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Understand the Risk Big Picture — A Webinar Looking at 2019 Risks
December 12, 2018 | JP Morris
Spend Matters UK/Europe’s final webinar of 2018 will be held Thursday with an eye toward risks for 2019. The event, “Understand the Risk Big Picture,” also is the final webinar for Peter Smith as the site’s managing director. Folks in North America can join at 8 a.m. Central, which is 2 p.m. in the UK.…
Coupa vs. Hiperos: Supplier Management Head-to-Head Comparison
December 11, 2018 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
With news this week that Coupa is buying Hiperos, it’s time for a head-to-head comparison. The providers could not be more different in the pragmatic application of their supplier management technology to solving different procurement challenges. But on paper, both providers offer broad-based supplier management capability. And both deliver functional capability that (usually) meets or…
Beyond Supplier Risk Management: How Procurement Can Take a Leadership Role in Enterprise Risk Management - [PRO Content]
December 11, 2018 | Pierre Mitchell
There is no shortage of news about supply risk in today’s volatile operating market: The 12-month LIBOR rate has gone from 2% to over 3% in 2018, and suppliers are beginning to feel a capital squeeze as buyers further stretch their DPO to hoard cash (beyond stock buybacks of course). Brexit continues to loom…
Coupa buying Hiperos: Acquisition Facts, Analysis and Insight - [PRO Content]
December 10, 2018 | Jason Busch
Just this morning Coupa announced it was acquiring Hiperos as a carve-out transaction from Opus, which previously owned the supplier management, compliance and risk management solution provider. This Spend Matters PRO analysis provides background and quick facts on Hiperos. It also offers analysis and insight on what the transaction brings to Coupa from a capability…
Coupa Buying Hiperos — Adding Compliance and Risk Intelligence Prowess to Its Business Spend Management Insight
December 10, 2018 | JP Morris
Business spend management vendor Coupa announced Monday morning that it has acquired Hiperos, a provider of third-party risk management. Coupa bought Hiperos from Opus. Alacra and all other Opus assets were not part of the transaction. The move lets Coupa, which is based in San Mateo, California, add more supplier compliance and risk intelligence insight into…
Procurement and Insider Trading: What You Need to Know - [Plus + Content]
December 7, 2018 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
Procurement has increasing access to multiple levels of insider information. And just as we have seen enforcement impacting procurement and supply chain activities centered on FCPA compliance, it is likely an increasing set of activities tied to potential information leaks in the capital markets area will come under increased scrutiny as well. In the first…
Does Procurement Inadvertently Facilitate Insider Trading? - [Plus + Content]
November 30, 2018 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
Have you considered the potential for insider trading violations and the ensuing lawsuits that could arise from access to procurement information? Perhaps this hasn't even entered your mind. With increasing data availability (spend data, supplier risk/management information, demand data) at the fingertips of procurement professionals and others in the organization, the opportunity to access information…
Focus on Supply Risk Management Can Aid Supplier Relationships, State of Flux Reports
November 15, 2018 | Jonathan Messinger
Positioning supplier relationship management (SRM) programs as a way to ensure broader supply risk management is an untapped opportunity for businesses looking to address sustainability challenges, according to a recent State of Flux report. As we’ve reported on the “Sustainable SRM: Nurturing Growth in a New Climate” report from State of Flux, sustainability is becoming…
Dun & Bradstreet Compliance and Procurement Report Indicates Lower Concern For Regulatory Risks, Growing Confidence in Execution
November 8, 2018 | Alex Behrens
Fewer compliance and procurement professionals believe that existing regulation has increased the risk to their business and more of them had greater confidence about the implementation of compliance and procurement procedures through year’s end, according a recent Dun & Bradstreet report that updates one released over the summer. Even as the U.S. implemented several new…
Lessons in Supplier Risk Management: How a Fire, Strike Lost the Auto Industry $500 Million - [Sponsored Article]
October 18, 2018 | Mirko Woitzik, DHL Resilience 360
With powerful hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires threatening business operations and logistics, supply chain risk professionals across manufacturing industries usually have their hands full when it comes to mitigating disruptions. While the focus is usually on extreme weather, two operational disruptions at a supplier level in May and June revealed once again the full diversity of…
Healthcare’s Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Has Security Challenges, Forum Warns
October 17, 2018 | Tom Finn
“Healthcare” and “cybersecurity” don’t seem like they go together, but a security forum this week highlighted how the move to electronic health records and the growing use of connected medical devices — the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) — makes hospitals and patients vulnerable. After attending the forum, it’s clear that hospitals know they’re targets,…
South America’s Gold Supply Chain Poses Big Risks for Procurement, Report Says
October 9, 2018 | Taras Berezowsky
If your company sources and buys gold, then the message from some recent research is loud and clear: Watch your step in South America. The market there and its role in the global gold supply chain is a tremendous cause for corporate concern, according to a Thomson Reuters white paper. Evidently, the promise of huge…

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