to send ‘er.
I do not like
suppliers and spam.
I do not like them,
SIAM-I-am.

Would you take them
with an SLA?
Would a multi-vendor contract keep them at bay?

Not with an SLA.
Not kept at bay.
Not done in-house.
Not as a spouse.
I would not use them
as prime vendor.
I would not use them, I’ll just send ‘er.
I would not use suppliers and spam.
I do not like them, SIAM-I-am.

Would you use one from Amsterdam?
Would you use one from Birmingham?

Not from Amsterdam
Not from Birmingham
Not even from a place called Greeneggham
Not as a prime vendor
Not on a bender
No SLA
Not kept at bay
Not done in house
Not as a spouse
Now I’ll be quiet as a mouse
I do not like
suppliers and spam.
I do not like them, SIAM-I-am.
I do not like YOU, S-I-AM.

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Suppliers and SPAM
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Suppliers and SPAM
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How Theodore Geisel might have understood using third party suppliers
Author
Robert S. Falkowitz
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Filed Under: Service Management Tagged With: SIAM

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