Small-to-medium businesses are mitigating risk with better supplier qualification management strategies and technologies.
By Ana Galindo, Product Marketing Manager, SCM Cloud, Oracle Imagine a perfect purchasing world. In this world, employees are able to purchase the items and...
By Ana Galindo, Product Marketing Manager, SCM Cloud, Oracle Imagine a perfect purchasing world. In this world, employees are able to purchase the items and supplies they need in order to get their jobs done at the best-negotiated prices. Purchase orders would be automatically created and the finance team would be able to easily match an order with an invoice. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. What happens instead is that employees will purchase items through...
By Ana Galindo, Product Marketing Manager, SCM Cloud, Oracle Imagine a perfect purchasing world. In this world, employees are able to purchase the items and supplies they need in order to get their...
By Jim D’Addario, Director, SCM Product Marketing, Cloud Business Group From office supplies to raw materials to machinery parts, businesses are continually...
By Jim D’Addario, Director, SCM Product Marketing, Cloud Business Group From office supplies to raw materials to machinery parts, businesses are continually making purchases to ensure their employees have what they need to be productive and keep the manufacturing lines running. Procurement is a critical part of the business that ensures uninterrupted supply, consistent supplier performance, risk mitigation and cost control. To control costs, buying activities must be managed...
By Jim D’Addario, Director, SCM Product Marketing, Cloud Business Group From office supplies to raw materials to machinery parts, businesses are continually making purchases to ensure their employees...
By Cara Vollmer, Senior Content Strategist, Oracle Today's enterprises have taken steps to streamline procurement—but have work to do to optimize their entire...
By Cara Vollmer, Senior Content Strategist, Oracle Today's enterprises have taken steps to streamline procurement—but have work to do to optimize their entire source-to-pay process. Their biggest obstacle: supplier management. That was one of the key findings of a new report from Gatepoint Research, sponsored by Oracle. Of more than 100 procurement and operations executives surveyed, 41 percent said qualifying and managing suppliers is their most pressing problem. » 2018...
By Cara Vollmer, Senior Content Strategist, Oracle Today's enterprises have taken steps to streamline procurement—but have work to do to optimize their entire source-to-pay process. Their biggest...
By Angela Wilson, CSS International There are very different business requirements between how large enterprises and small-to medium businesses (SMBs) source...
By Angela Wilson, CSS International There are very different business requirements between how large enterprises and small-to medium businesses (SMBs) source goods and services. Yet the goals are the same: provide a consistent experience for end users who manage procurement, focus on supplier management, drive product quality and lower costs. With procurement now a strategic part of indirect and direct business operations, there is an imperative for more capable and modern...
By Angela Wilson, CSS International There are very different business requirements between how large enterprises and small-to medium businesses (SMBs) source goods and services. Yet the goals are the...
By David Haimes, Sr. Director of ERP Development, Oracle By now you’ve probably heard at least one description of what blockchain is, and that description...
By David Haimes, Sr. Director of ERP Development, Oracle By now you’ve probably heard at least one description of what blockchain is, and that description probably had something to do with money. Blockchain has received a lot of attention for its “distributed ledger” technology, which is the basis for buying or selling cryptocurrencies and other assets through private markets. But blockchain technology has broader applications than crptocurrencies. In the future, blockchain...
By David Haimes, Sr. Director of ERP Development, Oracle By now you’ve probably heard at least one description of what blockchain is, and that description probably had something to do with...
By Steve Cox, Group Vice President, ERP and EPM Product Marketing, Oracle Did you know that 35 percent of companies plan to create a shared finance and HR...
By Steve Cox, Group Vice President, ERP and EPM Product Marketing, Oracle Did you know that 35 percent of companies plan to create a shared finance and HR function within a year? That’s the result of a new MIT Technology Review global survey. The impetus for the switch? In a word, strategy. Nearly one-third of respondents see an opportunity to spend less time doing low-value work, freeing them up to focus on strategic priorities such as predictive analytics and hiring the...
By Steve Cox, Group Vice President, ERP and EPM Product Marketing, Oracle Did you know that 35 percent of companies plan to create a shared finance and HR function within a year? That’s the result...
When was the last time you gave any thought to procurement? Many professionals—even in finance—often confuse procurement with the tactical activity of...
When was the last time you gave any thought to procurement? Many professionals—even in finance—often confuse procurement with the tactical activity of purchasing. In fact, procurement goes far beyond just buying supplies, and the effects are much more far-reaching across the business. Organizations that strategically embrace the full procure-to-pay cycle—from requisition to receipt, with comprehensive supplier management across direct and indirect purchasing—can achieve...
When was the last time you gave any thought to procurement? Many professionals—even in finance—often confuse procurement with the tactical activity of purchasing. In fact, procurement goes far beyond...
By Larry Simcox, Senior Director, Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud Is your procurement process just about sourcing back office supplies and materials? Or is...
By Larry Simcox, Senior Director, Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud Is your procurement process just about sourcing back office supplies and materials? Or is more strategic? Would you like it to be? I recently presented at Oracle’s Modern Supply Chain Experience with Tom Anthony, Oracle’s VP of Procurement Strategy. Our session was titled, “Empowering Modern Procurement.” As I prepared for the presentation, it became clear to me that procurement operations are becoming...
By Larry Simcox, Senior Director, Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud Is your procurement process just about sourcing back office supplies and materials? Or is more strategic? Would you like it...
