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Replay: Continuing Education Discussion

An open discussion with Charles Dominick of Next Level Purchasing and Paul Mallory of IACCM on continuing education in our field. This was the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement LinkedIn group monthly member call on May 5, 2011.



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This call was inspired by the Vision 2020 report, which looked at the skills procurement professionals will need in the year 2020. The report is available for download here.

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June 21-22: Ariba Procurement – Invoice and Payment


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Ariba is pleased to provide you complimentary Aberdeen benchmarking reports on procurement and AP invoice performance, as well as access to Aberdeen comprehensive research reports. You’ll not only see how you’re performing against your competitors, but you will also gain invaluable insight on how to improve your performance. By accessing the links below, you are sure to benefit from the customized recommendations regarding ways to improve your performance - all based on Aberdeen’s comprehensive research.

 

 

Efficient & Effective AP Invoice Management

 

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Procure-to-Pay: Performance Comparison

 

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Access to Aberdeen procure-to-pay research reports:

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13s1 Solution Survey in Solutions

Posted by jreeves Apr 4, 2012

Hello,

 

It is that time again; time to start the planning and prioritization of the new features to be included in our 13s1 release.  We have identified the top candidates for these releases and we would like feedback from the user base on which features are the most important  

 

 

The survey will be available until April 30th.  If you would like to participate in the survey, then please contact the following individuals:

 

Spend Visibility – Manny Cortez - mcortez@ariba.com

Contract Management – Jeremy Reeves – jreeves@ariba.com

Supplier Management – Jeremy Reeves – jreeves@ariba.com

Sourcing - Join the OnDemand Sourcing group or contact David Morel dmorel@ariba.com

 

 

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