Last week I revealed recommendations for evaluating contract management solutions. I also directed Supply Execellence readers to a new industry initiative to deliver a request for proposal (RFP) template  that builds on best practices for contract management solution selection and that can serve as a foundation for such evaluations.
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With profitability, compliance, and risk management high on executive agendas, demand for contract management automation has been climbing steadily for the past three years. Two recent benchmark reports from my alma mater Aberdeen Group indicate that businesses’ appetite for these solutions continues to grow. (Click here for free copy of the full report. Registration required.)
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While firmly endorsing the adoption of environmentally and socially responsible supply management practices, Supply Excellence has never said going green would be easy. The latest proof: a new Purchasing magazine article reports that the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) has triggered shortages for both compliant and non-compliant electronic components.
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Speculation that financier Carlos Ghosen, CEO of both Nissan and Renault, will head up a three-way alliance with faltering industry giant General Motors has ignited much commentary and criticism. I will avoid prognosticating on the likely success of merging three global automakers — each with more brands than the market will bear and vastly different organizational structures, [more]

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Spend Matters crusader Jason Busch (and the proud father of a new baby boy) has donned his cape again; this time to defend the value of spending analysis against false statements from the world’s second-largest ERP vendor.
Jason exposed a new white paper from the vendor (mis)advises enterprises to avoid spending analysis projects and programs because they “would require [more]

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