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Ariba to get acquired by SAP….the gravity of Supplier Networks.

Constantine Limberakis — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:43:20 +0000

I was literally on a phone call with a CFO, John Evarts of a unique start up called MediaFly based here in in Chicago (very cool company that is expanding the definition of distributing media content).I was also in the middle of doing a blog on the disruption AmazonSupply will have on the market, but [...]

Alignment in strategic sourcing…..I’ll second that!

Constantine Limberakis — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:20:50 +0000

Yesterday I came across an article published by Jennifer Ulrich a Project Manager at Source One, a recognized provider in both strategic sourcing services and solutions based on their WhyAbe platform.Jennifer wrote an interesting blog piece on the importance of how to develop strategic alliances in the trenches. Her blog also refers to another posting by Alex Saric, [...]

Independent Contractors and Procurement’s Impact

Christopher Dwyer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:41:18 +0000

I had the honor of joining an esteemed panel of speakers on a webinar today hosted by the Human Capital Institute. The webcast’s topic revolved around the notion of independent contractor engagement and management, and which functional role within the enterprise was best suited for taking the responsibility for this delicate component of the modern [...]

Upcoming Webinar on Contingent Workforce Management

Christopher Dwyer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:37:48 +0000

Join me on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 1:00pm Eastern for a webinar hosted by Fieldglass which will include a recap of the findings from my new contingent workforce management research study“Contingent Workforce Management: The Next-Generation Guidebook to Managing the Modern Contingent Workforce Umbrella“, as well as some unpublished items related to the role of [...]

The Evolution of Strategic Meetings Management

Christopher Dwyer — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:14:39 +0000

For the modern organization, in-person meetings, events and conferences remain a viable and necessary component of achieving corporate goals and objectives.The sales function relies on customer events to foster relationships and build new revenue, while other internal units often hold training seminars to improve the productivity of their employees. These strategic meetings and events, while [...]

Looking Ahead: Expense Management Solution Selection Guide

Christopher Dwyer — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:06:55 +0000

I’d like to take a quick moment and inform our audience of a new item that’s been recently added to my 2012 research agenda.As many of you know, as a senior analyst in Aberdeen’s spend management practice, my research assists organizations in understanding several key markets, including contingent workforce management, strategic meetings management and travel [...]

Private labeling contract management….a symbiotic relationship?

Constantine Limberakis — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:19:59 +0000

Looking at contract management today, it appears that making a name for yourself requires a unique approach. Seal Software Group may be a case in point.As a “pure play” boutique player in contract management, Seal Software is working in a highly competitive environment that includes software vendors from many angles. For instance, the Aberdeen report “Approaches [...]

The Next-Generation Guidebook to Contingent Workforce Management

Christopher Dwyer — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:19:29 +0000

After over a month of early findings and small snippets of the new research, the 2012 edition of my Contingent Workforce Management research series, “Contingent Workforce Management: The Next-Generation Guidebook to Managing the Modern Contingent Workforce Umbrella“ is now available. Now in my seventh year at Aberdeen, there has been no spacethat I’ve covered that [...]

The Integrated Approach

Christopher Dwyer — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:52:40 +0000

By now, I imagine the vast majority of Aberdeen’s research community have heard me rattle on about the notion of strategic expense management. After all, it’s been an underlying theme of some of my recent research (“T&E Expense Management: The Best-in-Class Pillars of Next-Generation Expense Management“ and “The Role of Analytics in Modern Expense Management“. So [...]

What’s this Cloud Tendering?

Constantine Limberakis — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:10:23 +0000

This week I collected some findings from my strategic sourcing survey that went out earlier this month. Based on some early findings, it comes as no surprise that more than a third of the 146 respondents stated strategic sourcing plays a critical rolewithin the organization and 62% stated the top goal being to identify costs [...]