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February 22, 2010

E-Payment Networks: A Best-in-Class Solution for Buyers and Suppliers

As I noted in my 10 for 2010: Predictions for the New Decade article, “The supplier and payment networks that quickly adopt Web 2.0 capabilities and lead the way on... Read more
February 19, 2010

The Gold Standard

Over the course of my career in supply management, I have had the great fortune to work with a large number of highly successful CPOs and procurement organizations that have... Read more
February 17, 2010

P2P Tastes Great at MillerCoors

Bill Dempsey, Director of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing at MillerCoors (“MC”) kicked off the 18th Annual NAPP Conference in Marina Del Rey this past Monday with a Keynote Address entitled... Read more
February 15, 2010

Accounts Payable Automation: Choose or Lose

Are you striving for accounts payable gold or just looking to compete? If your answer is “yes” to either option then you may be interested in a webinar (free registration)... Read more
February 10, 2010

Business Travel Fusion

According to Wikipedia, nuclear fusion “is the process by which multiple like-charged atomic nuclei join together to form a heavier nucleus.” At its aptly named user conference (Concur Fusion) held... Read more
February 8, 2010

Concur Fusion 2010

Concur Fusion was held last week (Feb. 1-4) at the Boca Raton Resort and Club. Concur Technologies is the largest provider of what it refers to as “Employee Spend Management”... Read more
February 5, 2010

SciQuest NextLevel 2010

Dateline: A snow-bound Raleigh, North Carolina for NextLevel, SciQuest’s Annual Conference held Feb. 1-3. SciQuest is a SaaS solution provider best known for its P2P prowess and a supplier network... Read more
February 3, 2010

10 for 2010: Strategies to Improve Accounts Payable

I have a good feeling about Accounts Payable (AP) in this decade. In recent years, there has been increasing momentum within the marketplace for AP transformation. Not the kind of... Read more
February 1, 2010

10 for 2010: ROA – Areas to Improve Your Returns

If the US government could collect a dollar for every article, report, or presentation with a “Doing More with Less” theme created in recent times, its deficit issues might be... Read more
January 29, 2010

10 for 2010: eSourcing Myths (and How to Deconstruct Them)

eSourcing Manifesto eSourcing 2.0: Every negotiation that results in an executed contract should use an eSourcing solution. The eSourcing manifesto code that I introduced in 2009 via research[i] and other... Read more