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...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 8, 2018 | B2B Software, Enterprise Software, Procure to Pay
Q. When does the statute of limitations run out on summarizing the top five posts of 2017? A. When this post is finally completed. Top Five Posts of 2017 I’m always interested in assessing what my blog followers are reading, so I can: Sharpen my Google...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 17, 2017 | B2B Software, Collaborative Project Management, Construction, Oracle, Valuation
Oracle announced it is buying another construction software company, Aconex, for about $1.2 billion or AUS$1.5 billion. It’s safe to say Oracle loves construction software as it has previously purchased Primavera, Skire, and Textura. A Stock That Followed...
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