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In our industry, there’s a battleground that some people don’t even notice: Innovators vs. the status quo. Attend a conference and ask the simple question, “are you willing to invest and partner to solve your problems or is what you do and how you do it okay for now?”...

"Talia discusses preferred supplier programs from the supplier perspective. “A supplier program will create efficiencies, improve qualities, and create cost savings. Some of the ways that this would happen is based on how the supplier engages with others. When I had...

Talia explains why you would want a preferred supplier program “Another hot topic for companies is creating a preferred supplier program in their non-hotel categories. There has been great technology that came out allowing companies to E-RFP and better...

Talia sheds light on one of the top challenges of the event industry, paying suppliers, during this week's Tuesday's with Talia. One of the things that I’m asked about often and when I talk to companies and hear is one of the top challenges is the topic of paying...

Systems such as EvedPay enable both suppliers and buyers to eliminate event spend costs. Spend management attempts to cut costs at the beginning of the source-to-settle process without considering the effects of saving further down the line. Meetings and events have a...

Talia Mashiach | CEO, Founder and Product Architect at Eved: There’s over $500 billion dollars that are spent on meetings and events by large corporations, and there’s little to no visibility for these corporations to know what this money is being spent on. To not...

  My name is Bob Solomon and I’m a Board Member of Eved. I’ve spent the last 6 years consulting to B2B software platforms and networks. Prior to that I spent 10 years building and managing the Ariba Network, which helps connect suppliers and buyers for major...

Following are seven spend analysis reports you need to successfully analyze and act on your meeting and event spend. Whether you're in corporate procurement and experienced with procurement but may not be as well versed in the nuances of meeting and event spend, or...

Too many companies in the meeting and event industry still rely on outdated technology to run the business under the mistaken belief that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Microsoft Word launched in 1995, while its companion Outlook arrived on the scene in 1997. That...

Credit cards are a challenge for finance and procurement teams due to their fees and inability to provide granular data. Credit cards are a challenge for both finance and procurement. Cards were designed for the consumer world and their adaptation into the business...

My colleague, Teran Andes, US Practice Leader, Procurement and Operations Advisory, Health Care Life Sciences at KPMG, wrote a compelling article on the significant cost savings and benefits of implementing a spend management solution for the meeting and event...

Each year, finance and procurement professionals are met with the same challenges and pressures — save money, reduce risk and improve efficiencies. Your meeting and event category may just be the diamond in the rough that can help you achieve significant wins in each...

This LinkedIn article was forwarded to me and I got to thinking about how this information related specifically to the meeting and events industry. Goodyear Tire & Rubber says the cost of writing a check is as much as five times that of an electronic payment, but the...