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Infor Loses Bruce Richardson and Still Lacks a Competency in Procurement

Infor Loses Bruce Richardson and Still Lacks a Competency in Procurement

By Jason Busch on August 8, 2011

Former AMR Research executive Bruce Richardson, one of the most pragmatic, fun and approachable personalities in the supply chain business, made a big splash when he went to Infor to take an executive strategy role less than two y…

Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, Bruce Richardson, gartner, Infor, procurement, supply chain

Deal Architect joins Constellation Research Group

Deal Architect joins Constellation Research Group

By Vinnie Mirchandani on November 9, 2010

Effective today, my consulting firm Deal Architect is now a member of the Constellation Research Group. We will continue to deliver services under the Deal Architect  banner, but in addition, we will now be able to leverage the resources of this brand-new membership research organization and extend our services to its clients. What is Constellation […]

Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, Constellation Research, gartner, Industry analyst, New Polymath

Spend Visibility and Beyond -- Analytics Broader Role in Procurement and Supply Chain

Spend Visibility and Beyond — Analytics Broader Role in Procurement and Supply Chain

By Jason Busch on March 17, 2010

Today marks an important milestone in Spend Matters’ relatively brief history. We?re launching our second Compass research series. We?ve designed Spend Matters Compass briefs to deliver high quality and insightful research at a level that goes deeper…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged AMR Research, Ariba, Risk management, spend analysis, Spend Management, Spend Matters Compass, supply chain

Gartner's Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant: Clarifying a Few Questions

Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant: Clarifying a Few Questions

By Jason Busch on March 3, 2010

On Tuesday, I got a number of questions from colleagues about Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant or “MarketScope”, as they’ve come to also call these types of 2/2 analyses. One question that kept coming up again and again was why Oracle was …

Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, gartner, Jason Busch, Magic Quadrant

Gartner's Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant: We Report, You Read and We All Decide

Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant: We Report, You Read and We All Decide

By Jason Busch on March 2, 2010

I usually have a more op/ed than reporting take on analyzing the news, but I thought I’d use this post to highlight some of the findings of Gartner’s latest Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant, authored by Debbie Wilson, to kick off the inevitable comm…

Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, Ariba, gartner, Industry Analysts, Jason Busch, Magic Quadrant, oracle, sap, Strategic sourcing

Spend Hydroplaning -- Purchasing Magazine Skims the Surface of Spend Analysis (Part 1)

Spend Hydroplaning — Purchasing Magazine Skims the Surface of Spend Analysis (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on February 25, 2010

A recent Purchasing article on what $100K buys in spend analysis has already had some rotten tomatoes hurled at it by an irate blogger. In his response to the article, Michael Lamoureux, who posts as “The Doctor,” gets only one of his criticisms wro…

Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, Contract Management, performance management, procurement, Purchasing Magazine, Rosslyn Analytics, spend analysis, Spend Management | 1 Response

Coupa and Ariba -- Analyzing Comparative Claims (Part 2)

Coupa and Ariba — Analyzing Comparative Claims (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on February 25, 2010

Today, we’ll continue our analysis of whether Coupa’s claims against Ariba hold up under scrutiny, taking an objective look at marketing versus reality. Let’s begin with the core buying process. When it comes to requisitioning, Coupa claims an “Amazo…

Posted in Business | Tagged Amazon Web Services, AMR Research, Ariba, Cloud Computing, Coupa, iPhone, procurement, Spend Management, Web service

Friday Rant: The Changing Analyst Tide -- Turning to Consultants and SIs For Advice

Friday Rant: The Changing Analyst Tide — Turning to Consultants and SIs For Advice

By Jason Busch on January 15, 2010

Without question, we can all agree that there’s been much ado of
late about Gartner, AMR Research, and the whole industry-analyst
business model (I confess to adding some fuel to the fire in this
discussion). But perhaps the most important o…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged AMR Research, Big 5, Consulting, gartner, Industry Analysts, si

Should Practitioners Pay for Both Gartner and AMR Separately?

Should Practitioners Pay for Both Gartner and AMR Separately?

By Jason Busch on January 6, 2010

There’s been quite a lot of chatter lately about whether
vendors and services providers should renew separately with both
Gartner and AMR Research now that the two firms are one. However, perhaps the more important question to ponder first is h…

Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, gartner, Industry Analysts, Outsourcing, research, supply chain

Should Vendors Should Pay for Both Gartner and AMR?

Should Vendors Should Pay for Both Gartner and AMR?

By Jason Busch on January 4, 2010

It’s the first day back to work for most of us after at least a few days off, and while I’m sure many of you are raring to get back into action, some of you in an analyst-renewal period face a number of added cycles thanks to the recent Gartner and A…

Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, gartner, Industry Analysts, procurement, supply chain

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