- 21. What's the Difference: SasS, Cloud, or Hoste
- (Technology)
- ... 'installation' or systems installed locally. Short term commitments - subscriptions are generally by the month. Cloud Low cost of entry. Short term contracts based on actual use of the resources. ...
- 22. Clouds Defined
- (Technology)
- ... Short term commitments - subscriptions are generally by the month. Cloud Low cost of entry. Short term contracts based on actual use of the resources. Requires little planning with regard ...
- 23. Building a Buying Engine
- (News)
- How do you start to build your own guided buying engine? Well, Pierre Mitchell from the Spend Matters group has some good ideas.He provides the basics in a recent article on their site, and the benefits ...
- 24. Electronic Invoicing On Rapid Uptick
- (Management)
- ... the third straight year of record revenues. The company gained 64 new customer contracts in 2014, joining the more than 80,000 companies operating on its business network. In 2014 alone, more than $84 ...
- 25. Electronic Invoicing On The Upswing Worldwide
- (Management)
- ... as of January 1, 2016, suppliers to the Federal Administration with contracts valued at or above 5000 CHF will be required to utilize e-invoices. While the Swiss Federal Administration has been capable ...
- 26. Egypt Hopes New Suez Canal Dredging To Double Revenues, Improve Economy
- (Management)
- ... route between Europe and Asia. Six firms, two from the Netherlands, two from Belgium and one each from the UAE and the United States, recently signed contracts to dredge the new canal. Meanwhile, the ...
- 27. Impact of the Latest Ariba Outage
- (News)
- When supplier networks are up and running, it's a beautiful thing for automating processes and improving workflow. When they aren't, it's a nightmare.Spend Matters' Pierre Mitchell reviews the latest Ariba ...
- 28. Bigger is Not Always Better – Exploring EDI Solutions
- (EDI)
- Recently I've had opportunity to converse with suppliers who have won contracts with large organizations….refreshing to see. Maybe our economy is continuing to turn for the better - that's only my own opinion ...
- 29. Contracts and the ERP
- (News)
- Contract management is always a challenge that usually takes place in an informational 'silo'. Is there a better approach?In a Spend Matters post, Joe Alphonse looks at how ERP and other central systems ...
- 30. Procurement Risks
- (News)
- The term 'supply chain risk' covers a lot of ground because supply chains are so complex. Each component of the chain, whether it's logistics, warehouse management, inventory control, or whatever, has ...
- 31. EDI Costs are Rising
- (EDI)
- ... provided by external service providers that you have contracts with. And the prices can fluctuate based on either contract provisions or arbitrary changes in price schedules. Specifically these costs ...
- 32. Is eProcurement the Answer?
- (News)
- eProcurement has been around for quite awhile, and although it's made strong inroads in the B2B world it's far from universally available. There must be a reason for that.In a Manufacturing Digital article, ...
- 33. Managing Cloud Security Risks
- (News)
- Ryan Kean has a good idea about the level of risks associated with cloud computing. In a Wired article, he discusses approaches to managing them.He also references a downloadable whitepaper that's a must-read. ...
- 34. Supply Chains Moving Forward
- (News)
- In an Industry Week article, Steve Minter describes some positive signs he sees for the economy and how supply chains are being affected.They're putting plans in place to remove some of the uncertaintly ...
- 35. Procurement Resolutions
- (News)
- We're still in that period where New Years Resolutions are being made. Our friends on the eSourcing Forum site have recommendations.If you can knock off their 13 points, you'll have it made in 2013! Read ...
- 36. Procurement in Austere Times
- (News)
- 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 ...
- 37. The Amazon Effect on Distributors
- (Supply)
- ... purchasers buy on the basis of price. Many have contracts with suppliers for categories of MRO. They often depend on services like VMI and vending machines, technical support, reporting, and websites optimized ...
- 38. Is Guided Buying in Your Future?
- (News)
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- 39. The Increasing Importance of Procurement
- (News)
- The procurement function has grown in importance in recent years. It's now looked at in a much more strategic light. Josh Hyatt in CFO Magazine discusses why this change has occurred and what's in ...
- 40. Payment automation and unintended consequences
- (Retail)
- ... equipment and materials--"direct" buys--has become less expensive. There's still a place for expertise, though: as Senior Contracts and Subcontracts Executive James W. Kendrick pointed out in recent conversations ...
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