All good things must end, and we have three research papers that will soon say "happy trails" and head back behind the paywall for Plus and PRO members only. If you're not a Plus or PRO member, you can still download for free through February 10:
Procurement Centers of Excellence (CoE) – What’s In Them and How to Set Them Up - Chief Research Officer Pierre Mitchell delves into CoEs: from understanding what they are to full-on implementation.
Implementation Considerations in Quantifying and Tracking Hard Cost Savings - There are a lot of questions around around cost savings and reduction techniques - here are some answers.
Sustainability in Procurement: Prevent the Next Bangladesh Factory Fire From Happening Again - It's not old news: what can we learn from the Bangladesh factory fire about supply chain risk and prevention?
More from Spend Matters US:
We're almost through the webinar series on our 2015 procurement predictions - catch up on all parts here.
Jason Busch takes you through some SAP and P2P integration use cases (it's not as arduous as you may think!)
ISM's report on business was recently released: supplier deliveries are slow (but businesses remain optimistic).
And Pierre Mitchell reports from Oracle's Value Chain summit:
- Amazon Takes Stage with Oracle, Enters B2B Market – So What?
- Oracle Innovation: When Will On-Premise Applications Meet the Cloud?
- A View From The Oracle Value Summit – Part 1
- An Open Call to Hotels to Not Poison Their Customers: A Procurement Perspective
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