- 21. Oracle vs. Ariba
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- It's not exactly Armageddon, but two heavyweights are battling it out in the P2P market. Both Oracle and the SAP/Ariba combo have strong, yet different capabilities.Jason Busch does his usual fine analysis ...
- 22. Sourcing Tools: ERP or Best-of-Breed?
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- Spend Matters tackles how to determine what's the best fit for sourcing tools between ERP and best-of-breed.Jason Busch provides a nice selection continuum to help the process. Check it out HERE
- 23. Logistics Trends
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- ... “3PL providers will need to invest in electronic markets, supplier management systems, and supply chain planning systems to utilize Web-based customer service,” says Gabor. She believes that more of them ...
- 24. Starting Procurement Fires
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- One of our favorites, Jason Busch from Spend Matters, has some ideas on how the procurement function can become a fire-starter, rather than spending its energy fighting flames. There are a number of steps ...
- 25. Procurement ROI
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- Jason Busch on the Spend Matters site gives us his thoughts on whether ROI is an appropriate metric for procurement performance. Not surprisingly, he's found several types of functions where it does make ...
- 26. Procurement in Austere Times
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- ON the E-Sourcing Forum, Mike Pringle gives us his thoughts on the procurement function in the age of austerity. He has strong opinions about alternatives to manipulating procurement budgets when times ...
- 27. GXS-RollStream Combo
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- Consolidation continues to be a trend for supply chain technology companies. GXS and RollStream came together awhile ago and a recent article on the Spend Matters site takes a look at the impact of the ...
- 28. Thinking About Outsourcing your EDI?
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- Outsourcing has been a hot topic over the past few years, and EDI is often mentioned as a process that may make sense to pay someone else to do. Does that approach make sense? In this two-part blog, ...
- 29. Dropship, or Not?
- (News)
- As commerce is increasingly conducted via websites and smartphone, fulfillment options continue to proliferate for suppliers. One common choice is between warehousing your own catalog products and dropshipping ...
- 30. Ideas for Cost Management
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- Reducing costs in the supply chain is a fairly universal goal. Just as on the buy-side, there's a difference between price and cost. In a Sourcing Innovation blog, we get some great tips on how to ...
- 31. Can Procurement Be Improved?
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- Improvements to the procurement process can show up on the bottom line. That's a fact. In an article by A.T. Kearney in My Purchasing Center, procurement is identified as having the ability to take ...
- 32. A Little Deeper Look at SAP- Ariba
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