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Selectica Rebrands as Determine, Plans to Consolidate Solutions onto One Platform
On Friday, October 16, Selectica, Inc, the San Mateo, CA-based provider of supply management solutions, and the parent company of Iasta and b-pack, announced that it has rebranded itself as... Read more
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Upcoming Webinar: Digging Deep: Leveraging Contract Analytics to Uncover Hidden Costs, Risks, and Opportunity
Join Ardent Partners and Seal Software on Wednesday, November 4 at 12:00 PM EST for this free webinar on Digging Deep: Leveraging Contract Analytics to Uncover Hidden Costs, Risks, and Opportunity, which draws on the responses of... Read more
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What the Defense Contract Management Agency can Teach us about Better Buying
In an article from Federal News Radio, it was reported that the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is seeking to improve and standardize decision making among its geographically dispersed network of buyers,... Read more
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How to Transform Procurement in Five Steps – an Introduction
As a researcher, one of the challenges to studying a phenomenon (also known as a dependent variable) is to forego assigning causation to a single independent variable without considering other... Read more
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ePayables 2015: AP’s Two-Year Goals – Automate More AP Processes
It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (“AP”) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came... Read more
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Making the Case for Spend Management in SMBs
Editor’s note: Today’s article highlights the findings from a new Ardent Partners research study, “How SMBs Can Manage Company Spend,” which was sponsored by spend management solution provider, ExpenseWatch. The... Read more
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4 AP Automation Articles You Should Read
CPO Rising has been actively publishing thought leadership, technology analysis, and supply management best practices for many years and the result has been a steady stream of valuable content that... Read more
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The Best-in-Class Approach to Contract Management
Contracts are the lifeblood of an enterprise, as they cement the relationships it has with its suppliers that provide it with the optimal mix of goods and services that the... Read more
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Technology Round-Up – October 8, 2015
Tradeshift Enters the eProcurement Market Last week, Tradeshift announced the launch of a new eProcurement solution, Tradeshift Buy, a solution that includes product catalogs, a virtual store, and the collaboration... Read more
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Five Strategies to Transform Procurement
As a function, procurement has come a long way in the last couple of decades from a back-office tactical player to a front of the office, strategic partner in driving... Read more