- 1. P2P 101
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- eProcurement is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days, but what does it really encompass? It's a broad concept that fortunately the folks at Spend Matters have done a great job taking apart for ...
- 2. Top Spend Matters Stories of 2016
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- Lots of publications do 'Best of...' lists for the previous year, but few provide the insight of the Spend Matters' analysts. They're all over the P2P (procure-to-pay) process and are adept at identifying ...
- 3. Starting Up Your Procurement Process
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- For a business start-up, developing a procurement process typically isn't top-of-mind. It's important to have, though, since out of control purchasing has been the downfall of many small businesses.On ...
- 4. SAP to P2P Integration Fun & Games
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- Integrating SAP with a P2P system can be challengiing. In fact, the technical part is the easy piece, according to Jason Busch. The business process changes add a complex layer to the whole thing. ...
- 5. Arguing About Catalogs in Procurement
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- I posted the link to an article earlier in the week about catalog use in the procurement process. Jason Busch and Pierre Mitchell at Spend Matters have followed up with a series of pro's and con's on the ...
- 6. Catalogs in the eCommerce Age
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- Those of us who have dealt with supplier catalogs in the age of ecommerce probably have an immediate answer to Jason Busch's question about whether to kill them completely.However, they have their place ...
- 7. eProcurement Basics Still Important
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- Jason Busch spent some time recently with a group of eprocurement customers and discovered, not to his surprise, that basic 'blocking and tackling' are still key elements to success.Cloud-based systems ...
- 8. Procurement Gets Smarter
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- Advanced knowledge-driven technology is the future of procurement systems, according to a recent article on the Spend Matters site.Adding intelligence to the tasks being performed by S2P systems (source-to-pay) ...
- 9. MRO Needs a Strategy
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- Unless MRO (maintenance, repair, and operational) procurement is considered strategic, it won't receive the attention it deserves. According to Pierre Mitchell and Michael Lamoureux on the Spend Matters ...
- 10. Staples Uses Procurement Survey Results
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- B2B procurement is a challenging process. Forrester has recently completed an extensive survey on the topic that is being used by some companies to design their B2B procurement systems.My Purchasing Center's ...
- 11. Building a Buying Engine
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- 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 ...
- 12. Giving Thanks
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- Just a bit late for Thanksgiving, Pierre Mitchell provides a list of 9 things we in the supply chain should be thankful for. They're mostly obvious choices, but nonetheless it's that time of year.We'd ...
- 13. The New Champion
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- Spend Matters, and in particular its founder Jason Busch, has been studying procurement forever. Jason thinks it's time to call cloud eprocurement the new standard for the process.The advantages over on-site ...
- 14. Addressing eProcurement Challenges
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- eProcurement vendors have made a lot of promises to supply chains, but are they delivering? Well, there are indeed many challenges, not the least of which is selecting a provider.On the My Purchasing ...
- 15. The Evolution of Procurement
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- Procurement's evolution from a cost-containment function to one of value creation is an ongoing story. A recent conference sponsored by Zycus produced some forward thinking on the subject by a number of ...
- 16. A New P2P Player
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- In the ever-changing P2P system space, another vendor has popped on the Spend Matters radar: Zycus. Their capabilities have grown to the extent that they're now a viable option for purchasing organizations.Jason ...
- 17. A New Look for Procurement Tech
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- On the Spend Matters site, Jason Busch looks at a recent report by Accenture that proposes a radical new look for procurement. Virtual malls have been envisioned for quite awhile, but it looks like ...
- 18. Growth in eProcurement Tool Usage
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- The growth in the use of eprocurement tools, both within and outside of ERP systems, isn't waning any time soon. Recent research by Ivalua shows a strong preference by supply chain professionals for the ...
- 19. SCM Sortware Purchases Rise
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- Continuing the trends empowered by best-of-breed and cloud technology approaches, a recent survey from Gartner shows strong growth in purchases of supply chain management and procurement software. SAP ...
- 20. Ariba Continues to Change
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- One of the highest profile acquisitions in recent memory was SAP's purchase of Ariba. Much water has made its way over the dam since then, and Ariba has continued to reinvent itself to support changes ...
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