Many of you loyal SupplyExcellence readers know that I joined Ariba when they purchased my former employer, Procuri, in December. One benefit of the move is that I now have regular exposure to Ariba’s category and commodity experts who track rapidly changing supply market dynamics.
As a former analyst and self-proclaimed news junkie, I can’t [more]

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I was fortunate enough to spend last week crisscrossing Europe, meeting with procurement executives about their supply management challenges and initiatives for the coming year. It quickly became clear from my discussions that, while Supply Excellence has focused (possibly myopically) on the impact of the declining U.S. dollar and economy have had on American companies, [more]

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