It is no easy task creating and managing global organizations. It is no easy task managing global procurement organizations – end-to-end. This is why it is extra inspiring to listen to Tamara Braun, CPO at SAP sharing how they have chosen to structure their global procurement organization. How they have chosen to set up their […]
EBG | Insight: 7 out of 10 or 46% of spend contingent workforce?
Winning the talent war and at the same time reducing cost does not seemingly go hand in hand. Companies have found ways to reduce wage costs by centralizing and outsourcing HR, finance, procurement and many more functions. The wage arbitrage game however is apparently coming to an end. A contingent workforce may historically have been […]
EBG | Insight: CPO Talk with Dr. Marcell Vollmer, CPO at SAP about aligning from source to pay
It is fair to say that the possibilities in keeping control and gather the facts in any type supply chain has increased dramatically past ten years. At the same time, more of businesses have been externalized and finance and procurement as we once new them does not look the same. What we buy and how, […]
EBG Play: Google fast, social media behaviour influencing P2P processes
Will it be world domination by SAP? Many are the organisations that are using SAP, many are the SAP versions used by these companies and many are the headaches experienced by these companies when trying to use SAP in the best way possible. We are looking at a second wave of process development, if nothing […]
RT: Following up on the SAP and ARIBA relationship
It is being speculated that the fee structure of Ariba will change. The question of how much a value network is worth can always be discussed and the fee structure in the “e” world could and should for sure be analysed and discussed. Spend Matters believe that the current structure will be changed in the […]
RT: It is final, Ariba an SAP company and thus let the phones start ringing
It aint over until the fat lady sings, but now it is final. Ariba is an SAP company. Whatever anyone might think of either SAP or Ariba this is huge. Also for all the companies having embarged on an SRM project, wondering how to move forward, all the SAP procurement consultants as well as for […]
SAP acquires Ariba – question mark: exclamation mark
From the press release; WALLDORF, Germany and SUNNYVALE, California – May 22, 2012 – SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA) today announced that SAP’s subsidiary, SAP America, Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire Ariba, the leading cloud-based business commerce network, for $45.00 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately […]