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August 3, 2012
Publisher’s Note: Procurement fraud is a complex topic and one we take very seriously. For more information on procurement fraud, make sure to review the “Related Articles” at the bottom…
August 2, 2012
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…
July 30, 2012
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…
July 27, 2012
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…
July 26, 2012
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”),…
July 24, 2012
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…
July 20, 2012
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…
July 18, 2012
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…
July 16, 2012
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…
July 13, 2012
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…
