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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…
Using Technology to Create a More User-Friendly Procurement Experience - [Sponsored Article]
March 12, 2019 | Simon Whatson, Efficio
Procurement departments often cite a lack of engagement from the wider business as a key reason for why they can’t add more value to their organizations. Stakeholders progress workstreams and discussions with suppliers without involving procurement, goes the argument. This is certainly true in many cases, but why do non-procurement colleagues choose to take this…
WPS Management (Wescale): Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — Background and Solution Overview - [PRO Content]
March 11, 2019 | Xavier Olivera
Wescale is the broader “procurement umbrella” and new open business integration platform of WPS Management, a provider that traces its roots to 1997 with the creation of Wallmedien AG, one of the first e-procurement solutions for the SAP environment in Europe. We’re sorry if this sounds confusing (it is). But what matters is that since…
Achieving a Personalized Buying Experience for Businesses - [Sponsored Article]
January 29, 2019 | Doug Cerny, Amazon Business and Srikanth Avadhanam, Amazon Business
Today’s technology enables fine-grained customization and personalization. When applied correctly, personalization can lead to a better customer experience and higher sales or engagement. If applied poorly, it can detract from the user experience, causing frustration and possibly missed sales. In this article, we’ll walk through some of the personalization that can be enabled when using…

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