RDMIS — Ryan DesmondProcurement intelligence, data architecture, and the ERP gap.https://rdm.is/Procurement Intelligence Is Not Spend Analyticshttps://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-30-intelligence-vs-analytics/https://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-30-intelligence-vs-analytics/The category confusion between spend analytics and procurement intelligence is costing companies the wrong tool for the wrong problem. Here is the distinction that matters.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMTYour Suppliers Know More About Your Business Than You Dohttps://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-23-suppliers-know-more/https://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-23-suppliers-know-more/The spend data your suppliers accumulate across your brands and subsidiaries gives them a view of your business you cannot replicate from the inside. This is not theoretical.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe Information Asymmetry in Multi-Brand Procurement Nobody Talks Abouthttps://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-16-information-asymmetry/https://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-16-information-asymmetry/Suppliers selling into multiple brands of the same conglomerate have aggregated visibility that the conglomerate itself lacks. This asymmetry is structural and exploitable.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMTHow to Read a Customs Manifest (and What You Can Infer From One)https://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-09-how-to-read-a-customs-manifest/https://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-09-how-to-read-a-customs-manifest/U.S. import records are public. Most procurement and supply chain teams ignore them. Here is what is in them and what a competitor — or an analyst — can infer from your filing.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMTWhat 15 Part Numbers for the Same Battery Cell Actually Costs Youhttps://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-02-fifteen-part-numbers/https://rdm.is/blog/2026-03-02-fifteen-part-numbers/Entity fragmentation in the vendor master is not an IT problem. It is a negotiating leverage problem. Here is what it costs when you can't see your own spend.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMTWhy I Built This: The Procurement Data Problem Nobody Wants to Audithttps://rdm.is/blog/2026-02-23-why-rdmis/https://rdm.is/blog/2026-02-23-why-rdmis/A federal auditor's view of how industrial companies manage — and mismanage — procurement data. The pattern repeats. The cost is real. RDMIS exists because the gap needed a name.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMTYou Can't Adopt Artificial Intelligence When Your BI Platform Lacks Actual Intelligencehttps://rdm.is/blog/2026-02-16-ai-requires-actual-intelligence/https://rdm.is/blog/2026-02-16-ai-requires-actual-intelligence/The AI adoption conversation skips a prerequisite. Before you can use AI to surface procurement insights, your data has to be trustworthy. Most industrial conglomerates' isn't.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT