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Commentary: Emptoris’ Acquisition of Click Commerce a Question of DNA Expansion versus Evolution
“The biggest challenge in transitioning to an on-demand model is not really financial per say, nor is it about the technology investment. It’s really about changing the DNA of the company.” Ahmed Rubaie, CFO Ariba Inc. – PI Window on Business Interview (May 7th, 2009) As part of the Procurement Insights Blog’s readership you already […]
Posted in: News & Updates, Procurement Trends
Sponsor News: Draka Holdings Selects Zycus for Global Spend Management
May 15, 2009
Leading cable company seeks to improve category management through better spend visibility, contract compliance AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, May 12, 2009 – Zycus, a world leader in Spend Management solutions, today announced that Draka Holdings, a leading cable company worldwide, has selected Zycus for Spend Analysis as part of a global category management initiative. Engaged in the […]
Posted in: News & Updates
Breaking News: Emptoris Acquires Click Commerce Contract and Service Management (CSM) Business
May 14, 2009
Emptoris Adds Contingent and Professional Services Procurement Solution: Expands Its Solution Footprint and Global 2000 Customer Base Burlington, MA and Chicago, IL (May 15, 2009) – Emptoris, a global leader in supply and contract management solutions, announced today the acquisition of the Contract and Service Management (CSM) solutions and business from Click Commerce, Inc., a […]
Posted in: News & Updates
PI Window on Business: May 14, 2009 Interview with CFIB VP Corinne Pohlmann Now Available On-Demand (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen)
May 14, 2009
Does government procurement policy shut out SMEs? Here are the highlights from today’s PI Window on Business interview with CFIB VP Corinne Pohlmann “Government Procurement Policy: A Question of Synchronization Versus Compression”: * Government claims of increased engagement with SMEs does not compute (CFIB surveys indicate a drop from 30% to 20% of total membership […]
Posted in: PI Window on Business (Show)
Making local government more workable through shared services
May 14, 2009
In this era of “permanent fiscal crisis,” local governments have no choice but to seek out new and better ways of providing the services citizen’s demand within the constraint of available resources. (1) This may explain why nearly twice as many (58 percent to 31 percent) local governments in 2002 as in 1992 contemplated alternative […]
Posted in: Public Sector Procurement
(Guest Post) Optimizing Value in the Economic Downturn [and Recovery]
May 13, 2009
By Dr. Olga Raskina, Lead Scientist, Emptoris This article is the second in a three-part series of guest articles on optimization by Dr. Olga Raskina, Lead Scientist, with Emptoris, the supply and contract management solutions provider. As we push on through the troubled economic environment, corporate leaders are laser focused on bringing supply chain management […]
Posted in: Guest Posting
Are there 80,000 reasons that Alcock borrowed a page from Gershon?
May 11, 2009
“In what has been described as the most significant restructuring of public services for a generation, the rest of the $21 billion (in savings) will have to come from overall efficiency gains such as improving the procurement system, and streamlining areas such as information technology and human resources. That’s why the skeptics are skeptical.” In […]
Posted in: News & Updates, Public Sector Procurement
Procurement Insights 
May 15, 2009
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