Industry watchers and IT execs are hailing the cloud computing model for advantages it brings to the enterprise – agility, ease of use, scalability and, especially, lower costs realized in the trade-off of capital outlays for ongoing, more digestible operational expenses.
Continue ReadingIn short, I think 2011 will be the year where we begin to expect embedded analytics across a set of source-to-pay tools.
Continue ReadingCost versus Value: are supply management tools enabling or destroying relationships?
Continue ReadingTuesday, December 21, 2010
CFOs from 200 of the Fortune 1000 leverage strategic procurement and contract management software for rapid ROI and competitive advantage. Are you one of them?
Can you get the deployment cost benefit of a SaaS Cloud model with the security of on premise software? Yes. Here’s how.
Continue ReadingThere are a number of reasons I think the time is right for procurement organizations to make complex categories a core focus.
Continue ReadingIn the mid-1990s, Ariba was among the first companies to show how the Internet could be a strategic business tool, helping companies save money on their “indirect spend” on paper clips, printer paper and janitorial supplies every business procures.
Continue ReadingCloud Computing has created enough of a challenge for companies. On the one hand, they have investments made into traditional on-premise technologies which has developed firm roots in the enterprise, thanks to all the customization, resources etc. On the other hand they see these new Cloud solutions, all of which they wished their existing vendors were – agile, no CAPEX, low support costs, equitable risk share and much more customer focussed.
Continue ReadingAfter nearly three years of belt tightening, businesses are finally refocusing on growth. A recent study of CFOs found that more than half are more optimistic about the U.S. economy and their companies’ future prospects than they were just six months ago.
Continue ReadingCCP Global was selected as project consulting partner with Honda on its Procurement Transformation Project. The combined team successfully implemented and rolled-out the Ariba Buyer eProcurement platform to over 5,600 users across 3 North American business units.
Industry: Ariba, PeopleSoft, Procurement Continue Reading