ivalua
JULY 27, 2015
The always astute Pierre Mitchell from Spend Matters recently called out an unnamed solution provider for “trying to create some thought leadership about upstream value creation and downstream value capture.” This reminded me of a prior post I wrote about the subject and I wondered if Pierre was writing about me. If so, in my (imperfect?)
ivalua
JULY 27, 2015
The always astute Pierre Mitchell from Spend Matters recently called out an unnamed solution provider for “trying to create some thought leadership about upstream value creation and downstream value capture.” The post This is NOT Thought Leadership, it’s Practical Talk About Supplier Value Management appeared first on Directworks.
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Arkestro
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Tracing the source of data quality issues can create immense cost savings by pointing to the features of a given dataset that need more attention. These analyses tie the source of truth back to the quoted cost components, allowing procurement professionals to quickly spot correlations between high costs and longer cycle times.
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ivalua
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