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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

A P2P Implementation Guide: Avoid the “Dumb Ways to Die”

A P2P Implementation Guide: Avoid the “Dumb Ways to Die”

By Jason Busch on February 19, 2013

Given YouTube’s rising influence – or at least the time we’re all wasting watching silly clips – we decided to honor the namesake viral video with a Spend Matters research paper titled: A P2P Implementation Guide: Avoid the “Dumb Ways to Die.” Our thesis is that far too many companies get themselves into trouble with […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Business, Coupa, eprocurement, implementation, Invoice, Management, Middle-market company, YouTube

Coupa’s Suite: From Procurement To Accounts Payable (Part 2)

Coupa’s Suite: From Procurement To Accounts Payable (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on January 23, 2013

Click here for Part 1. Before delving into Coupa’s approach to invoice management software, it’s worth doing a quick double-click on where procure to pay software priorities stand in their overall roadmap. While a major priority for development at the end of 2012, Coupa’s electronic invoicing capabilities continue to get significant product investment in 2013, […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Coupa | 1 Response

Coupa's Suite: From Procurement To Accounts Payable (Part 1)

Coupa’s Suite: From Procurement To Accounts Payable (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on January 21, 2013

In only a few years time, Coupa has gone from a purchase-to-pay (P2P) upstart to the fastest growing eProcurement provider, besting the growth of companies many times its size in new customer wins, adoption levels and percentage revenue increases, among other metrics. In a recent press release, Coupa shared some figures around this growth, including […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged accounts payable, Ariba, Coupa, software as a service | 1 Response

3 Essential Procurement Services For Small and Middle Market Businesses

3 Essential Procurement Services For Small and Middle Market Businesses

By Jason Busch on January 10, 2013

We’re big believers that 2013 is going to be the year that procurement technology adoption takes off in the SMB procurement market. But which technologies across the source-to-pay continuum are most suited to small and middle market environments? Hint: it’s only a handful. Granted, there are opportunities for the full suite of capabilities (including strategic […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, Coupa, DataBasics, eprocurement, QuickBooks, sap, SciQuest | 2 Responses

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

Ariba: Probing on SAP’s New Procurement and Supplier Network “Angel”

Ariba: Probing on SAP’s New Procurement and Supplier Network “Angel”

By Jason Busch on May 22, 2012

When a company goes through the due diligence process looking to acquire another organization prior to the signing of a definitive agreement or announcement, it typically has a code name for the project. Historically, the suitor uses t…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, basware, Coupa, sap, sapariba, TradeShift

Sony’s IP Disaster and Amazon’s Cloud Crash -- Rough Times Ahead for Hosted Solutions and Data?

Sony’s IP Disaster and Amazon’s Cloud Crash — Rough Times Ahead for Hosted Solutions and Data?

By Jason Busch on May 9, 2011

It’s been a challenging few weeks for those dependent on the cloud, despite the continued stratospheric valuations of some companies embracing virtual deployment and network business models. Even though we’re not as likely to be i…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged aws, Cloud Computing, Coupa, Netflix, Sony, supply chain

Handicapping Ariba's Ultimate Potential -- Two Perspectives (If You Believe and if You Don't)

Handicapping Ariba’s Ultimate Potential — Two Perspectives (If You Believe and if You Don’t)

By Jason Busch on May 2, 2011

Following Ariba’s quarterly results, which showed solid growth last week (yet I believe are at least partially representative of a rising tide lifting many procurement vendor boats), I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the poten…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ariba, Beeline, Coupa, ibm, procurement, SaaS, software as a service, Supplier enablement

Rant: Custom Software Development - Is There a Point?

Rant: Custom Software Development – Is There a Point?

By Jason Busch on March 21, 2011

I had a demonstration earlier this year with an organization (that will go unnamed) that decided to build its own internal Spend Management applications, starting first with an application to span the traditional purchase to pay (…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged American Idol, Ariba, basware, Coupa, custom software, SAP Sourcing, Spend Management | 1 Response

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