For some, gift giving comes easy. Others need to look to the people who write the procurement blog they regularly read for suggestions before they dare swipe their credit card. Have no fear: over the next few weeks until The Winter Holidays, the entire (global) Spend Matters team has put together a wonderful list of potential gifts ranging from music recommendations from Peter Smith (which I always take seriously) to the best way to make a convenient breakfast sandwich. Our first three suggestions are here and here and here.
What else is going on here in the US? Well. Yesterday we ran a fantastic webinar with the folks at Coupa, sharing a success story about how Juniper Networks successfully integrated their ERP system with their P2P system. It was quite a back-and-forth discussion, and you can watch the recording here if you're so inclined.
A few other links to help you catch up on your Spend Matters US reading:
- Jason Busch continues to ponder about what procurement doesn't know.
- Why does the procurement old guard feel so disconnected from millennials?
- How much food are we really wasting? (It's a lot. A. lot.)
- Suppliers are straining to meet the demand for necessary equipment as the Ebola epidemic continues.
- CPO Top 10: here's why we think invoice discounting will be big in 2015.
- Finally, SAP and Ariba have taken a tentative baby step toward making the network "free" for SMBs.
In music this week, I've got a gig playing 45s tomorrow night so here's one of my favorite rare soul jams:
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