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Coupa Heads for the Clouds -- eProcurement, T&E and Beyond (Part 3)

Coupa Heads for the Clouds — eProcurement, T&E and Beyond (Part 3)

By Jason Busch on March 23, 2010

In this post, I’ll continue my analysis of Coupa’s T&E capabilities by walking through a typical submission and approval process (read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series here). I know this sounds like a deathly boring subject for many, but trust me, it…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Coupa, Expense, ExpenseWatch, Learning / Research, procurement, software as a service, T&E

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

Ariba Exchange: Social Media Meets P2P Expertise Meets Category Knowledge

Ariba Exchange: Social Media Meets P2P Expertise Meets Category Knowledge

By Jason Busch on February 16, 2010

I?ve been trolling around the Ariba Exchange quite a bit in the past couple of weeks. The site, along with Ariba SupplyWatch provides some of the best free content I?ve seen out there in the market. Ariba Exchange is a relatively new site, one that …

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Ariba Exchange, Learning / Research, Markets, services, Spend Management

McKinsey Bids Adieu to Anil Kumar

McKinsey Bids Adieu to Anil Kumar

By Jason Busch on December 4, 2009

Late this afternoon, a Reuters story hit the wire confirming that Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey Director, was no longer with the firm following an internal investigation. Reuters quotes an email note from McKinsey spokesman Michael Stewart noting tha…

Posted in Business | Tagged Anil Kumar, Hedge Fund, Insider trading, Learning / Research, McKinsey & Company, Outsourcing, Sourcing, supply risk | 1 Response

Shameless Plug: MetalMiner Turns Two

Shameless Plug: MetalMiner Turns Two

By Jason Busch on December 3, 2009

MetalMiner, Spend Matters’ sister publication focused on metals sourcing, turned two today. Three years younger than Spend Matters, the site is nonetheless following in the virtual steps of this digital rag, quickly catching up with and overtaking es…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Category Management, Industry Analysts, innovation, Learning / Research, Lisa Reisman, metalminer, SpendMatters, Sponsorship

Gartner to Acquire AMR Research: Supply Chain and Procurement Analyst Game Over?

Gartner to Acquire AMR Research: Supply Chain and Procurement Analyst Game Over?

By Jason Busch on December 1, 2009

Earlier this morning, Gartner announced that it was acquiring AMR Research. For those who are not familiar with AMR, the firm, for the longest time, has been the most influential analyst outfit focused on supply chain and procurement. While it has te…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged AMR Research, Forrester, Forrester Research, gartner, Industry analyst, Industry Analysts, Learning / Research, SpendMatters, supply chain

Cortera -- A New D&B Competitor in the Supply Risk Content Market(Part 2)

Cortera — A New D&B Competitor in the Supply Risk Content Market(Part 2)

By Jason Busch on December 1, 2009

In my first column tackling Cortera, a new upstart that provides supply risk content that competes against D&B, Equifax and others, I examined their potentially disruptive business model. Today, I’ll continue this analysis digging into how Cortera ha…

Posted in Business | Tagged analytics, cortera, innovation, Interviews, Learning / Research, Risk management, Spend Management, supply chain, supply risk

Cortera -- A New D&B Competitor in the Supply Risk Content Market (Part 1)

Cortera — A New D&B Competitor in the Supply Risk Content Market (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on November 30, 2009

Every week, I try to give myself an hour or two to surf the web and do research on companies and news that I might not otherwise come across in the regular contingent of sites and publications I peruse (don’t ask — it’s probably upwards of 150 now)….

Posted in Business | Tagged analytics, cortera, innovation, Interviews, Learning / Research, Risk management, Spend Management, supply chain, supply risk

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