As someone who has been in the supply world for more years than I would care to admit, the old Rodney Dangerfield lament about getting no respect was second only to the “we want a seat at the table” refrain. While the profession as a whole had made some advancements beyond the days when CFOs […]
September 29, 2017
Last week I provided the poll results from my recent ISM/Zycus Webinar on the key to relationship success in procurement. You can access those poll results with a corresponding summary overview through the following link: ISM/Zycus Poll Results On Procurement Relationships Telling While the polling results were both interesting and telling, they only provided part of the […]
September 22, 2017
Earlier this week I learned that Rhode Island has awarded an eProcurement contract to Perfect Commerce. This is exciting news following last month’s interview with Proactis CFO Tim Sykes regarding the Proactis – Perfect Commerce acquisition. By the way, you can listen to that interview through the following link; An Insight Into The Proactis – Perfect […]
September 19, 2017
During this morning’s ISM/Zycus Webinar, I ran three polls. With close to 190 people in attendance, here are the results with my take on what each response means. There was also a very active chat room throughout the entire webinar, so you will definitely want to listen to the on-demand version as soon as it is […]
September 18, 2017
Click on the box below to register for tomorrow’s ISM/Zycus Webinar; The Key To Relationship Success In Procurement. 30
September 1, 2017
Click on the above image to listen to the on-demand version of my latest webinar. Also check out the corresponding blog post 3 Poll Results From Zycus Webinar Provide Glimpse Into P2P Future regarding the Poll Results from this webinar. 30
August 1, 2017
When the first post appeared in the Procurement Insights blog in May 2007, it was well before what has now been referred to by Gartner as the “post-ERP Era.” At the time, some of the biggest challenges facing the procurement world evolved around the declining returns on ERP-based procurement solutions and user adoption (or […]
July 20, 2017
I inadvertently stumbled upon a blog post in my email by Bob Solomon titled The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement, Q2 2017. Usually, when I receive a Magic Quadrant or Forrester Wave notification I dismiss it as most of my readers consider such things to be either industry propaganda or as one so eloquently put it; “a paid infomercial.” Although […]
July 7, 2017
By now you have already heard the news that UK-based PROACTIS is acquiring US-based Perfect Commerce. Besides providing further evidence that we are at the very beginning of a looming M&A upswing, it is also a sign that these companies have come to the realization that rather than attempting to penetrate new global markets […]
May 31, 2017
Despite the technical difficulties, this morning’s Zycus webinar about Uberizing Procure-2-Pay, generated some fascinating poll results as well as questions. Given that I was addressing a European audience, the webinar’s 6:00 AM ET start time likely meant that you may not have been up when I went live. I was also made aware of the fact that […]
October 2, 2017
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