http://blog.hudgeon.com Managing vendors from sourcing through to payment reconciliation Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:27:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/254bd91f5cb061076dfe37c5537eeca5?s=96&d=http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://blog.hudgeon.com http://blog.hudgeon.com/2008/11/11/the-first-casualty-of-recession-is-long-term-planning/ http://blog.hudgeon.com/2008/11/11/the-first-casualty-of-recession-is-long-term-planning/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:24:36 +0000 hudgeon http://hudgeon.wordpress.com/?p=223 ]]> With everyone talking recession, I’ve been asking colleagues over the past couple of weeks whether they’d rather be Coupa or Ariba in this economic climate. Almost unanimously, my colleagues have said Ariba because it’s better to be a more well-known brand in a down-turned economy, but I’m not so sure. Like a body, when an economy is in pain, long term planning often takes a back seat to satisfaction of basic and immediate needs. In that environment, to most companies, I’d rather be selling lunch today than a feast tomorrow (apologies to both Coupa and Ariba for the glib characterisation).

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