October 17, 2023
“Quiet and mysterious, ninja warriors are known for their strength, skill and stealth. Turn your back for just a moment, and a ninja might catch you by surprise! What is it about ninjas that’s so fascinating?” – Chicago Public Library A Necessary Preamble In 2009, Procurement Insights did a series of interviews and a panel […]
October 12, 2023
In 2009, Procurement Insights did a series of interviews and a panel with the leaders for providers I called the New Titans of the SaaS World series. Joining me on June 25th 2009, to discuss their take on this changing of the guard were Anurag Dixit, Vice President, Marketing (Zycus); Steve Wargalla, Vice President, Foundation […]
May 14, 2023
What role has and will Coupa continue to play in procurement's digital transformation? #coupa
December 13, 2022
How do privately-owned eProcurement service providers deliver greater transformation success than publicly-owned providers?
December 12, 2022
"COUPA SOFTWARE ENTERS INTO DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO BE ACQUIRED BY THOMA BRAVO FOR $8 BILLION."
November 14, 2022
When someone offers you advice, what makes it good?
May 5, 2022
If you only read one paper on supply chain resilience and agility, this is the one to read - I promise.
March 25, 2022
(Forrester’s SVM (Supplier Value Management) essentially corroborates to “Source to Pay”, which is the more commonly used terminology amongst procurement practitioners). From an analysts’ research point of view, the Source to Pay segment has had a huge strategic coverage void. While most analyst firms produced reports on specific parts of the S2P cycle (e.g., S2C, […]
October 28, 2021
Review of the Gartner P2P Magic Quadrant 2021
What did the MAI Basic Four ISAs and these “Unicorns” have in common? Problem Solving!
November 5, 2023
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Anyone who has been reading this blog for any length of time knows the following about me: The above statements may seem contradictory, but in reality, they share a symmetry – problem-solving, which brings us to today’s post. In the November 3rd, 2023, Supply Chain Game Changer article “How Supply Chain Innovation Propels Startups to […]