Failing to Leverage Business Value from Technology
Today, we continue our Technology Adoption Series - Ardent Partners’ latest research report[i] introduced the concept of a “Procurement Competency Matrix” which looks at a list of many of the…
SM Technology Adoption 2011 – Other Solutions
Our ongoing Adoption series continues - but, before drilling down into why the different supply management technology adoption rates are what they are, we wanted to present the market adoption…
Supply Management Technology Adoption 2011
As part of our ongoing Adoption series, today we present the market adoption rates by enterprises of the primary supply management applications used to support the Source-to-Settle process. I make…
User Adoption Webinar
Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here (registration required) Our recent Adoption Series, seen by clicking here, will continue this week with a look at…
Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report
In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners' recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process "which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,…
The Adoption Series (3) – “Bridging” the Gap
Take a second and think about a bridge, any bridge, your favorite bridge if you have one (do people have favorite bridges?). Although I’ve spent a fair amount of time…
The Adoption Series (2) – You Are Not Alone
While I personally find the adoption rates of supply management technologies in the marketplace to be generally disappointing (for example, eProcurement solutions, which only 52% of enterprises have adopted[1]) and…
The Adoption Series (1)
Having been immersed in the world of supply management technology (development, packaging, usage) for many years, I was startled by the market adoption numbers I found in my first market…
Webinar – Collaborative Sourcing: Achieving the Next Wave of Sourcing Savings
Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each) Next Wednesday,…
CPO Shop Talk (BravoSolution Edition): (1) Strategic Sourcing (2) Perimeter (3) Transportation Spend Management
BravoSolution’s North American User Conference, held this past Wednesday, delivered a great blend of user case studies, best practices and thought leadership. Set in the heart of Chicago at Café…