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The 3 Secrets to Supply Management Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Hubwoo

By Andrew Bartolini February 8, 2012Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

As part of our Technology Adoption series which ran this past summer and fall, we thought it would be helpful to capture and share the perspectives from a few industry…

The 3 Secrets to Supply Management Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Hubwoo

By Andrew Bartolini February 6, 2012Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Better late, than never - As part of our Technology Adoption series which ran this past summer and fall, we thought it would be helpful to capture and share the…

CPO News – February 3, 2012

By Andrew Bartolini February 3, 2012Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategic Sourcing, TechnologyNo Comments

DHS to Adopt eSourcing 2.0 The DHS will get out of the paper business and adopt electronic bidding for all major programs. So said Department of Homeland Security’s Undersecretary for…

Non-Price Attributes – Buying Behavior (Bid Structure) and Variable Cost Components

By Andrew Bartolini February 1, 2012Articles, General, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Since introducing the "Non-Price Attributes" series here, we have discussed the following: Supplier Market Share Quality & Past Performance Production and Delivery Capabilities Who the Supplier Is Next on our…

Seven Trends that Will Impact Supply Management in 2012

By Andrew Bartolini January 30, 2012Articles, Events, General, Lists, Solution Providers, StrategyNo Comments

To kick off 2010 (and this site), I published a series of ten lists - our "10 for 2010" - where we made predictions, highlighted strategies, identified leaders [Sidebar: I…

Non-Price Attributes: Production and Delivery Capabilities

By Andrew Bartolini January 24, 2012Articles, General, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

Our non-price attribute series continues today with a look at Production and Delivery Capabilities. After introducing the series here, we have also discussed Quality & Past Performance and Supplier Market…

Non-Price Attributes: Quality & Past Performance

By Andrew Bartolini January 20, 2012Articles, General, Process, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

Last week we introduced a discussion on the use of non-price attributes in evaluating supplier bids and awarding contracts. This week, we continue the conversation by discussing specific non-price attributes…

Sourcing & Supplier Selection – Non-Price Attributes (Market Share)

By Andrew Bartolini January 17, 2012Articles, General, Process, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

Beyond price, what criteria do you typically use to award your supplier contracts? That’s the question we’ll try to answer today (and in this new series) as we share our…

Sourcing & Supplier Selection – Non-Price Attributes (1)

By Andrew Bartolini January 13, 2012Articles, General, Process, Strategic SourcingNo Comments

Yes, we've been spending a fair amount of time talking about ePayables in recent weeks and we hope you've enjoyed it (we did after all, just announce the publication of…

ePayables Daily Double

By Andrew Bartolini January 11, 2012Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, TechnologyNo Comments

Two good bets today – play to win! (1) Top Tips for Building an AP Automation Business Case & Calculating Your ROI We supported Cyber Week 2011 with a “net…