Archives for October, 2009
by Debbie Wilson | October 30, 2009 | 3 Comments
I find a strikingly curious conundrum happening in procurement automation. There has been a well-known, long-term challenge with the usability of applications in e-procurement, e-sourcing, etc, and clients have begged for quicker screen refresh times, fewer clicks and more intuitive screen lay-outs. But what I’ve observed recently is that when vendors try to respond to [...]
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by Debbie Wilson | October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments
I am just wrapping up a tour of several European cities – including Paris, Geneva, Lausanne, Frankfort and Vienna. It’s always a pleasure to visit clients here but this trip has been especially gratifying. In past trips, it has generally taken a fair amount of time to work through terminology and concepts with clients so [...]
Category: E-Procurement Strategic Sourcing The Business of Software Tags:
by Debbie Wilson | October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments
You can pretty much assume that when I haven’t blogged for a while – something is up. That has certainly been the case over the last month, as I have been buried with calls from Ariba customers of older on-premise products version 8.2 and 4.4 and older – asking about their options now that Ariba has [...]
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