Spend Matters Compass Research
Spend Matters Compass, our new research offering, provides deeper research and analysis for free to Spend Matters readers. In each Compass series, we'll provide three to four downloadable PDF briefs on the subject of focus. Collectively, our hope is that each Compass series will serve as a useful and at least partially definitive guide for companies as they wrestle with the right set of technology, content, services, internal talent and process investments to get more from specific procurement and operations initiatives. Spend Matters sponsors have no additional opportunity to influence the content or research of Spend Matters relative to other software or services providers. We have designed Compass research with our readers' interests in mind to serve as an ideal form of accessible and highly objective research as well as thought leadership for sponsors to use in their sales efforts.
Supplier Management Series Compass
NEW! Paper One
Supplier Information Management Technology Fundamentals Part One
Next Level Sourcing and Commodity Management
Paper One
A Foundational Look at the Evolution of Sourcing Technology and Platforms
Paper Two
Advanced Sourcing Technologies and Platforms to Broaden a Portfolio
NEW! Paper Three
Minimizing Commodity Volatility Through Advanced Commodity Management and Hedging Approaches
P2P and Working CapitalBridging Technology & Collaboration to Drive Savings and Cash
Paper One
A Foundational Look at P2P Technologies
Paper Two
E-Invoicing Comes of Age - Discovering What's Possible From the Latest Electronic Invoicing / Invoice Automation Capabilities
Services Procurement Innovation: Answering the Hard Questions
Paper One
Getting the Most From Analytics and Benchmarking
Services Spend Compass
A Foundational Look at the Evolution of Sourcing Technology and Platforms
Paper One
Selecting Services Procurement Technology – Options, Approaches, and Philosophy
Paper Two
Services Spend Beyond Contingent Labor: Achieving And Implementing Savings Across Previously Unmanaged Categories
Paper Three
Making Procurement a Services Spend Ally: Tips and Tactics for Winning over Business Stakeholders and Spend Owners
Paper Four
The Managed Services Connection -- The Evolving Role of MSPs in Services Procurement
Analytics & Spend Visibility Compass
Spend Visibility and Beyond Analytics Broader Role in Procurement and Supply Chain
Paper One
The Intersection of Analytics and Supply Chain Risk Management Using Intelligence to Drive Early Intervention
Paper Two
Beyond the Basics: Using Spend Visibility to Drive More Than Category Sourcing Strategies and Spend Reporting
Paper Three
Analytics and P2P: Using Spending and Payment Insights to Drive Savings and Working Capital Management Strategies
Paper Four
The Future of Procurement Analytics and Content—Three Scenarios For Company Adoption
ERP Procurement and Spend Management Compass
Getting the Most From ERP Procurement and Spend Management Applications
Paper One
An ERP Outlook: Are SAP's and Oracle's Spend Management Capabilities a Fit With Your Own Technology Plans? Part 1
Paper Three
Making ERP Procurement Technology Work – Essential Third-Party Technologies, Solutions and Deployment Models to Accelerate Returns
Paper Three
Getting the Most from ERP Procurement Applications – Focusing on the User Experience and Content
Next Level Supplier Management Compass
Technology, Practices and Approaches for Cost Reduction, Risk Improvement and Supplier Development
Paper One
Leveraging Supplier Management Platforms for Multiple Goals: Risk Reduction, Supplier Diversity and CSR
Paper Two
Supply Risk Management – Segmenting the Technology and Content Landscape and Choosing the Right Category of Solutions
Paper Three
Beyond Basic Scorecarding – Supplier Performance and Development Approaches to Drive Competitive Cost and Risk Advantages
Paper Four
Supplier Management Market Observations: Recent Trending, Musings on SAP's Core Offering and General Deployment Pitfalls (for all Solutions) to Avoid
Expecting More From Procurement BPO
Paper One
Designing an Optimal Procurement BPO Program: Process Expertise and Realized Improvement
Paper Two
Tips for Making the Promised BPO Benefits Real – Alignment, Focus and Integration
Paper Three
Trapped by Procurement BPO? How to Pull Your Organization Out of the Mire