I caught up with Procurement Leaders‘ Mark Perera at Ariba LIVE in Amsterdam earlier this month. A year after our first 2 interviews (Part 1 and 2) on working capital management, Mark gave us an update on managing cash trends, priorities and success stories.

All of the interviews with attendees and speakers (about 40 videos) from Ariba [...]

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As recounted here on Supply Excellence and on Ariba Exchange (as well as on Twitter — #aribalive), this Ariba Live season held a host of insights into how companies big and small and from all corners of the globe are buying better, selling more efficiently, and managing cash more intelligently. Yet, one of the best [...]

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I had the good fortune of catching up with Tim Cummins, President of IACCM, at Ariba LIVE in Amsterdam recently. Tim shared a few minutes of his time to talk about contracts and the role they’re playing in buyer/supplier collaboration.

We’ll be posting more interviews with attendees and speakers from Amsterdam on the Ariba YouTube channel. So, [...]

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The Reverse Auction celebrates its 15th birthday this year (I know, they grow up so fast don’t they). At Ariba LIVE in Orlando recently, Harikrishnan Shankaranarayanan of Aegis Limited shared how their approach and results have evolved over the 10 years the company has been doing reverse auctions.

Justin Fogarty is Managing Editor of Supply Excellence [...]

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Long-time readers may remember a year ago when we interviewed Chris Stockwell, VP of Procurement at Heinz, on their efforts to really go after the company’s indirect spend and bring it under management. No doubt a major opportunity for Heinz and one which required careful planning and execution.
So, it was great to speak with Mauricio [...]

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