Procurement, The 3rd Generation: Integrated Spend Management – Early integration = creating more value July 10, 2008
Posted by Jari Tavi in : Differentiation, Procurement
It seems like the discussion about how to implement the Spend Management gets more heated and thus this topic deserves an update.
As I wrote in my earlier blog entry I believe in a little (or maybe a quite) different approach than the “traditional” spend management solution providers, namely I believe in the early integration [...]
Procurement, The 3rd Generation: Spend Management on every desktop February 18, 2008
Posted by Jari Tavi in : Differentiation, Procurement
Spend Management has become an area where lots of “mystics” and “brotherhood in black robes” have created an expectation level that Spend Analytics, which is mandatory for professional spend management, is complex, time (read: money) consuming and sensitive to changes in systems configurations and IT.
Well, basically most of that is true as the traditional [...]
People on the move – Value from Mobility becomes a reality, finally! November 20, 2007
Posted by Jari Tavi in : Differentiation
I still recall the time when 3G technologies was still a hype that everybody talked and I clearly recall the high expectations which led to a significant disappointment when they never materialized. There are multiple reasons why development was a disappointment starting from availability and coverage of network infrastructure and market penetration of 3G phones. [...]
Governance, Risk and Compliance – Holistic approach and GRC architecture September 12, 2007
Posted by Jari Tavi in : Differentiation
There are certain industry analysts that whenever they write something, I grab the research and read it carefully myself. These analysts include names like Andy Kyte and Debbie Wilson from Gartner, Andrew Bartels from Forrester and Mickey North Rizza from AMR in addition to almost 10 other analysts.
Last week, I noticed a research alert [...]