Source-to-Pay+ is Extensive (P25) … And Contract Management Very Extensive … So Here Are 80 Contract Management Companies to Check Out!

And now the post you’ve all been waiting for! A partial, starting, list of 80 contract management companies that may (or may not) meet some, or many, of the core baseline capabilities we outlined in the last three parts of this series (Part 22, Part 23, and Part 24) as we discussed the Negotiation, Analysis, […]

Reporting is Not Analysis — And Neither Are Spreadsheets, Databases, OLAP Solutions, or “Business Intelligence” Solutions

… and one of the best explanations the doctor has ever read on this topic (which he has been writing about for over two decades) was just published over on the Spendata blog on Closing the Analysis Gap. Written by the original old grey beard himself (who arguably built what was the first stand alone […]

Source-to-Pay+ is Extensive (P21) … And We Have a Long Way To Go! Next Up: Contract Management

When we started in Part 1, we noted that even though all core sourcing and procurement technologies have been available for twenty (20) years (although it is debatable just how good the initial versions of many of these applications were) … the majority of organizations still do not have what any modern analyst would consider […]

Source-to-Pay+ is Extensive (P20) … And Supplier Management Very Extensive … So Here Are Over 100 Supplier Management Companies to Check Out!

And now the post you’ve all been waiting for! A partial, starting, list of over 100 supplier management companies that may (or may not) meet some, or many, of the core baseline capabilities we outlined in the last four parts of this series (Part 16, Part 17, Part 18 and Part 19) as we discussed […]