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SIG Summit dispatch: Procurement with purpose in the COVID-19 Era
May 18, 2020 | Morgan Zombolas
Continuing with coverage of the digital SIG Procurement Technology Summit this week, I attended session No. 18: “Procurement with a Purpose in the COVID-19 Era.” Moderated by our own Sheena Smith, Managing Director of North America for Spend Matters, the session included three panelists: Paul Polizzotto of Givewith, Adam Vasallo of Big Brothers Big Sisters…
SIG Summit dispatch: The importance of the customer-supplier relationship and the COVID-19 crisis
May 14, 2020 | Morgan Zombolas
As part of this week’s digital SIG Procurement Technology Summit, I attended Breakout Session No. 9: “Becoming a Customer of Choice or How to Avoid Hearing ‘You're Fired!' ” In the online panel discussion moderated by Mike Morsch, Vice President of Procurement & Supply Chain at CDK Global, representatives from both the customer and supplier…
Spend Matters opens the ‘TAP’ at SIG’s Procurement Technology Summit
May 14, 2020 | Kyle Schultz
This week at the Sourcing Industry Group’s Procurement Technology Summit, Spend Matters Chief Research Officer Pierre Mitchell and Founder Jason Busch led a SIG session titled “Creating Your Procurement Technology Action Plan (TAP).” The theme of the session was that procurement should have a “TAP” that focuses on the demand side (linking the TAP tightly…
SIG Summit keynote by GEP: The coronavirus crisis ‘has forced everyone’s hand’ to adopt technology
May 12, 2020 | JP Morris
The Sourcing Industry Group kicked off its online SIG Procurement Technology Summit on Monday with a discussion of the coronavirus disruption and the importance of companies embracing digital transformation to help weather the crisis and create stronger businesses for the recovery and beyond. In a video Q&A with SIG President and CEO Dawn Tiura, GEP…
Ivalua NOW 2020 (dispatch 3): SIG’s Dawn Tiura champions leadership, digital change to succeed in coronavirus era
May 6, 2020 | JP Morris
In these uncertain times, business leaders must get ready to help others overcome fear, create a new future, and get through the death, social change and business disruption that the coronavirus pandemic has wrought, said Dawn Tiura, the President and CEO of Sourcing Industry Group (SIG), at the Ivalua NOW 2020 online conference Tuesday. In…
Ivalua NOW 2020 (dispatch 2): La licorne française va directement pour la route moins fréquentée
May 5, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
The Ivalua NOW 2020 conference began today online because the coronavirus disruption canceled two other in-person events. During the event, Ivalua announced that it currently has at least nine major enhancements in the development queue, with (the beginnings of) seven major enhancements being planned for the next two releases. (It's OK, it's not all in…
Ivalua NOW 2020 dispatch: The unicorn and its quest for the One Platform
May 5, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
The Ivalua NOW 2020 conference began today online because the coronavirus disruption canceled two other in-person events. Still, a lot of speakers are scheduled for the two-day event. CEO David Khuat-Duy kicked it off Tuesday, and Chief Product Officer Pascal Bensoussan outlined the Ivalua vision for 2020-21 that highlighted Ivalua’s plans for Procurement Domination ...…
5 questions on finding your ‘best fit’ digital procurement technology, featuring analyst Magnus Bergfors - [Sponsored Article]
April 20, 2020 | Basware Inc.
Spend Matters note: Because of the coronavirus outbreak, Basware’s conference in Europe was canceled and Spend Matters’ Magnus Bergfors was not able to speak there. So this interview is being shared here. Basware sat down with Magnus Bergfors, VP of European Research and Lead Analyst at Spend Matters, to hear his take on the selection,…
Coronavirus forces Coupa to move Inspire event to fall
March 30, 2020 | JP Morris
Updated April 2 with more details about the event location. Because of the coronavirus crisis, Coupa is the latest solution provider to reschedule its spring customer event, and new dates in the fall are being confirmed for Inspire North America, according to Coupa’s website. The original event was scheduled for Las Vegas, but other sites…
SAP’s Ariba Live online: ‘The Network Effect for Buyers and Suppliers’
March 20, 2020 | Xavier Olivera
Like my Spend Matters colleagues, I congratulate SAP Ariba on its decision to move the canceled Ariba Live event in Las Vegas to online. Its folks deserve a round of applause for their ability to pull it off in such a short time and for offering it on-demand. The Spend Matters analyst team has given…
From ‘Ariba Live’ to SAP Ariba not-so-live: A dispatch in the coronavirus era
March 18, 2020 | Pierre Mitchell
SAP Ariba launched the 19th annual version of its Ariba Live event today, but this year was a virtual event since the physical Las Vegas event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Las Vegas has plenty of microbes anyway, but not of this sort, and SAP Ariba was obviously right in canceling — like…
As coronavirus outbreak forces firms to cancel events, these tips can help you negotiate with the venues
March 9, 2020 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from Talia Mashiach, the Founder and CEO of Eved, a spend management and payments platform built for meetings and events. Knowledge is key to any negotiation, and this is no different in situations when you cancel or postpone a meeting or event. Cancellations are happening worldwide as a precaution…

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‘The answer to a better nation is supplier inclusion’ : Donna Wilczek said : Very true. The existing silos between teams limit supplier inclusion program impact. Making the supp...

‘The answer to a better nation is supplier inclusion’ : Daryl Hammett said : Robert, I agree. We should pivot from the old mindset of Maintenance, Repair, and Operating Supp...