The rise of Procurement ecosystem apps.
Class C purchases or spot buys representing a small 5% fraction of the total spend but a big 60% amount of PO is in general a pain and not …
It is interesting to realise that Digital Procurement doesn’t mean at all the same thing for everyone. Many are considering that using Sourcing & Procurement IT systems in the …
More than we think, Technology is transforming our way of life for ever. Entertainment, Travel, professional and personal life, new generations, all of this is dramatically impacted by Digital …
“Big data” is one of the core component of the Future of Procurement and has major challenges to overcome. The meaning of the expression has been evolving since it …
The conference At the end of the month in Berlin, the 5th annual conference about innovation in Public Procurement will be held. You can access here the detailed programme of …
As illustrated in below picture, Everest Group is showing insightful trends with regards to Procurement Outsourcing adoption per Industry, between 2009 and 2013, and revealed great disparity: Strong increase in Financials Services, Manufacturing and …
Spend analysis is high on Procurement agenda since the mid 1990 but remains a challenging matter. Spend analysis is a complex topic on its own and encompasses all activities related to “the process of …
Usage of Network (hyper-connectivity), Automation and usage of data are 3 trends that will heavily transform Purchasing. On my previous post, I have been sharing my thoughts why Procurement was lagging behind …
I just went through the post from Spendmatters.com “Why Platforms are needed to accelerate Procurement agility“; if I am sharing the author’s point of view, I would even go beyond: …
Class C purchases or spot buys representing a small 5% fraction of the total spend but a big 60% amount of PO is in general a pain and not …
Usage of Network (hyper-connectivity), Automation and usage of data are 3 trends that will heavily transform Purchasing. On my previous post, I have been sharing my thoughts why Procurement was lagging behind …
if eSourcing benefits are straightforward, adoption is a different story. ScanMarket (a cloud eSourcing & Spend Analysis service provider) explored ways to address in the white paper “The crisis …
Scanmarket is a small eSourcing software company, where I have some friends but no shares and interest, providing easy to use spend analysis, RFX and contract mgmt automation tools. They are inviting any organisation to …
This is a table I build-up to create ‘client’ awareness on eProcurement deployment challenges and introduce the ‘How to implement and deploy eProcurement”: It is all about Value Enablement, …
Late July 09, Wal-Mart announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index, which is expected to lead to higher quality, lower costs and measure the sustainability of products …
Ariba lately published a whitepaper about Supply Risk management. Wide topic indeed, which obviously shouldn’t be seen as a one-off action but as a continuous effort over time and …
Enporion was initially a vertical eMarketplace, founded by 7 major US Utility companies ( Allegheny Energy Inc., Allete, Ameren Corporation, CMS Energy Corporation, KeySpan Corporation, PPL Corporation and UGI …
Another good 20 page white-paper from SAP © 2006 describing 6 easy-to-use best practices and a couple of tips to support successful adoption of an eSourcing solution. Not rocket …
2 and 3 years ago, I did this exercice already; comparing the online footprint of leading Spend Management Solution vendors with Alexa. You’ll find below the update 2009 including …