by Robert Solomon | Apr 29, 2018 | Enterprise Software
Wow, what a week for enterprise software. Last week felt like the fall of 2000. (Okay, maybe not that insane, but last week was a big one for enterprise software.) Even Source to Pay software is hot again–if you sprinkle on a little AI. Deja Vu All Over...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 5, 2018 | B2B Software, Global Trade Management, Supply Chain Automation, Supply Chain Finance
E2Open made an unsolicited offer for Amber Road (AMBR) on February 12, but it escaped my notice until this week (h/t Dan Juliano). E2Open’s offer seems to have escaped a lot of people’s notice. Everyone I have asked about it was surprised as well! The...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 28, 2018 | B2B Software
I love businesses that spin the straw of public or “open” data into private enterprise gold. I’ve covered such businesses before here, here, and here. Open data are relevant to procurement, marketing, weather predictions, and financial markets. ...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 20, 2018 | B2B Software, CPG/Retail, E-invoicing, Enterprise Software, Payments, Supply Chain Finance
The UK government has always been more sensitive to its large companies’ (late) payment practices than US authorities have to theirs. Perhaps this is simply another example of the Brits being more civilized than Americans. More likely, it relates to the UK’s highly...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 21, 2018 | B2B Software |
A client’s marketing department recently asked me about the difference between the terms “procure-to-pay” and “source-to-pay”. The obvious difference, from a supply chain perspective, is that “source-to-pay” includes the...
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