Bruce Richardson Asks: Are We Ready for Social Supply Chains? (Part 1)
Perhaps the best-known analyst in ERP and supply chain history, Bruce Richardson, is finally independent again after a stint at Infor. Only a couple of months into this newfound freedom, he’s launched a new blog that, well, sounds like…
Trade Extensions: Sourcing Its Own Growth Rules (Part 2)
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Continuing to investigate Trade Extensions’ auction capability, the next area worth pointing out is how their latest enhancements to the tool provide real-time information on bidder activity…
Friday Rant: How Will the Spend Management Technology Landscape Look in 2013 (Part 2)
In the first rant in this series, I proffered an opinion about how the Spend Management P2P technology landscape might look in 2013. Today I’ll turn my attention to the e-sourcing and related category management, advanced sourcing…
Will Ariba’s Currency Serve as a Means to a Dominant End?
We’ll be reviewing Ariba’s most recent quarterly earnings performance in detail starting later today, looking at clues about its implications for customers, competitors and the broader market (if you want financial analysis, there…
Is SAP E-Sourcing (or now just "Sourcing") Still Competitive? (Part 2)
In the first installment of this post (which has already lead to a healthy debate in the comments section), I examined a number of the sourcing enhancements, customer milestones and related news surrounding the fall launch of SAP’…
Is SAP E-Sourcing (or now just “Sourcing”) Still Competitive? (Part 1)
Earlier this fall, I sat through a product update with the SAP E-Sourcing team to discuss the latest solution developments in their solution area. Perhaps most important from a nomenclature standpoint, the “E” is no more. The prod…
BravoSolution: More Applause Deserved (Part 1)
If BravoSolution were one of your smart kids, it would be the one who could care less about going to Harvard or Yale (or Cambridge or Oxford), but quietly instead opt to head for a school like the University of Chicago or Cal Tech…
Rosslyn: Healthy Growth and Exploiting a Growing Niche in DIY Spend Visibility (Part 1)
Rosslyn Analytics, like Spend Rader and Vendormate, two other young, upstart providers in the spend analysis and supplier management areas, has been going through a very strong period of growth in the past year. In a recent call w…
Digging Behind the Recovery for a Solution: When the Numbers Tell a Risky Inventory Story
Kudos to Procurement Leaders for a great article about how current inventory numbers are telling a risky story for the potential of inventory shortages, stock-outs and overall supply risk than appears on the surface. The author no…
Zycus — A Summer Update (Part 1)
This spring, I had the chance to meet dozens of Zycus customers and prospects as their “Experience” tour criss-crossed the country. These discussions with both existing and potential customers considering a range of Zycus solutions further solidified my view that Zycus has been successful in expanding outside of just the spend analysis area. They may [...]
