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Analyst eye on how purchasing must really become supply management

Spend Matters

Forty years ago, the Harvard Business review published Peter Kraljic’s article ‘ Purchasing Must Become Supply Management ,’ which debuted the supplier segmenting method that we now know as the Kraljic matrix. For this, you really need supply management.

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The 25 Hottest US Procurement Startups

Procurement Software

Raindrop Raindrop is one of a number of US procurement startups offering enterprise-level spend management platforms. These modules can be purchased separately or as one complete suite. Raindrop has also been recognised as a cloud-enabled procurement focused Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) application.

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Selecting the right service provider partner for each one of the three steps or stages of procurement digital transformation success

Procurement Insights

The Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series was based on my review of the ISM, CAPS and A.T. Considered to be a breakthrough assessment of the purchasing industry at the time, I felt that there were several gaps in the study. Kearney Report that was originally released in May 2007.