When Michael mentioned to me his idea of summarizing thoughts from a group of bloggers (in the form of a virtual round table discussion), I instantly thought about trying to actually think this through and come up with something interesting - all while trying to close on a house and move my family! Having […]
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Today we are happy to bring you some very thoughtful comments from Kevin Brooks at Apexon, a leading vendor in this section of supply management. Kevin’s background is originally with Ariba and now heads up marketing for Apexon in San Jose.
Anyone with even a passing interest in supply chain issues will tell you that […]
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Today ESF brings you commentary from Dave Stephens, author of Procurement Central, co-founder of Coupa, and overall procurement technology guru (with over ten years of experience at Oracle who had one of the few early offerings and alternatives to SAP). This month, along with co-founder Noah Eisner, David is launching Coupa, an open source […]
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Unfortunately, I missed the timeliness for Dave Stephens new venture, Coupa. For those that read blogs, you know that Dave runs Procurement Central, which is a great source of information. He was kind enough to give me advance warning of his announcement but I was on vacation and could not post last week […]
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In the latest issue of purchasing magazine, William Atkinson notes that an increasing number of companies are outsourcing their indirect-purchasing chores, noting that small companies can often get better prices then if they negotiated the contracts themselves due to higher volumes.
Mr. Atkinson describes the strategic opportunities, names some companies that handle outsourced procurement, describes industries […]
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I have been desperate to take some time to read this article in SM on the A to Z of SRM. It is a big topic anyway but I was still hoping that It would offer some clarity on what is SRM. However, it gave me a lot more. During a recent SRM conference in […]
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ELP, who recently changed their name to build a more global presence, ran a series of short interviews of UK based supply management pros. I was particularly intrigued by the discussion with, Christopher Barrat- Director, The Greystone Partnership, who took a very pragmatic and realistic approach to the future of procurement.
If you want to […]
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