THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY June 23, 2003 spend management ______________ SPONSORED BY: AMD
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It says that its Enterprise Spend Management (TM) Suite encompasses analysis, sourcing, buying, contracting, invoicing, and managing the workforce. ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: IT Week mentions spend management in an article, "E-sourcing model matures." http://www.itweek.co.uk/Analysis/1130544 SearchCIO provides annotated links to a number of articles about supply chain management. http://searchcio.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid19_tax282998,00.html Ariba's home page describes its Enterprise Spend Management Suite. http://www.ariba.com/index.cfm ______________________ TODAY'S TECH NEWS: SAP'S MCDERMOTT: WE'RE NOT TOO RICH FOR SMB BLOOD SAP America CEO Bill McDermott is psyched up about the company's new mySAP CRM offering, which is available immediately. 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