Over on LinkedIn, Jon The Revelator asked what 2005 could tell us about Procurement AI in 2024, reminding us that major ERP companies have tried multiple times to move “down market”, there’s (still) no dominant player in the pure “Procurement” sector (with a number of big firms showing up in a slice-of-the-pie analysis (and most […]
And, as usual, some of it is driving the doctor a little bit nuts. So, dear Marketer, if you’re reading this, here’s a few tips when trying to sell to someone actually in the market for a Procurement solution, vs. just looking for a good excuse to get approval to go to a conference for […]
Last year, the doctor ran a 5-part series on 12 best-practices for success, in an effort to let you know, in a very polite way, things you needed to do for your business to grow and be successful. This was based on his experience as an analyst who has been consistently researching, engaging, covering, and […]
As a result of the M&A mania in the late teens (during the era of [mega] suite consolidation) and very early twenties (during the pandemic when all of the PE firms suddenly realized that e-Sourcing, e-Procurement and, most importantly, e-Payment solutions were critical [when no one could go into the office]), a lot of known […]
A couple of weeks ago in our posts on What Elements Should You Be Looking For In A Platform (Part I and Part II) we outlined some of the key platform requirements we are looking for in the new Spend Matters SolutionMap (where Sourcing, SXM, Analytics, and the vast majority of Common Platform requirements were […]