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First Edition: Monthly "Top 5" - February 2020
Joël Collin-Demers
February 03, 2020 • 📖 6 minutes
Hi there,
I hope you had a wonderful start to 2020!
This year I’ve decided to do things a bit differently. Instead of sending you a message every time I publish something new, I thought I would bring everything together in a monthly newsletter. This made more sense in my mind because:
I hope to publish more content in 2020 than in 2019 and everyone gets enough e-mail as it is, I’m sure…
Hopefully, with this new format, you can always find something of interest when you get an e-mail from me. The old format could be “hit or miss” depending on if you liked the topic or not.
So, that being said, here’s the first edition of Pure Procurement Monthly!
New Blog Content
The Agile methodology has made waves in the software development space in the past decade. What tools from this methodology can we borrow and apply to Procurement?
How can you leverage catalog management solutions to increase the performance of your maintenance teams? See this step-by-step use case using the SAP Ariba Catalogs* as an example.*This use case will work with other catalog management solutions as well.
Pure Procurement Podcast
In 2019, I kicked off the Pure Procurement Podcast; a show where we demystify the often confusing world of Source to Pay solutions by deep-diving into different topics. In the first three shows we:
Broke down SAP's Intelligent Spend Management (ISM) strategy with Marcell Vollmer to get the details on how SAP plans to integrate Ariba, Fieldglass and Concur into a seamless spend management platform. I had lots of practical questions for Marcell on things such as integration, the new support model, how software fees will work, etc.)
Touched on the Top 10 Critical Success Factors to address when implementing a Source to Pay application in your business with Thierry Jaffry. We got really specific about how to ensure you have a successful transformation project or program in Procurement.
Explored how you can automatically maintain your Vendor Master Data quality levels (Yes - Automatically!) by using applications such as Tealbook with Stephany Lapierre.
If you listened, I'd love your feedback on what you liked, disliked and would like to see next.
As I prepare, record and produce the show by myself my goal is to release at least 4 new episodes (1 per quarter) in 2020. I've already got a great episode in the works for Q1. You can subscribe on itunes if you want the episodes delivered right to your phone.
Source to Pay in the News
2019-01-07 - Coupa acquired Yapta, a travel and expense application provider to boost their capabilities in this space
2019-01-14 - Ivalua released a White Paper titled: 2019 Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Study
2019-01-27 - Supply Management Insider released a White Paper titled: Performance Procurement: How Do You Create More Value?
2019-01-29 - The Hackett Group released a White Paper titled: How to Avoid Overlooking the Strategic Value of Source-to-Pay Technologies
Did I miss something? Send me the link!
Upcoming Procurement Conferences
2020-02-19 - Zycus Confluence 2020 (Palo Alto, California)
2020-03-03 - eWorld Procurement and Supply Conference (London, UK)
2020-03-16 - SAP Ariba Live 2020 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
2020-03-18 - Ivalua NOW 2020 (Paris, France)
2020-03-19 - Amercias Procurement Congress 2020 (Miami, Florida)
2020-05-04 - ProcureCon Canada 2020 (Toronto, Canada)
2020-05-04 - Ivalua NOW 2020 (Washington, DC)
2020-05-13 - World Procurement Congress 2020 (London, UK)
2020-06-01 - Coupa Inspire 2020 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Subscriber of the Month
I had the pleasure of interacting quite a bit with Bharat Kesar on LinkedIn this month. We exchanged on sourcing best practices and how to keep your stakeholders engaged in the process. I credit him with the inspiration for my next blog post!Sourcing Analyst at GEP Worldwide and relatively new to the Procurement profession, Bharat is always looking to broaden and deepen his knowledge of Procurement and Supply Chain.Show him some love on LinkedIn by connecting and sharing your favorite groups to join, books to read, procurement tips and tricks, etc.)
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There you have it. That's Pure Procurement Monthly for now.
What do you think of this new format? Let me know.
Have a great February,
Joël
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