Driving Collaboration with Contract Management

Driving Collaboration with Contract Management – Part 1

The contracting process has always been a major point of discontent between procurement and legal functions within an organization. Part 1 of this 2 part series provides a brief overview into the reasons for the collaboration challenges between procurement and legal departments. Part 2 of the series look into the technology and process initiatives that […]

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Software Implementation-Getting taxonomy spot on

Software Implementation: Getting taxonomy spot on

Software delivery forms an important process post an organization’s decision to buy a solution. It is a process which involves close collaboration between the solution provider and the buying organization. Success of any software implementation project rests on the level of adoption of the end user. This post will look into the 3 phases involved

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3 steps to bridge the gap between procurement & finance

3 steps to bridge the gap between procurement & finance

Every organization has its own way of defining savings with processes varying from organization to organization. The process typically involves pulling data from multiple systems and managing the same with excel sheets. The process is not given much importance or is neglected which in turn translates into lack of collaboration between the stakeholders involved in

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Rising to the next level in sourcing automation

Zycus Webinar: Advanced eSourcing – Rising to the next level in sourcing automation

E-sourcing solutions have been the corner stone of strategic sourcing initiatives in global organizations for over a decade. But with the change in the business landscape and increased complexity comes the need for e-sourcing solutions to evolve. Sourcing events have become increasingly complex and evaluating suppliers and supplier bids requires more sophisticated analysis tools to

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MetalMiner's Sourcing Outlook

MetalMiner’s Sourcing Outlook, Zycus – Episode 4 (February 2012)

Brought to you by Zycus, MetalMiner’s Sourcing Outlook covers key commodities markets (industrial metals, energy, etc.) and provides an intelligent viewpoint for metal-buying professionals. This month’s episode looks into what’s happening as a result of the EU debt crisis, as well as the stainless steel and non-ferrous metal markets. In the One-On-One segment, Lisa Reisman,

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Ways to Measure Procurement Profit and Loss for your Business

Leaving reverse auctions in the dust: Discovering a next generation of sourcing technologies

Business historians will look back on recent and future decades in procurement and supply chain history by noting how quickly individuals, organizations and even governments began to embrace new types of negotiation technologies and philosophies during this timeframe. One of the largest changes no doubt started to occur when a certain set of more advanced

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