Supply Excellence

Does VAT factor into your spend management efforts? (video)

July 1st, 2010 · No Comments · AribaLIVE, LCCS and trade, financial value chain, outsourcing, supply risk

Robert Van Brederode of Ryan (a tax strategy firm that is an Ariba partner) shared his insights into the opportunity and risk posed by VAT at Ariba LIVE in Amsterdam. Robert recommends that companies look beyond income tax since there is “too much money involved” in VAT and customs duties to ignore them.

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Procurement Leaders’ Mark Perera on Managing Cash (video)

June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · AribaLIVE, best practices, supply market dynamics, supply risk

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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IACCM’s Tim Cummins on Contracts & Collaboration (video)

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · AribaLIVE, contract management, supplier management, supply market dynamics

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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15 Years of Reverse Auctions (video)

June 8th, 2010 · No Comments · best practices, sourcing, supply market dynamics

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.

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Heinz on transforming Indirect Spend (video)

June 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · AribaLIVE, Services Procurement, best practices

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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