NPI Financial - Blog» Company Growth http://npifinancial.com/blog thought leadership in transportation spend management, technology vendor optimization, global spend management strategy Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Big Debate: Software versus Human Expertise? Pros and Cons for Procurement Leaders http://npifinancial.com/blog/index.php/the-big-debate-software-versus-human-expertise-pros-and-cons-for-procurement-leaders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://npifinancial.com/blog/index.php/the-big-debate-software-versus-human-expertise-pros-and-cons-for-procurement-leaders/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:06:35 +0000 Jon Winsett http://npifinancial.com/blog/?p=90 A lively debate is taking place between Spend Matters, Ariba and Forrester on Procurementleaders.com. The big question: will procurement software really improve performance, or is this just another software purchase with incremental but not game-changing value? What do you think?

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]]> http://npifinancial.com/blog/index.php/the-big-debate-software-versus-human-expertise-pros-and-cons-for-procurement-leaders/feed/ 0 NPI Appoints Heather Barclay to Grow Technology Spend Management Practice – and to inspire us to charitable acts http://npifinancial.com/blog/index.php/npi-appoints-heather-barclay-to-grow-technology-spend-management-practice-and-to-inspire-us-to-charitable-acts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://npifinancial.com/blog/index.php/npi-appoints-heather-barclay-to-grow-technology-spend-management-practice-and-to-inspire-us-to-charitable-acts/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:06:15 +0000 Jon Winsett http://npifinancial.com/blog/?p=73 There’s a new addition to the NPI team, and you should care because she is not only helping us, she’s helping Atlanta. Aside from her extensive work in enterprise technology, Barclay is highly involved with TechBridge, a non-profit organization that specializes in helping other nonprofits use technology to serve their respective communities. If you have not checked out Techbridge – you should. Barclay has served as co-chair of the Digital Ball Sponsorship Committee as well as on the Executive Committee for two years.

The beauty of Techbridge is that it fully employs the minds and skills of its volunteers. It empowers other non-profits like microfinancing does – putting the power of technology into the hands of a diverse community, each member of which has their own vision for social change.

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