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Public Spend Forum: Riskiest smart city techs and Moth+Flame VR for emotional distress
April 16, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public buying everywhere. GovShop is its free-to-use global government market research tool for finding and connecting with suppliers. Here's the latest from PSF ...
Women in Procurement Wednesday: Agiloft’s Elisabeth Bykoff, from aspiring movie director to contract management executive
April 14, 2021 | Sally Ehrmann
Kids are often asked about what they want to be when they grow up. Common answers vary but can offer insights. Elisabeth Bykoff wanted to be a movie director. Today, Bykoff is the Vice President of Global Alliances at Agiloft, a contract lifecycle management (CLM) solution provider. So, not exactly a movie director but an…
Bid Ops hosts virtual event with insight into the role of artificial intelligence in procurement sourcing
April 13, 2021 | Sally Ehrmann
Among the many trends happening in procurement today, artificial intelligence and machine learning are two of the biggest topics. A recent industry conference, Bid Ops’ Optimal AI event, brought professionals together to discuss the often confusing, but definitely complementary, role that AI can play in a procurement process. Edmund Zagorin, Founder and CEO of Bid…
How supplier collaboration can lead to growth and sustainability
April 13, 2021 | Spend Matters Brand Studio
Enterprises large and small are realizing the extended gains to be had from collaboration, both with suppliers and partners, to bring an opportunity to drive synergies. Those might come from joint initiatives on R&D, expanding business reach that is not possible within their own confines, or working to optimize costs for the consumer. It is…
The duality in leading others: Trust optimism in trying times
April 12, 2021 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from Daryl Hammett, Amazon Web Services’ Global Head of LM and Operations. Duality continues to teach us that every aspect of life is created from a balanced interaction of competing forces. Yet these forces are not just antithetical; they are interdependent of one another. One such concept that we…
How to make the case for procurement technology investment: Expert practitioners share their tips
April 8, 2021 | Carina Kuhl
Spend Matters SolutionMap offers a helpful benchmark when a company is ready to identify a procurement technology provider to support its procurement business processes, and our new TechMatch℠ tool can get you a shortlist fast. But before you get to this point, you must successfully make the case for investment within your organization, and that’s…
Brexit — a challenge or an opportunity for CPOs?
April 8, 2021 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from Philip Woode, Principal at Efficio Consulting. Britain leaving the EU brought about the biggest change in the UK’s trading relationships for decades. While Brexit appears to be the main factor for some disruptions, global supply chain problems resulting from the pandemic and the impact on trade in general…
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine contamination could have been avoided with traceability, monitoring of supply chain risk from procurement
April 6, 2021 | Sally Ehrmann
Mix-ups in supply chain and procurement happen. But when it’s a high-profile issue, like the recent Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine mishap, it can make the general public distrustful and leave procurement professionals wanting to lend their expertise. Although the mass vaccination effort is more of a focus for supply chain teams, it’s actually a…
Creactives: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — Solution overview, strengths/weaknesses, tech selection tips - [PRO Content]
April 6, 2021 | Michael Lamoureux
In this two-part Spend Matters PRO series, we will overview Creactives' unique technologies and capabilities that make it a vendor that every global multinational sourcing direct materials should be considering as part of their overall source-to-pay and/or supply chain technology arsenal. While there are a large number of traditional solutions for material master data management…
Ivalua NOW — Covid has changed companies’ boundaries: More opportunities for procurement
April 6, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
Ivalua NOW wasn’t all about Ivalua – they had some excellent sessions on a variety of topical issues, one of which took our eye. Natacha Tréhan PhD, Professor in Purchasing Management from the University of Grenoble Alpes, gave an informed and thoughtful presentation on the contribution of procurement to economic renewal. She believes “we can…
‘Sell me this procure-to-pay solution’
March 31, 2021 | Jason Busch
So often in the selection of procurement technology solutions, one of the fundamental challenges in the case of technology shortlisting and decision making is that people confuse wants with needs. I believe this stems from the fact that few organizations are truly on the same page in the first place about what their specific business…
Direct sourcing of talent grows as a business strategy, but requires technology and a plan
March 30, 2021 | Elaine Morris Roberts
While engaging an extended workforce is nothing new, the ways that companies find those workers is changing. The global pandemic, paired with a fragile business climate and so many people out of work, has amplified the need for contingent workers and the ability of those workers to choose where and when they prefer to work.…

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Public Sector Services: What a ‘Person Year’ is and Other Work-Hour Quirks for Government Contracting : Steve Williams said : I recently observed a spreadsheet that used 2030 as the hours to divide the salary to get an hourly ...

Incremental to exponential: 5 overlooked benefits of procurement automation : Michael Shaw said : Good summary. Great points, Alan....

Modernizing the healthcare supply chain in the coronavirus era : Jam Saeed Ahmed said : yes, investments in advanced manufacturing capabilities make it easier to build products in the Unit...

'Sell me this procure-to-pay solution' : Thierry Jaffry said : I truly agree with Mark's analysis. And I would add a couple of things from the SI point of view: mo...

What Really Drives Valuation For Technology Companies These Days? : Pranav Trivedi said : Interesting read indeed !...