TweetAsk anyone who’s worked in more than one purchasing organization. When it comes to technology, they’re not normally what you would describe as model implementations. Supplier data all over the place, catalogues out of date, Heinz 57 varieties of purchasing system. Purchase to Pay processes are very rarely joined up and if purchase to pay really is the plumbing of your organization, you’d be drowning.

But before you beat yourself up about your role in this chaos, ask yourself the question: Why is it that everything is always a mess? continue reading…

TweetJason Busch drew attention to Ariba’s offer earlier this week in a blog post all about Ariba’s annual Las Vegas event. ”Use Promo code TWTRCHP when you register for #AribaLIVE & get $250 #CaesarsPalace chips aribalive.com.”

Promotional gifts are not unusual continue reading…

TweetWhen we wrote that e-procurement was getting interesting here we didn’t anticipate that it would be one of the most read Purchasing Insight articles of 2012. There is obviously an appetite amongst purchasing professionals for this topic and now there’s a new report that you need to get your hands on. continue reading…

TweetAriba is falling behind. It’s falling behind in customer growth and it’s failing to innovate. So why has Ariba got such a rosy future? continue reading…

TweetIn their market overview Market Overview, ePurchasing And Contract Life-Cycle Management In 2011 to 2012, Forrester describes four forces that are keeping supplier networks dynamic and competitive. They talk a great deal of sense but they forgot the fifth force – the one that’s going to make 2012 the year for supplier networks. continue reading…

TweetYou can tell who the good guy is – he wears the white cowboy hat. But enterprise application vendors don’t wear hats so how do you tell them apart? continue reading…

TweetIt’s fascinating. No one would argue that e-procurement wasn’t e-procurement because the final P.O. produced was an emailed pdf. But when it comes to e-invoicing, people get very precious about what is and isn’t an e-invoice. Why is that? continue reading…