- 02
- SEP
- 2011
Video blog: Ariba's Tim Minahan talks Social Media and SRM
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: Supplier Relationship Management, Technology & Apps
Social networking can create greater engagement with customers, partners and suppliers. In our latest video blog, Mark Perera talks to Tim Minahan, chief of marketing at Ariba, about how procurement can make the most of technology. more
- 16
- MAY
- 2011
PIU Proud Sponsors of Procurement Leaders People Development Award
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: Talent, Procurement Intelligence
The Procurement Intelligence Unit is delighted to sponsor the People Development award at next week's Procurement Leaders Awards. The PIU team and I wish all the shortlisted companies the very best luck in this hotly contested award category. more
- 28
- OCT
- 2010
Join the Bright Green Procurement Movement
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: CSR & Green
Does green procurement mean a policy on your website, or possibly a few questions in your RFI? If so, then as professionals and as global citizens, we need to reflect on a huge opportunity missed for both our businesses and ourselves, in terms of innovation, leadership and in simply doing the right thing. more
- 30
- SEP
- 2010
What differentiates the best procurement organisations from the rest?
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: Procurement Strategy
In May 2009, I met the Procurement Leaders Advisory Board to share the Procurement Intelligence Unit's business model pre-launch. As well as presenting our vision of how the PIU would help maximise the value and impact of procurement within our members' businesses, we also shared some of the projects we proposed kicking off with. One of these was to develop a standardised skills/competency framework for the procurement profession, as we felt the capability of the people was the key differentiator between the leading procurement functions and the rest. more
- 12
- SEP
- 2010
How Do You Measure Procurement's Value? Income?
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: Procurement Strategy
Over the last couple of months a number of the PIU's members have asked my team to provide them with some inspiration on how procurement can get more involved in revenue generation. So when I met with David Brown, CEO and Founder of Oxygen Finance, earlier in the month, I was keen to report back on his thoughts as to how procurement could move from the back office, focused on cost savings, to an income-earning front office function. more
- 03
- JUN
- 2010
Ariba and Salesforce integration announcement is imminent
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: Technology & Apps
Ariba will be shortly announcing its first point of integration between its new Commerce Cloud and the Salesforce.com Sales Cloud. The integration will link Ariba Contracts with Salesforce.com's Contracts module, allowing both parties to have full visibility over their commercial relationships. more
- 25
- MAY
- 2010
Ariba Discovery will be the eHarmony of the Commerce Cloud
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: Spend Analytics, Technology & Apps, Procurement Strategy, Working Capital
At yesterday's analysts' presentation, the Ariba management team laid out their vision of the future for the spend management company. At the heart of this vision is a movement away from 'spend management' to become pioneers of the 'commerce cloud'. In short, Ariba's Commerce Cloud does not really offer any new products to its customer base, but it marks the point where all current Ariba solutions are now available On-Demand and are, in theory, fully integrated. more
- 04
- MAY
- 2010
Proud Sponsors of the Procurement Leaders Awards
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: Best Practice & Benchmarking, Procurement Strategy
The PIU team are pleased to announce that we will be supporting the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award category at this year's Procurement Leaders Awards. We are really pleased to support this category, which recognises outstanding social, ethical, environmental, sustainable and community-centre initiatives. more
