Big Data and Procurement: Get Ready (Some Context First) — Part 1
The New York Times ran an excellent primer on the subject of Big Data last weekend. If you missed it, I strongly recommend tapping into your 10 free stories a month (even if you’re equally as offended as I am that the Times would give …
New Research: Stop Waiting for a Supplier Network Revolution — P2P, Supplier Management and Beyond
Spend Matters is excited to announce the publication of our latest Perspective: Getting Past the Existential Connectivity Funk: Stop Waiting for the Supplier Network Revolution. Here at Spend Matters, most of our research titles are q…
20 Ways the Falling Euro May Impact Sourcing, Procurement and Supply Chain Strategies (Part 3)
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As our analysis of 20 ways in which the falling Euro and Eurozone volatility might impact sourcing, procurement and supply chain strategies continues, we’ll turn our attention to…
Announcing Commodity Edge — a New Type of Sourcing and Procurement Conference
I’d wager that among Spend Matters readers, I’ve probably attended more procurement and supply chain conferences than most. Yet virtually no events I’ve been to have had a consistent focus on economic and commodity outlooks specificall…
Procurement Acquisition Alert: What is Oracle Getting From Endeca? (Part 1)
Oracle’s acquisition of Endeca has the potential to go down as one of the best enterprise analytics/applications/search deals in history. Because Endeca’s Latitude solutions are such a complement to Oracle’s entire line of application …
Oracle’s Endeca Acquisition — An Initial Take
Earlier this week, Oracle announced it had entered into an agreement to buy Endeca. For those in the procurement, supply chain and manufacturing worlds who don’t know Endeca, you should. They represent what Spend Matters believes is a …
Hubwoo and SAP Look Forward — Which Dog is Wagging Which Tail? (Part 2)
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One thing that is clear in looking at Hubwoo’s customer momentum around the SAP product set is how the vendor is benefiting from general SAP adoption trends in the broader source-to…
New Research: E-Invoicing Comes of Age – History, Solution Features, Technology Elements, and More!
We’ve done it again. Spend Matters has made yet another attempt at distilling an important topic into a piece of core research that we hope will become essential reading for companies both getting started or wanting to accelerate their…
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…
Zara and Beyond: Does Your Supply Chain Support Modern Slavery? (Part 2)
Supply chain slavery is a topic that’s getting more attention than any time in recent memory. CNN and others have covered the topic in detail of late, calling attention to a new website and mobile app “created by the U.S. State Departm…
