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…
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…
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…
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…
10 for 2010: Solution Providers to Discover in 2010
Earlier this month, I provided a list of 10 providers of supply management solutions and then another list of 10 providers of ePayables solutions to watch in 2010. This next…
10 for 2010: Categories to Source in 2010
Change is constant. “Change is inevitable (except from a vending machine).”* But in this new year, this new decade, we find that many things have not changed. We are still…
European CPOs: Capitalising on the Best Opportunities
Once again, we interrupt the “10 for 2010” series to highlight a webinar (free registration) that I will be participating in tomorrow that looks at the top opportunities for European…
Spend Analysis: A Shot in the Arm for BETTER Sourcing
We interrupt the “10 for 2010” series to highlight a webinar (free registration) that I will be participating on Wednesday that looks at best practices in using spend visibility to…
10 for 2010: ePayables Solution Providers to Watch in 2010
Continuing my 2010 resolution to write more about the subset of solution providers that are making (and/or will make) the greatest impact within the Global 2000 I’ll pick up today’s…
10 for 2010: Solution Providers to Watch in 2010
As an industry analyst, I have been actively tracking the solution providers in the supply management marketplace for years. Over this time, I have worked directly with more than 200…