by Robert Solomon | Jun 26, 2018 | B2B Software, Payments, Pricing
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of American Express (Amex) in an antitrust case 11 states had brought against Amex (see here). If you are interested in two-sided markets, platforms, and pricing you will want to read the Supreme...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 2, 2018 | B2B Software, Indirect Spend, Procure to Pay, Valuation |
The 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites has been released. You can download the full report here or here. The Leaders The “Leaders” quadrant of the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites are SAP (Ariba and Fieldglass) and...
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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