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Source-to-Pay: Selecting More Than One E-Sourcing Tool

Source-to-Pay: Selecting More Than One E-Sourcing Tool

By Jason Busch on December 10, 2012

Later this week, Spend Matters will publish our latest Compass research brief covering the source-to-pay technology market: Next Level Sourcing and Commodity Management: Evaluating the Capabilities of ERP Providers Compared to Independ…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, BravoSolution, CombineNet, erp, ibm, PeopleSoft, sap

SAP and Ariba: Initial Customer and Competitive Takeaways

SAP and Ariba: Initial Customer and Competitive Takeaways

By Jason Busch on May 23, 2012

Last night, Spend Matters published our initial detailed comparative analysis (for Spend Matters PRO subscribers) of the SAP/Ariba acquisition announcement from a customer vantage point in the areas of sourcing, spend analysis, supplie…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ariba, CombineNet, Coupa, oracle, sap, sapariba

Trade Extensions: Sourcing Its Own Growth Rules (Part 2)

Trade Extensions: Sourcing Its Own Growth Rules (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on August 1, 2011

Click here to see Part 1 of this post.
Continuing to investigate Trade Extensions’ auction capability, the next area worth pointing out is how their latest enhancements to the tool provide real-time information on bidder activity…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged auction, Bidding, BravoSolution, CombineNet, Trade Extensions

Worse Than Drugs, Booze and Nicotine -- Why Can’t Procurement Shake the Excel Addiction? (Part 2)

Worse Than Drugs, Booze and Nicotine — Why Can’t Procurement Shake the Excel Addiction? (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on July 27, 2011

I reckon that I personally spend between one and two hours per day in Excel, and that’s without doing any active sourcing projects anymore. Back when I was directly involved with sourcing events and the product planning associated with rolling out new technologies around them, I was probably using Excel for 3-4 hours per day. I’m not alone. CombineNet’s recent study looking at the Excel addiction in corporate procurement teams found similar high-usage patterns. In looking at 100 organizations in April and May of 2011, CombineNet found…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CombineNet, excel, Microsoft Excel | 1 Response

Friday Rant: How Will the Spend Management Technology Landscape Look in 2013 (Part 2)

Friday Rant: How Will the Spend Management Technology Landscape Look in 2013 (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on February 18, 2011

In the first rant in this series, I proffered an opinion about how the Spend Management P2P technology landscape might look in 2013. Today I’ll turn my attention to the e-sourcing and related category management, advanced sourcing…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, BravoSolution, CombineNet, rollstream, sap, Spend Management, Zycus

Will Ariba's Currency Serve as a Means to a Dominant End?

Will Ariba’s Currency Serve as a Means to a Dominant End?

By Jason Busch on January 31, 2011

We’ll be reviewing Ariba’s most recent quarterly earnings performance in detail starting later today, looking at clues about its implications for customers, competitors and the broader market (if you want financial analysis, there…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, BravoSolution, Business, CombineNet, Coupa, iqnavigator, procurement

Is SAP E-Sourcing (or now just “Sourcing”) Still Competitive? (Part 1)

Is SAP E-Sourcing (or now just “Sourcing”) Still Competitive? (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on November 3, 2010

Earlier this fall, I sat through a product update with the SAP E-Sourcing team to discuss the latest solution developments in their solution area. Perhaps most important from a nomenclature standpoint, the “E” is no more. The prod…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged BravoSolution, CombineNet, Dutch Auction, procurement, sap, SAP Sourcing, Strategic sourcing

Emptoris Empower Kicks Off -- What’s on My Mind to Focus on?

Emptoris Empower Kicks Off — What’s on My Mind to Focus on?

By Jason Busch on September 14, 2010

Emptoris Empower kicks off this week in Boston. I’ll be on a flight to my old stomping grounds later today (I lived and worked in the city during my first job out of college/graduate school). Regarding the event itself, I’ve got q…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, CombineNet, conferences, Emptoris, procurement, SaaS, software as a service

Digging Behind the Recovery for a Solution: When the Numbers Tell a Risky Inventory Story

Digging Behind the Recovery for a Solution: When the Numbers Tell a Risky Inventory Story

By Jason Busch on August 16, 2010

Kudos to Procurement Leaders for a great article about how current inventory numbers are telling a risky story for the potential of inventory shortages, stock-outs and overall supply risk than appears on the surface. The author no…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, BravoSolution, CombineNet, economy, Inventory, procurement, recovery, supply chain

CombineNet Opens a New Chapter (Part 2)

CombineNet Opens a New Chapter (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on August 5, 2010

In the first post in this series examining CombineNet’s most recent chapter, I provided background and context behind the history and current details of the CombineMed investigation, nearly all of which is fascinating yet irrelevant when it comes to CombineNet’s current solutions and go-to-market approach. CombineNet’s President and COO Rich Wilson, who previously oversaw part […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Business Model, CombineNet | 1 Response

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