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Walmart -- Investing in Diversity (Women-Owned Businesses, That Is) For the Right Reasons

Walmart — Investing in Diversity (Women-Owned Businesses, That Is) For the Right Reasons

By Jason Busch on September 26, 2011

When supplier diversity becomes simply a whisper down the lane, reporting exercise built around a check-the-box mentality for Federal reporting, it’s pretty clear what the ultimate outcome of such programs will become. Namely, an inter…

Posted in Business | Tagged Business, supplier diversity, supply chain, Wal-Mart

SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 2)

SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on December 21, 2010

Last week, Lavante raised a new $8 million funding round in an effort led by SAP Ventures (as background on Lavante and the funding round, please read our initial coverage of the news). We think the SAP Ventures connection is intr…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Enterprise resource planning, erp, Lavante, Risk management, sap, SAP Ventures, supplier diversity

SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 1)

SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on December 17, 2010

Spend Matters has spent quite a bit of time covering vendor happenings in the supplier information management (SIM) and related markets of late. Some providers in the sector, such as Aravo and Rollstream, appear to be winning a se…

Posted in Business | Tagged Lavante, SAP Ventures, spend analysis, supplier diversity, vc funding | 1 Response

Is SAP E-Sourcing (or now just "Sourcing") Still Competitive? (Part 2)

Is SAP E-Sourcing (or now just "Sourcing") Still Competitive? (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on November 9, 2010

In the first installment of this post (which has already lead to a healthy debate in the comments section), I examined a number of the sourcing enhancements, customer milestones and related news surrounding the fall launch of SAP’…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Aravo Solutions, BravoSolution, e-sourcing, performance management, procurement, Risk management, sap, SAP Sourcing, supplier diversity

P&G - Where Revenue, Savings and Sustainability Go Hand-in-Hand (Part 3)

P&G – Where Revenue, Savings and Sustainability Go Hand-in-Hand (Part 3)

By Jason Busch on November 17, 2009

One area that many individuals tend not to lump in with supply chain sustainability initiatives is supplier diversity. But supplier diversity, which still falls under the same CSR umbrella as other sustainability programs in some companies — at leas…

Posted in Business | Tagged CSR, minority, P&G, Procter & Gamble, supplier diversity, supply chain, Sustainability

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