The launch of the Spend Matters Almanac (our new online provider directory) is so close that we're actually seriously mentioning it on the blog! Announcing the Spend Matters 50/50: Providers to Watch and Providers to Know
Quoth Jason Busch on both the Spend Matters Almanac and the Top 50/50 lists:
"We are asked daily by Spend Matters readers for information about which solution providers they should be aware of and some basic knowledge of their capabilities – and there has been no standard guide covering procurement and supply chain providers to point them toward as reference.
Curated by Spend Matters editors and analysts, Spend Matters Almanac covers software firms, outsourcers, data providers, research providers, consultants, membership organizations, and similar firms that serve the procurement and supply chain market. All entries (including basic “free” listings) are moderated for content and approved prior to inclusion. The 50 to Know are all members of the old procurement guard, and, simply put, they’re companies you should have some basic information on at all times.
The 50 to Watch are some of the more interesting up-and-coming players we’ve seen that we think our readers and members should get familiar with – and some are certainly more established than others."
In other news:
- Please join us for our webinar next week with Enrich and NBTY: A True Tale of Rapid Sourcing Success with Oracle EBS and Enrich
- Jason Busch and Pierre Mitchell check out SciQuest's 14.1 release
- Brush up on the basics around supplier master data management (or learn them for the first time, perhaps?)
- There was a lot of buzz around Tradeshift's $75 funding round, announced last week. Here's some background info on Scentan Ventures, the firm who backed them
- Pierre Mitchell talks motivations, open standards, and summary observations around A.T. Kearney's ROSMA
- And finally, here's a quick overarching update on the entire Spend Matters Network (we're headed in a million different directions, all good ones, and moving quickly at that!)
New (old) music of the week: I've been digging the mid-60s Beach Boys vibe of Boston's Rockin' Ramrods. This song makes me think that it might someday be warm enough to go to the beach again.
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