Market Outlook
One could argue that the transformation of the e-procurement market, which we define as the first “P” in “P2P,” as in purchase to pay, is complete.
But Spend Matters analysis, based on interviews with vendors, users and consultants, suggests that the biggest changes in the e-procurement market still lie ahead. This multi-part Spend Matters PRO brief provides an e-procurement outlook and forecast for 2016-2018.
Best Practice
Much like packaging, logistics and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO), the marketing spend category straddles the boundary between direct and indirect. And we all know that it has a substantial impact on sales and revenue.
We have distilled the approaches and practices we’ve seen adopted by leading practitioners and present a step-by-step plan to help procurement gain marketing’s ear, trust and support in helping marketing manage its spend. In this first installment, we break down why you need to walk the walk, talk the talk, get educated and “live the marketing life” — all of which should help loosen marketing’s drawbridge and ease it down across that moat.
Research Download
Contract intelligence: this is the information and data found in supplier contracts that every organisation holds, but few truly understand, utilise or exploit.
This paper explains why contracts and contract management are so important to organisations, looking at both the risks and opportunities that are inherent in most supply contracts.
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