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Ariba’s AribaLive conference reviewed

Ariba’s AribaLive conference reviewed

By Tom Raftery on June 11, 2013

I attended the AribaLive event in Berlin last week – this is the European conference for Ariba customers and partners to share stories, network and learn from one another. Ariba is a company which provides electronic sales and procurement solutions for companies. There are over 1 million companies in 190 countries using Ariba. Customer companies […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, Ariba network, conflict minerals, Dematerialisation, eInvoicing, electronic invoicing, eprocurement, supplier risk management, Sustainability, transparency

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

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

Alert - PurchasingNet Customers Should Evaluate Other Options

Alert – PurchasingNet Customers Should Evaluate Other Options

By Jason Busch on January 21, 2010

Following the announcement of Versata’s acquisition of PurchasingNet
last week, I had the chance to catch up with Mike Williams, a general
manager at Versata responsible for its Nextance (contract
management) and newly acquired PurchasingNet…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ariba, Bellwether, Commerce One, Coupa, Enporion, ePlus, eprocurement, Global eProcure, Ivalua, Ketera, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers And Acquisitions, Metiom, Nextance, Perfect, Proactis, PurchasingNet, roll-up strategy, Spend Management, Verian, Versata | 1 Response

Coupa Comes Through With a Decent 2009 -- A Good Thing for the Market

Coupa Comes Through With a Decent 2009 — A Good Thing for the Market

By Jason Busch on January 19, 2010

Coupa — a highly focused On-Demand eProcurement vendor that is very
easy to root for thanks to its creative marketing, solid basic
functional capabilities, and reasonable price points ?- just announced that it turned in a
respectable overal…

Posted in Business | Tagged Coupa, eprocurement, procurement, SaaS

Amex Acquires Revolution Money -- Another Step Away From Spend Management

Amex Acquires Revolution Money — Another Step Away From Spend Management

By Jason Busch on November 18, 2009

American Express continues to disappoint in the Spend Management sector of late, having taken the ball on their opponent’s 40 yard line numerous times with the result so far having been numerous interceptions and punts and nary a touchdown, not even …

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged American Express, AMEX, B2B, Credit card, eprocurement, Financial services, Harbor Payments, p2p, PayPal, Rearden Commerce, Revolution Money | 1 Response

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