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Social Networking, Supplier Engagement, Contract Management: Do We Need a Big Step Forward? (Part 1)

Social Networking, Supplier Engagement, Contract Management: Do We Need a Big Step Forward? (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on March 6, 2012

Kudos to IACCM’s Tim Cummins for surfacing a great topic in a recent post considering the role of Contracts & Social Networking within companies and amongst their suppliers, customers and partners. Here at Spend Matters, we’ve periodic…

Posted in Business | Tagged Contract, Contract Management, eHarmony, Facebook, linkedin, Social network, Social network service, Strategic sourcing | 1 Response

Capgemini Procurement BPO: Realizing Platform/Category Returns From the IBX Acquisition (Part 3)

Capgemini Procurement BPO: Realizing Platform/Category Returns From the IBX Acquisition (Part 3)

By Jason Busch on December 27, 2011

Please click here to see Part 1 and Part 2 of this series covering the latest from Capgemini.

In this post, we’ll dig into Capgemini’s current and planned technology offerings and strategy. To begin, IBX places its “cloud procurement”…

Posted in Business | Tagged BPO, Business Exchange, Capgemini, Contract Management, IBX, procurement, sap, Strategic sourcing

Supplierforce Enters Voluntary Liquidation -- Background and Implications

Supplierforce Enters Voluntary Liquidation — Background and Implications

By Jason Busch on November 30, 2010

Supplierforce, a Dublin-based supplier information management provider, has entered voluntary liquidation. You can read past coverage of Supplierforce on Spend Matters here, here, here and here (it should also be noted in full dis…

Posted in Business | Tagged Aravo Solutions, Ariba, Contract Management, Liquidation, Risk management, SupplierForce

In Recession and Recovery, Putting Supplier Relationships First (Part 1)

In Recession and Recovery, Putting Supplier Relationships First (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on July 27, 2010

In the second post in this series later today, I will share some findings from recent IACCM research and analysis suggesting that many procurement organizations believe that it is their charter to focus on supplier relationships, management and overall development, but that they rarely prioritize these sorts of investments over those in core purchasing automation […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Contract Management, procurement, supplier relationship, supply chain | 1 Response

An Emptoris Summer Update: Customer Intimacy, Growth and Partnering Driving Strategy (Part 1)

An Emptoris Summer Update: Customer Intimacy, Growth and Partnering Driving Strategy (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on June 2, 2010

I recently caught up with Emptoris for a spring/summer briefing and update. From the discussion, I’m impressed by the level of transformation in the organization since Patrick Quirk, Emptoris’ CEO, took the helm last fall. Emptoris has done a 180-degree turn from its past engineering/innovation-focused. Currently, it’s strategy now places the customer — and their […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Business, Contract Management, deloitte, Emptoris, ibm, spend analysis

M&A Watch: Ariba and an Updated Shopping List for SAP in Procurement (Part 2)

M&A Watch: Ariba and an Updated Shopping List for SAP in Procurement (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on May 19, 2010

In the first installment of this post, I suggested a number of areas where Ariba or others could fill-in material functional and/or competitive holes for SAP in the broader Spend Management sector. I previously suggested that “Ariba would help SAP plug a number of gaps, leaving only a handful unfilled in the broader procurement and […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, BravoSolution, Contract Management, erp, procurement, sap, Spend Management

Coupa Heads for the Clouds -- eProcurement, T&E and Beyond (Part 2)

Coupa Heads for the Clouds — eProcurement, T&E and Beyond (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on March 18, 2010

The most important functional announcement in Coupa’s latest release (you can read the first post in this series here) is a new expense reporting capability designed to provide organizations with an integrated system to help capture, in Coupa’s words…

Posted in Business | Tagged benchmarking, Contract Management, Coupa, expense management, Jason Busch, Learning / Research

Supplierforce: Supplier Information Management and Beyond (Part 2)

Supplierforce: Supplier Information Management and Beyond (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on March 15, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, I re-introduced Spend Matters readers to Supplierforce, a Dublin-based Spend Management software/SaaS suite provider and consultancy with particular strengths in the area of supplier information management. Today I’ll conclude …

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged BravoSolution, Contract Management, performance management, spend analysis, Spend Management, SupplierForce, Visibility

Friday Rant: Treat Contracting as a Business and Sourcing Process, Not Just a Legal One

Friday Rant: Treat Contracting as a Business and Sourcing Process, Not Just a Legal One

By Jason Busch on March 5, 2010

In last Friday’s first rant, I shared some thoughts and anecdotes about the role contracting can play in helping companies more quickly realize identified savings. In this rant, I?ll focus on some of the roles contracting can play in identifying addi…

Posted in Business | Tagged Contract, Contract Management, Friday Rant

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

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