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Procurement BPO:  Be careful before sharing your proverbial corporate bedroom with another party

Procurement BPO: Be careful before sharing your proverbial corporate bedroom with another party

By Phil Fersht on February 3, 2011

Procurement BPO engagements aren’t about dating. They’re about getting married, something we actually think many people don’t realize. Remember this one point, and your chances of success with procurement BPO will increase on a log scale. Never mistake a BPO relationship for advisory or software. You can scrap a consultant’s deck and trash a software […]

Posted in Business | Tagged BPO, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Jason Busch, Outsourcing Research, procurement, Sourcing Best Practises, SpendMatters | 1 Response

Ariba Supplier Network Alternatives: SciQuest (Part 1)

Ariba Supplier Network Alternatives: SciQuest (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on November 24, 2010

This post is part of a fall 2010 series looking at Ariba Supplier Network alternatives, beginning with each provider’s basic background in the area. We will then examine their solution approach and Ariba/third party systems integr…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, Invoice, Jason Busch, procurement, Purchase order, SciQuest, Supplier enablement | 1 Response

Meet the sourcing gangsters in Chicago

Meet the sourcing gangsters in Chicago

By Phil Fersht on August 6, 2010

HfS has teamed with its networking partner, SSON, to present a superior discussion across the world of finance and sourcing, with Jay Desai, one of the buy-side’s most respected voices for sourcing governance, Capgemini’s own sourcing sherif David Pool…

Posted in Business | Tagged BPO, Capgemini, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, david poole, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, FA, Innovation in Outsourcing, jason, Jason Busch, jay desai, Knowledge Process Outsourcing, Outsourcing Events, Outsourcing Heros, Outsourcing Research, procurement, SaaS, Sourcing Best Practises, SSON

Wednesday’s Whispers: People Whispers – March 2010

By R "Ray" Wang on March 31, 2010

PEOPLE WHISPERS: MOVES, PROMOTIONS, AND MILESTONES* As always, thanks for your emails and alerts. If you’ve got a change or know of a promotion, keep dropping me a line! If you need a referral, and we’ve worked together in the past, don’t hesitate to reach out to me via Linked In. Ashesh Badani became Sr. […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 3VR, Active Endpoints, Andy Warzecha, Ashesh Badani, AT&T Wireless, Azul Partners, BG+H, Capital One, Chomp, Cisco Systems, ClearCross, Click Commerce, Consult HR Solutions, Enterprise Irregular, Felton E. Lewis, Gladson, Greenwood Publishing Group, Horses For Sources, ibm, InformationWeek, Infosys, Intel Corporation, Jason Busch, Jeff Prillaman, Kara Wilson, Kinemo, Krishnan Parasuraman, Kulesa Faul, Lafe Low, Laura Fitton, Lauren McKay, Lisa Whelan, LLC, Manhattan Associates, Mary Hayes Weier, Mitch Wagner, Netezza, Network General, Nitin S, oneforty inc, Open Mobile Solutions, oracle, Palisade Systems, Palo Alto Networks, Paul Papdimitriou, PeopleSoft, Phil Ferhst, Pistachio Consulting, Rajesh Nair, Red Hat, René Bonvanie, Ronda Pitts Krier, Sacnchit Vir Gogia, ScanControl, Social Media Club, Somotsoft, Spend Matters Group, Springboard Research, spss, sterling commerce, Steve Cole, Sun Microsystems, Swissgrid, Tami Casey, TEDxTokyo, Todd Craig, Tri Phan, United Business Media, workday

Coupa Heads for the Clouds -- eProcurement, T&E and Beyond (Part 2)

Coupa Heads for the Clouds — eProcurement, T&E and Beyond (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on March 18, 2010

The most important functional announcement in Coupa’s latest release (you can read the first post in this series here) is a new expense reporting capability designed to provide organizations with an integrated system to help capture, in Coupa’s words…

Posted in Business | Tagged benchmarking, Contract Management, Coupa, expense management, Jason Busch, Learning / Research

First Index Shuts Down: History and Context

First Index Shuts Down: History and Context

By Jason Busch on March 11, 2010

Yesterday, we reported that First Index, a sourcing marketplace for industrial parts and former consulting firm, had closed its doors earlier this week. My tip on the situation came from AJ Sweatt, a colleague and friend who serves as community and b…

Posted in Business | Tagged Interviews, Jason Busch, Spend Management | 4 Responses

Gartner's Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant: Clarifying a Few Questions

Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant: Clarifying a Few Questions

By Jason Busch on March 3, 2010

On Tuesday, I got a number of questions from colleagues about Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant or “MarketScope”, as they’ve come to also call these types of 2/2 analyses. One question that kept coming up again and again was why Oracle was …

Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, gartner, Jason Busch, Magic Quadrant

Gartner's Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant: We Report, You Read and We All Decide

Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant: We Report, You Read and We All Decide

By Jason Busch on March 2, 2010

I usually have a more op/ed than reporting take on analyzing the news, but I thought I’d use this post to highlight some of the findings of Gartner’s latest Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant, authored by Debbie Wilson, to kick off the inevitable comm…

Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, Ariba, gartner, Industry Analysts, Jason Busch, Magic Quadrant, oracle, sap, Strategic sourcing

Are Outsourcing Vendors Throwing in the High-Value BPO Towel?

Are Outsourcing Vendors Throwing in the High-Value BPO Towel?

By Jason Busch on February 17, 2010

Over on Horses for Sources, entrepreneur-turned-stealth-researcher Phil Fersht* recently suggested that some big-name outsourcing firms might be tossing in the towel when it comes to selling and delivering higher value offerings that focus more on pr…

Posted in Business | Tagged Accenture, Arbitrage, BPO, Business Services, ibm, Jason Busch, Outsourcing, procurement

Friday Rant: The Straight Dope on Procurement and Supply Chain Conferences (Part 1)

Friday Rant: The Straight Dope on Procurement and Supply Chain Conferences (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on January 29, 2010

I’m often asked my opinion on events and conferences. While I’ve
tackled this subject on Spend Matters a number of times, it
seems that I?m getting more and more questions lately from providers
about what events they should sponsor this year…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged IACCM, ISM, Jason Busch, procurement, SIG, Spend Matters Camp, supply chain

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