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Solving the Complexities of Services Procurement

Indirect spend management is the last frontier of supply chain management. Procurement professionals are finding “people are not pencils” and the same strategies used to source static commodities are not sufficient to source human capital. The nuances of human resource management require a unique set of supply chain management tools and expertise. How important is the interplay between a solution’s Vendor Management System (VMS) software and the expertise of the managed services provider (MSP) to overall success? What are the key cost drivers that can yield significant savings? In this podcast, Supply & Demand Chain Executive editor Andrew Reese interviews ProcureStaff Vice President, Ben Walker who reveals some of the critical factors required to operate a successful services procurement program.

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Delivering measurable results. Increasing spend visibility. Extending functional and geographical coverage for spend management. These are just a few of the challenges facing procurement managers and executives in the year ahead. In this podcast, spend management industry veteran Hari Candadai with Ariba discusses the results of recent research into the top-of-mind priorities among procurement professionals around the globe. Learn about best-in-class approaches to demonstrating the impact of spend management to corporate leadership, increasing user adoption, leveraging spend data and more.

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Sponsored by Sterling Commerce Click here to access Ray Wang’s report on the Perfect Order.

Companies are using “perfect order” to measure supply chain performance and order management cycle effectiveness. But what is a “perfect order,” how do you measure it, and how do you achieve it? In this podcast, Ray Wang, principal analyst with Forrester Research, discusses his recent study on the roadmap to the perfect order, covering the benefits and challenges of meeting the promise of the perfect order, as well as the role of technology in achieving the perfect order.

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Long left to the goodwill and trustworthiness of individual employees, and varying levels of oversight by supervisors and travel managers, T&E remains a bastion of maverick spending. But a new breed of solutions has emerged that is helping to drive change. Learn more about how end-to-end spend management solutions are changing the face of travel procurement in this conversation with travel procurement guru Charles Brossman.

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Sponsored by Kinaxis. Click here for free access AMR Research’s recent report on Response Management

Closed-loop planning and execution are being replaced by a new generation of supply chain software as manufacturers turn to Response Management solutions to gain competitive advantage. In this podcast, Steve Hochman, Research Director for Supply Chain at AMR Research, discusses the results of his recent research into Response Management, who needs Response Management, and what types of benefits companies are already seeing from using these solutions. Also, Randy Littleson with Kinaxis talks about the growing adoption of Response Management solutions.

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With companies eager to adapt to a new era of customer needs, regulations and competitive realities, green sourcing has become tantamount to ensuring that goods and services maintain high environmental standards while maximizing revenue potential. To help companies quickly develop a greener approach to sourcing and supply chain management with minimal investment, Ariba offers ten best practices.

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The battle to control costs is about more than saving money. It’s about improving performance. And leading procurement organizations recognize that in order to succeed, they must enlist a new ally: finance. In this podcast, Paul Tong, Senior Product Manager, Ariba, discusses the results of a recent survey conducted by CFO Research Services which shows that a majority of finance executives consider procurement a key partner in driving improved cost management, business unit decision making and planning, budgeting and forecasting.

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In this podcast we asked Tim Minahan, SVP Global Marketing at Procuri to reflect on the market dynamics that have forced supply management to the top of the corporate agenda, how supply management has matured as a discipline in recent years, and what skills, structures, and systems will be required for sustained supply management success in the future.

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Click here to access Ariba SupplyWatch, a comprehensive guide to the industry’s hottest commodity and spend management trends

Pricing trends in key categories this year could have a significant impact on your company’s bottom line . How will you optimize your sourcing strategies to minimize that impact? In this podcast, Pat Furey, a senior commodity manager and analyst with global spend management solutions and services provider Ariba, discusses 2007 pricing trends for several key categories that Ariba’s Global Services Organization tracks and manages for companies around the world and outlines best practices for translating this market intelligence into a strategy for managing mission-critical spend categories and driving spend management results.

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In this podcast, spend management industry veteran Kevin Costello discusses the next evolution of spend management and three critical areas where Procurement must elevate its game.

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