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Archive for February, 2009
Friday Afternoon Webinar Pimping
I usually don?t pimp webinars unless I?m participating in them — and only then if I really like the subject matter — but if you have sometime next week and want to learn recession-driven eProcurement savings approaches from an old industry hand, th…
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QuickDraw Procurement with Coupa QuickStart
Earlier this week, Coupa announced the availability of Coupa Quickstart, the second in a string of big announcements they have planned for the first half of this year. (The first was, of course, the acquisition of a new CEO, Rob Bernshteyn, earlier this month.) As noted in the Press Release, Coupa Quickstart [...]
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Friday Rant: Going out on Your Own (Part 1)
In the past couple of months, I’ve talked to a number of procurement practitioners and consultants considering going out and, in their words, “doing their own thing”. This list includes some senior executives and CPOs in the sector. It also counts a…
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The Value of Market Intelligence in a Down Economy
A recent Sourcing Interests newsletter contained an article on the value of obtaining market intelligence in a down economy that should not be overlooked, especially since many organizations might be tempted to eliminate (or at least severely reduce) the budget for market intelligence in difficult economic times. The article makes a good [...]
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Ariba and Emptoris Continued — Judge Finds Emptoris is not in Contempt of Court
In the latest round of the Emptoris / Ariba patent soap opera, Ariba argued before the court that the “now-patched Emptoris software” violated the court’s injunction and argued for Emptoris to be held in contempt of court. A week ago today, the judge…
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Stimulus Package: Talk about NOW being the time for Spend Management…
As a concerned taxpayer, DC area resident, and Spend Management professional, it’s difficult for me to not look at the just-passed federal stimulus package (and other programs) first and foremost as the biggest Spend Management challenges in history. Whether or not you agree with the plan, everyone must admit that “managing this spend” will [...]
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Spend Management in the Home — Japanese Deflationary Style
There is a tremendous amount to admire about Japanese culture. But the personal spending habits that frugal Japanese homemakers have employed to combat economic stagnation and deflation are not among them. Yet these tactics may be suggestive of what …
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Free Trade Pact: Challenge or Opportunity?
As pointed out in an article in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies last summer, a proliferation of bilateral and regional trade agreements in recent years has made it more difficult than ever for companies to understand the many duty-avoidance options they might leverage to lower the total landed cost of imported goods, which is [...]
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A Bitter Shade of Green Savings
I contend that in most cases, the only way that corporate sustainability initiatives will take hold in the downturn is if they’re tied to quantifiable cost reduction or revenue enhancement. Everything else — LEED, carbon neutral and related feel-goo…
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