Universal Supply Chain Misconceptions or “Global Sourcing Lies”
In a recent Sourcing Journal Online article, Sourcing is Hard, Mike Todaro, managing director of the Americas Apparel Producers’ Network, quotes Barbara Zeins, an industry expert that published a short...
View ArticleProcurement Doesn’t Manage Indirect Spend – Suppliers and Stakeholders Do
One of the toughest challenges for procurement organizations tasked with managing indirect spend is that they don’t do it – their suppliers and stakeholders do. Consider the sometimes limited...
View ArticleIndirect Spend Management: Combine all Spend Items and Create a Win-Win...
As we continue our coverage of how to manage indirect spend more effectively, we come to 2 additional recommendations today, the first of which is to focus on all spend including items, services,...
View ArticleProcurement Technology Tip: When Ariba/SAP Plays the Executive Card, What...
We’ve been in touch with a lot of folks going through procurement technology selections – as well as the consultants often advising them – in recent months. The good news: there’s lots of activity –...
View ArticleStudying Ariba’s Reinvention: Beyond the Headlines and LIVE Announcements
At vendor conferences, the big headlines typically show what e-procurement provider marketing and communications executives want to highlight. But these areas are often out of touch with what customers...
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The Apple Watch: Generating “Supply Chain Strain” or Simply a Blockbuster?
I’m one of the many folks who are geeking out about the Apple Watch and have my place on the waiting list to purchase one. As a runner, the idea of a heart rate monitor that is simply on the wrist all...
View ArticleDoes the IBM Emptoris and Coupa Announcement Raise More Partnership Questions...
Earlier this week at Empower, the annual IBM procurement event, IBM Emptoris and Coupa announced a broader sales and distribution partner agreement, one built on top of a previous partnership between...
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What Came First: The Controller or the Buyer? How Finance Influences Procurement
What came first? The controller or the buyer? It’s really a type of chicken and egg question. Without those engaged in procurement (or materials, labor, finished goods, etc.) there would be nothing to...
View ArticleWhen Watson Meets Procurement – IBM Uses Big Data to Tackle Big Supply...
One of the presentations at Coupa Inspire this week that I was particularly inspired by did not come from Coupa at all, but from Michael O’Leary, director of procurement offerings and strategy at IBM...
View ArticleIngredients for Accounts Payable-Procurement Alignment
There’s a tremendous library of technology vendor-sponsored drivel regarding the supposed alignment of A/P and procurement. This nonsense talk often has the people involved in purchasing more closely...
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Should Supplier Networks Outsource Vendor Compliance Like Payroll?
I’ve had a number of discussions with folks on all sides of the procurement and accounts payable technology market of late, covering different points of view on where supplier networks and...
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Getting Value From Oracle Procurement Applications Fast
Aaron Amat/Adobe Stock Within the procurement technology arena, Oracle is not as well known as many of its peers with similar market share. There are numerous reasons for this, but in starting with the...
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