Most of the automotive news coming out of Detroit (or is Washington DC the new car industry hub?) this week has been speculation about GM’s potential bankruptcy filing, which many expect to happen next week. But significant news came out of the Tier 1 auto supplier world as well, with Visteon filing for Chapter 11 [...]

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The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) has asked me to present the “Top Categories to Source Now” in a webinar next week (details & registration here). As those of you who have seen other iterations of this presentation know, the categories themselves and strategies for approaching them change as market conditions shift. The big [...]

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Services. No company can run without them. In fact, services spend as a percent of total spend ranges from 30 percent in manufacturing to between 70 and 80 percent in financial services and other sectors. At a time when cost reduction is job number one, organizations of all sizes across industries are taking advantage of [...]

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Last week in Chicago, Jason Busch, of SpendMatters.com & Azul Partners, shared his thoughts on a number of topics, including key take-aways from Ariba LIVE, spend management leaders vs laggards, major trends in ‘09 and predictions for the future. As always, this spend management thought leader didn’t pull any punches…

***The video interviews from the NY [...]

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Tuesday in Chicago, Mike Shane, Manager of Indirect Purchasing at Caterpillar, shared his experience motivating requisitioners to use their formalized “Preferred Suppliers” list with proverbial carrots. And if that doesn’t work…he outlined the compliance stick he’ll need.

***The video interviews from the NY and Chicago Ariba LIVE World Tour events are now in a playlist on [...]

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