by Robert Solomon | Feb 27, 2015 | B2B Software, Indirect Spend, Procure to Pay
I try not to blog much about indirect spend procure-to-pay suites (e.g. Ariba, Sciquest, Verian, Coupa, and many others). (Indirect spend being the stuff bought and consumed by a company, not its customers.) But a quick look at the Wall Street Journal this morning...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 5, 2015 | Automobile, B2B Software, Surplus Goods
Insight Venture Partners is taking E2Open (EOPN) private in a $273 million transaction (ht to Jason Trevisan). E2open, as loyal readers know, started as a consortium of electronics manufacturers. EOPN built a supply chain network for that industry (and others) as...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 18, 2014 | B2B Software, Pricing
I was interested to read that famed “Shark Tank” investor and NBA Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, invested in a company called Procurify. The press release describes the company as follows: Procurify is a fully-featured, cloud-based procurement software...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 3, 2014 | Airlines, Automobile, B2B Software, CPG/Retail, Foodservice
(This is the fourth in my series of posts on the nine value propositions offered by B2B platforms/multi-sided markets.) Value Proposition #4: Industry Catalogs There are plenty of catalog-based industries–office products and generic MRO are just two...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 27, 2014 | B2B Software, Construction, Healthcare, Oil and Gas, Pricing, Supplier Credentialling
(This is the third in my seemingly never-ending series of posts on the nine value propositions offered by B2B platforms/multi-sided markets.) Value Proposition #3: Credentialers Credentialers provide risk management and compliance information and services. In...
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