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SAP and Ariba: How Much Has the Business Case for Acquisition Changed Over the Years?

SAP and Ariba: How Much Has the Business Case for Acquisition Changed Over the Years?

By Jason Busch on May 22, 2012

The Spend Matters team is furiously writing and research stories on the SAP and Ariba transaction for publication tomorrow and later in the week (you can read our initial coverage here, here and here). In the process of looking at what…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Enterprise resource planning, erp, oracle, procurement, sap, sapariba, spend analysis

Spend Analysis: The Definitive Book on Next Level Performance

Spend Analysis: The Definitive Book on Next Level Performance

By Jason Busch on December 8, 2011

Even though Michael Lamoureux (Sourcing Innovation) and I love to quibble (and as some folks know, escalate our rhetoric from time to time) I have to lavish unrestricted praise on a new book he just co-authored:
Spend Visibility: An I…

Posted in Business | Tagged spend analysis, Spend Management

What is Supply Chain Risk Management, Exactly? Stepping Back to Address the Challenge

What is Supply Chain Risk Management, Exactly? Stepping Back to Address the Challenge

By Jason Busch on July 13, 2011

As usual, Paul Teague recently penned an insightful column on his weekly blog Procurement Leaders, this time covering supplier/supply chain risk management. In it, he tosses out what might seem like a soft question, but is not: “W…

Posted in Business | Tagged Risk management, spend analysis, supply chain management | 1 Response

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Tips to Support Supply Chain Risk Management Platform Success + Building the Business Case

By Jason Busch on June 7, 2011

Over the past couple of weeks, you’ve most likely noticed a number of posts from my presentation with Sherry Gordon at ISM, focusing on the risk track. In it, we shared what we believe is some of the most important and condensed a…

Posted in Business | Tagged Manufacturing, Risk management, spend analysis, supply chain, Supply Chain Risk Management

Spend Analysis Learnings From Oil and Gas -- No Surprises, Some Good Lessons

Spend Analysis Learnings From Oil and Gas — No Surprises, Some Good Lessons

By Jason Busch on April 14, 2011

A few years back, I spoke at an OFS Portal event about the evolution of the procurement function. OFS Portal is a type of procurement user group/community within the oil and gas sector that also provides additional services in the…

Posted in Business | Tagged erp, oil and gas, performance management, sap, spend analysis

Sievo: The Missing Finance/Sourcing Link? Implementing/Measuring Savings to Ensure Results (Part 2)

Sievo: The Missing Finance/Sourcing Link? Implementing/Measuring Savings to Ensure Results (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on February 17, 2011

If you couldn’t tell from the first post in this series, Sievo enables savings tracking and measurement across direct materials categories by taking a highly category specific and granular approach that incorporates both system an…

Posted in Business | Tagged Sievo, spend analysis

New Compass Research: The Future of Spend Visibility and Analytics -- Three Scenarios For Adoption

New Compass Research: The Future of Spend Visibility and Analytics — Three Scenarios For Adoption

By Jason Busch on February 10, 2011

In my first real job out of graduate school, I spent much of my day analyzing structured and unstructured information to come up with potential scenarios for companies, industries and markets. The firm I worked for specialized in …

Posted in Business | Tagged analytics, performance management, procurement, research, Risk management, spend analysis, supply chain

Ten Tips For Pursuing Complex Categories as a Core Cost Reduction Strategy

Ten Tips For Pursuing Complex Categories as a Core Cost Reduction Strategy

By Jason Busch on January 5, 2011

Earlier this week, I proffered up the prediction that 2011 will be the year when procurement organizations refocus their efforts on complex categories as a core strategy. These categories may include contingent labor, professional…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, cost reduction, procurement, procurement strategy, spend analysis | 1 Response

SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 1)

SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on December 17, 2010

Spend Matters has spent quite a bit of time covering vendor happenings in the supplier information management (SIM) and related markets of late. Some providers in the sector, such as Aravo and Rollstream, appear to be winning a se…

Posted in Business | Tagged Lavante, SAP Ventures, spend analysis, supplier diversity, vc funding | 1 Response

Friday Rant: How Will Rearden Cut Its New Ketera Cards?

Friday Rant: How Will Rearden Cut Its New Ketera Cards?

By Jason Busch on December 10, 2010

Last week, Spend Matters covered Rearden Commerce’s Acquisition of Ketera in three posts:

Rearden Commerce Acquires Ketera, Creating a New, Broad Spend Management Offering
With Ketera, Will Rearden Prove a Viable P2P Competito…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Coupa, Ketera, Rearden Commerce, spend analysis, supply chain

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