- 21. E-Invoicing Insights
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- The folks at Spend Matters have a good grasp of both the processes and technologies involved in procurement. Jason Busch recently interviewed a few e-invoicing partners and came away with several key observations.E-invoicing ...
- 22. Business Networks and SAP
- (News)
- Big companies make big bets on the direction of technology. A leader in the ERP space, SAP, believes strongly in business networks as a wave of the future, based on recent acquisitions it's made.On the ...
- 23. Ariba Changes Direction?
- (News)
- One of the earliest providers of eprocurement software, Ariba, seems to be changing its direction a bit. It wasn't that long ago that Ariba became part of SAP, but cloud technology and other advancements ...
- 24. Combating the Executive Influencer
- (News)
- We've all seen it: a technology direction is being evaluated, and the big vendor who has your CEO's ear ends up influencing the decision. What do you do to avoid that situation with your eprocurement platform ...
- 25. Procurement Technology Adoption Tactics
- (News)
- Those of us who have fought the battles know that gaining adoption of procurement technologies by users is a real challenge. There are some tactics that can help, though.On the Spend Matters site, John ...
- 26. Common eProcurement Glitches
- (News)
- Iyana Lester, on the Sourcing Innovation site, takes a look at lessons learned when trying to manage supply chains in the digital space.When you elect to support e-procurement, you have to expect the unexpected. ...
- 27. Technology Update
- (News)
- Spend Matters comes through with a rapid-fire view of some hot technology topics. Lots going on in the eProcurement, ERP, and cloud spaces.Sydney Lazarus pulls it together in a nice concise article. Read ...
- 28. Retailers and Procurement Platforms
- (News)
- In an Information Week article, Kate Vitasek touches a nerve when she discusses how big retailers treat their suppliers when 'forcing' them to use specific technologies for transacting business. She provides ...
- 29. SAP & eBay
- (News)
- SAP's recently announced partnership with eBay gives the folks at Spend Matters something interesting to ponder. SAP continues to add functionality in an attempt to shore up their eprocurement offering.Is ...
- 30. What is Amazon Supply Doing?
- (Blogs)
- ... such as VMI, vending machines, eProcurement, & EDI Rock-solid operations One of the most successful B-to-B websites on the internet, which includes a number of features that provide purchasing ...
- 31. P2P & e-invoicing, Part 2
- (News)
- In the latest installment of the mano a mano duel between Spend Matters' Jason Busch and Pierre Mitchell on the P2P & e-invoicing topic, Pierre takes another shot at selling the benefits of integrated ...
- 32. Ownership of the P2P Process
- (News)
- A battle between a couple guys who really know P2P is taking place on the Spend Matters site. Should it be fully integrated across the process, or is separate P silos the way to go?It's Pierre Mitchell's ...
- 33. Deriving P2P Value
- (News)
- Some business people just don't see the value in P2P networks. When processes are connected and automated, though, these systems prove their worth.Andrew Bartolini, on the CPO Rising site, describes his ...
- 34. eProcurement Market Analysis
- (News)
- Jason Busch and Pierre Mitchell at Spend Matters take a critical look at what's going on in the eProcurement (P2P) market. With consolidation and new players happening on what seems to be a daily basis, ...
- 35. What Are Supplier Networks?
- (News)
- In the latest of his "Plain English' series, Jason Busch from Spend Matters attempts to explain what supplier networks do and don't do. He's keeping it simple, which is always laudable.Hopefully, his son ...
- 36. Technology and the SMB
- (News)
- Smaller suppliers usually aren't enamored of networks that customers 'force' them to use. In a Spend Matters article, Jason Busch presents a few ways to make their participation more palatable.The ideas ...
- 37. P2P Heartburn?
- (News)
- Those of us who have worked with e-invoicing and eprocurement implementations know that these systems and processes are often not accepted with open arms by our partners.Are there ways to make projects ...
- 38. Tail Spend Management Challenge
- (News)
- Implementing an eProcurement P2P solution is a challenge in and of itself. Getting it used effectively to deliver on your goals is even tougher.In a Spend Matters article, Jessica Warren of Hubwoo talks ...
- 39. SAP and Ariba Outlook
- (News)
- When a company the size of SAP acquires one like Ariba, it can take awhile for all the integration effects to shake out. Jason Busch from Spend Matters explains some of the real and potential issues in ...
- 40. Evaluating eProcurement
- (News)
- eProcurement has been around for well over a decade. In some minds, it hasn't really taken off. Could it be that the wrong questions are being asked about it?In a Purchasing Insight article, Pete Loughlin ...
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