There’s been much buzz in the Apple community about whether Apple will be able to meet initial demand for its new iPad. Many Apple enthusiasts would agree with the statement that Apple’s new product supply chains usually take time to flex to keep up …
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You might have missed this announcement last week that there is a new force of nature in the boring and stodgy industry analyst world. My good friend Phil Fersht–he’s only “good” when he?s buying the first round, mind you–has decided to leave the p…
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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…
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On Tuesday, March 9th, First Index, a supplier-pays marketplace and former direct materials sourcing and supply chain consultancy, closed its doors. First Index had received significant funding from LMS Capital, a UK-based firm, and Bessemer ventures…
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I’ve been asked on more than a half-dozen occasions to spend a day with clients (both practitioners and vendors/services providers) to provide my view of the rapidly unfolding spend analysis landscape, discussing a diversity of approaches to identify…
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A few weeks back, Coupa announced their latest solution release which includes a number of enhancements and new capabilities. I had the chance to catch up with Coupa prior to the announcement and also took a closer look at their latest solution relea…
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I read the summary of a new report from down under earlier today that was not remarkable for its findings, but for its authors — a group of lawyers (at Norton Rose) who came to the same conclusion as any reasonable group of procurement or operations…
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Continuing our new ?Travel Tuesday? column, this week we’ll cover some of the travel Spend Management basics. Today, I?ll refer Spend Matters? readers to a recent Purchasing Magazine study that provides a useful state of the market when it comes to t…
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In this third post in the series analyzing Coupa’s competitive claims against Ariba (click here for Part 1 and Part 2), I’ll turn my attention to the remaining claims Coupa makes against its Sunnyvale P2P neighbor (in case you’re curious, Coupa’s off…
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I was in London for part of last week, primarily for a client meeting. Despite my short, packed trip, I also had the chance to sit down with a few other folks, including Peter Smith, who recently began contributing to Spend Matters, and Mark Perera a…
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