Inspired by Edward Gorey. A is for analysis, of data sets quite large. B is for bid, which might leave out the surcharge. C is for contracts to cover our backsides. D is for demand ‘cross the customer divides. E is for ethics, which often get overlooked. F is for finance, where the books will […]
A lot of vendors will tell you a lot of what they do is so hard and took thousands of hours of development and that no one else could do it as good or as fast or as flexible when the reality is that much of what they do is easy, mostly available in open […]
Today’s guest post is from Jennifer Engel, a Senior Supply Chain Project Analyst at Source One Management Services, responsible for executing strategic sourcing and process improvement initiatives. Despite the convenience of boilerplate language and pre-approved templates to expedite execution, contracting is never a one-size-fits-all process within any silo of a business. Contracts for professional services […]
Seal Software is a provider of contract discovery and contract analytics software that is different than your standard CLM (contract lifecycle management) module built into your e-Sourcing or e-Procurement suite (which is designed to negotiate and track contracts, awards, milestones, and related documents). And unlike many CLM providers that just focus on Procurement, Legal, or […]
Supplier Management has been a thing ever since Aravo burst onto the scene back in 2003 and made it a thing with their Supplier Information Management solution. Since then we’ve progressed from just tracking contact information and associated documents to tracking and managing performance metrics to putting in place the foundations of relationship management. But’s […]