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ABX – Amazon Business implementation and insight from Oxfordshire County Council
October 15, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Earlier this month Amazon Business held its annual flagship event Amazon Business Exchange online to bring together the procurement, finance and supply chain community to connect, collaborate and share knowledge and best practice. Spend Matters spoke with one of the presenters - Paul Ashby of Oxfordshire County Council - about his experience of the event…
EC Sourcing acquires BidMode, a sourcing optimization specialist
October 13, 2020 | JP Morris
In breaking news, EC Sourcing Group on Tuesday announced it acquired Indiana-based BidMode late in 2019 and over the last year has integrated the sourcing optimization specialist’s solutions, including for rapid bid analysis functionality, award optimization and advanced freight scenario modeling. Read more about the deal and the key players.
‘Bad Buying’ hits the bookshelves for procurement leaders looking to avoid deals deemed failures, frauds — and worse
October 8, 2020 | Guest Contributor
We are delighted to welcome this post from our friend and former colleague Peter Smith on the launch day of his new book. When I […]
IT Supply Chain: Pandemic continues to impact the technology sector
September 17, 2020 | Guest Contributor
The pandemic continued to have an impact on the technology sector in August, with everything from smartphones to servers affected. Smartphone shipments continued to fall, with analysts saying they don't expect a proper recovery to pre-pandemic levels before 2022. There were a few positives though, with sales increases in the notebook and WLAN markets. But…
Amazon Business Exchange: ‘Digital-First’ – Interact with Amazon Business and its customers in a free-to-attend event
September 9, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Next month, October 6-7, sees the return of Amazon Business Exchange (ABX) — a free-to-attend event for procurement, finance and supply chain leaders. This on-line event will bring together a community of B2B buyers from procurement and the supply chain, and representatives from industry, to connect and collaborate and to share the experiences and learnings…
Bad Buying, Believing the Supplier — and the Beauty of SolutionMap
September 7, 2020 | Guest Contributor
In this guest post, our former colleague Peter Smith gives us a sneak peak into his new book of insightful and funny tales of procurement blunders and failures, all from an industry insider point of view. He explains that his movtivation behind the book was a desire to communicate the importance of procurement to a…
Alibaba.com: Ecosystem marketplace designed for SMB (Overview & Analysis) - [PRO Content]
August 24, 2020 | David Gustin
Businessman Jack Ma had a vision to use technology to democratize global trade. Alibaba.com was born 21 years ago, and for the first 17 years, it was a way to source from China or find OEM companies, contractors, etc. Basically, it was a directory of Chinese OEM capability But the vision was always for Alibaba.com…
Intelligent software agents in advanced sourcing: The bots really are the experts
July 9, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Exciting times for Ireland-based, sourcing automation and optimisation software firm Keelvar. We don’t hear from them for a few years then, suddenly, major news! Keelvar, […]
Coupa expands AWS relationship, beefs up its business spend management
June 25, 2019 | JP Morris
Coupa made two announcements Tuesday morning: It’s expanding its relationship with Amazon Web Services to help enterprises with technology spend, and it bolstered its business spend management (BSM) with several new developments.
Healthcare Supply Chain Has Its Own Needs, Challenges: An Insider’s View
April 29, 2019 | JP Morris
With companies like Amazon and Walmart trying to break into the healthcare supply chain sector, it’s curious why they haven’t made great strides. It turns out that what works in many supply chains doesn’t automatically translate to the healthcare provider supply chain. Mike DeLuca, executive vice president of operations at Prodigo Solutions, learned that lesson…
Why Well-Run Hospitals Need Tailored Technology to Care for Patients, Business
April 22, 2019 | JP Morris
As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems, BJC HealthCare needs to provide consistent, high-quality patient care across all of its hospitals while maintaining operational efficiency. When the St. Louis, Missouri-based healthcare provider began its search to upgrade how it supplies its facilities, it found the healthcare marketplace provider Prodigo Solutions, which knows what hospitals…
Learn the Best Practices for Integrating Your E-procurement System with Amazon Business - [Sponsored Article]
March 19, 2019 | Oloyede Olumide, Amazon Business
To automate your procure-to-pay processes, your business will need to integrate your e-procurement systems with the online catalogs of your contracted suppliers. Amazon Business launched in 2015 with a vision to give businesses a simple, personalized and transparent online B2B experience. An extension of this vision was to simplify the integration for businesses connecting their…

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