What is Fraud?
As I was reviewing our coverage of Procurement Fraud, and looking at how to best summarize it (something I will do at the end of the series), I realized that…
How eSourcing Can Help Limit Procurement Fraud
Long time readers of this site know that I am a strong advocate for eSourcing. I am an advocate based upon extensive first-hand experience developing, using, researching, and evaluating eSourcing…
Instant Analysis: SciQuest Sees “Upside” in Contract Lifecycle Management (II)
Yesterday, in Part One of this story, we provided some background and then outlined the news from SciQuest (Ticker: SQI) that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Contract…
Instant Analysis: SciQuest Sees “Upside” in Contract Lifecycle Management (I)
On Tuesday, after the market closed, SciQuest (ticker: SQI), a provider of cloud-based supply management solutions, announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Upside Software Inc. ("Upside"),…
Payables Place Asks “Would You Bet On Paper or Against It?”
Earlier today, Vishal Patel, Director of ePayables Research at Ardent Partners posed an interesting question on Ardent's new site, Payables Place, regarding the amount of paper invoices in the marketplace…
Fifteen Top Tips to Limit Procurement Fraud – Payments Edition
Our procurement fraud series began with the premise that procurement fraud is an issue for public AND private enterprises although we read more about it in the public sector. As…
Twelve Top Tips to Limit Procurement Fraud
In my last article, Procurement Fraud Remains An Issue for All CPOs, I directly quoted a globally recognized CPO who said that "The work is never done; procurement fraud remains…
Procurement Fraud Remains An Issue for All CPOs
I recently had a very interesting and surprising conversation with the Chief Procurement Officer of a global CPG company (this recognizable CPO must remain anonymous; the company is well-known with…
Procurement Fraud – An Issue for Public and Private Enterprises
On Wednesday, the Governor of my home state (and where I am this week), Maryland called for a review of Maryland's procurement and contracting processes after "repeated" problems have been…
The Category Sourcing Scorecard – Summary
The Category Sourcing Scorecard series, which was published last month, introduced the key inputs to a "virtual" tool or framework that teams could use to build out their sourcing pipelines.…