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Jason Busch

Jason Busch

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Obsessed with how companies manage, spend and save money, Jason writes about procurement, trade and supply chain issues @ Spend Matters. He has significant first hand experience developing and marketing technology and services products, has advised numerous companies on sourcing and related techniques as well as M&A pursuits.  In previous lives before tech, he was a management consultant and merchant banking analyst.

President Trump: Procurement, Supply Chain and Policy Perspectives

President Trump: Procurement, Supply Chain and Policy Perspectives

By Jason Busch on November 10, 2016

Our European readers are likely looking at the news out of the U.S. this morning and feeling shocked in the same way they felt following the Brexit vote. Granted, both elections were equally as close. (Clinton appears to have won the popular vote in the U.S., although the Electoral College makes the election look more […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged donald trump, Environmental policy, global warming, National Academy of Sciences, procurement, supply chain, United States

Purchases: Of Teenagers and Teslas

Purchases: Of Teenagers and Teslas

By Jason Busch on August 8, 2014

My half brother, a smart teenager who is already taller than me and usually emerges victorious when competing on the foosball table, happens to be an aspiring engineer who can also hold his own as a researcher and writer (he’s been interning with us for the past two weeks – check MetalMiner on Monday for […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Elon Musk, Tesla

The White House and SupplierPay: From the Basics to the Behind the Scenes

The White House and SupplierPay: From the Basics to the Behind the Scenes

By Jason Busch on July 29, 2014

Right around the time that the Spend Matters analyst tasked with covering the intersection of purchase-to-pay, order-to-cash, trade financing, and payments left the country for a few weeks, President Obama and his team had the nerve to fast-track what is perhaps the most important thing to happen to procurement in decades in terms of government […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged SupplierPay, supply chain, White House

ThomasNet and ISM Partner on “30 Under 30” – Winners Get a Free Spend Matters Plus Seat!

ThomasNet and ISM Partner on “30 Under 30” – Winners Get a Free Spend Matters Plus Seat!

By Jason Busch on May 21, 2014

Earlier this month at ISM, Thomas Kase and I talked to some of the ISM and ThomasNet team members responsible for organizing a new award – the “30 Under 30 Supply Chain Stars” (readers can nominate a potential candidate via the link). The award will likely become the most important contest for the future of […]

Posted in Business | Tagged supply chain

Is the Cloud Disappearing or Darkening at SAP in Procurement?

Is the Cloud Disappearing or Darkening at SAP in Procurement?

By Jason Busch on May 13, 2014

SAP is shaking up its cloud business. Or perhaps the cloud is shaking up SAP. Both Vishal Sikka, who championed HANA on the executive board level, and Shawn Price, the president of SAP’s cloud business unit for only a few months, have left (see news coverage here and here). While there are different views on […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ariba, erp, sap, SAP AG, Shawn Price, SuccessFactors, Vishal Sikka | 2 Responses

Cloudbuy — Digging Into the Amazon-Besting Rhetoric

Cloudbuy — Digging Into the Amazon-Besting Rhetoric

By Jason Busch on May 2, 2014

It’s amusing being a spectator on the sidelines of the current tech investment bubble (granted, some air was let out of it a few weeks ago). Last time around, I was in the midst of it working for a company called FreeMarkets, which had one of the most successful IPOs in history. I also found […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon, American Express, Cloudbuy, Commerce One, rant

Why You Need a Sourcing Tool Belt, Not Just One Tool

Why You Need a Sourcing Tool Belt, Not Just One Tool

By Jason Busch on April 29, 2014

In most areas of procurement technology, one tool will do. In fact, it’s preferable. As an example, having a single platform to drill into broader procurement analytics, beyond just basic spend analysis, is far preferable than needing to navigate between different BI tools and dashboards to look at spend, supplier, contract, and related information. E-procurement? […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Sourcing

2014 Predictions: The Return (and Supply Chain Evolution) of the Private B2B Marketplace

2014 Predictions: The Return (and Supply Chain Evolution) of the Private B2B Marketplace

By Jason Busch on January 15, 2014

Back in the early 2000s, independent electronic B2B public marketplaces gave birth to the software to run them, which then gave birth to the brick and mortar companies that wanted to control their own destinies to use such software to run industry consortia marketplaces. But, they found the technology lacking in deep support for much […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2014 Predictions, supply chain

Exploring e-Procurement Market Trends: No Winner Here

Exploring e-Procurement Market Trends: No Winner Here

By Jason Busch on January 14, 2014

In the past quarter, we have gotten numerous calls from venture capital firms that wanted our opinion on the e-procurement (and broader Source-to-Pay) market, including growth and vendor prospects. As a favor, we try to spend a bit of time with them on the phone. But we suspect many leave more confused than when the […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Coupa, e-procurement, iqnavigator, sap

Bob Calderoni and Kevin Costello to Leave SAP – A New Chapter for Ariba Inside SAP

Bob Calderoni and Kevin Costello to Leave SAP – A New Chapter for Ariba Inside SAP

By Jason Busch on January 7, 2014

Spend Matters has learned from multiple sources that Bob Calderoni (formerly CEO of Ariba and currently President of SAP Cloud) and Kevin Costello (current President of Ariba within SAP) will be stepping down from their respective positions. Their current or future roles inside or out of SAP have not been announced, but sources suggest they […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, sap

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