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Impacting your hospital's bottom line
Sep 2, 2010 Hospital professionals today are finding themselves stretched thin to address the various challenges that their organizations face. Unfortunately, hospitals need to achieve even more incremental revenue and cost reduction. The integration of the revenue cycle and supply chain holds unlocked value for hospitals to achieve the needed incremental impact. Firms in the marketplace such as Ketera can provide resources to rationalize spending and improve your bottom.
Fox Business: Google Offers Tips, Advice for Small Businesses
Aug 20, 2010 Google is a great place for small businesses to reach both local and national customers, which is why many companies won’t think twice about paying a consulting firm to aid in their Google strategy. But small businesses need not look any further than Google’s blog to find valuable tips geared toward small and medium size businesses. See how Ketera is using the Google Apps Marketplace to make access to the fastest growing B2B network even easier.
Spend Matters: Thomas Accelerates the Growth of Ketera's Network Business
Jun 21, 2010 It seems that being a marketplace is back in vogue these days. But this time around -- based on the strategies of MFG.com, Ariba and Ketera -- there appears to be two keys to being successful: building scale and building liquidity (versus following a Field of Dreams "if you build it they will come" type of approach that doomed hundreds of similar efforts a decade ago). When it comes to scale this time around, some providers like MFG.com have opted to go deep in certain areas (e.g., metals fabrication, textiles, etc.) while others, like Ariba and Ketera, have decided to take a broader focus. Ketera's recently announced partnership with Thomas -- yes, that Thomas, that used to ship the big green book -- is an attempt to build sell-side critical mass into their marketplace.
Reverse Auctions on the Cheap
Feb 16, 2010 Charles' Purchasing Certification Blog discuses free and lost cost approaches for running reverse auctions, and lists the pros and cons of a build-your-own solution using free discussion boards.
Purchasing.com: What $100K buys in spend analysis software
Feb 11, 2010 Purchasing set out to find spend analysis software for under $100,000. At Ketera, you get access to the reporting application for up to 20 users, initial analysis of up to 50,000 suppliers and 1.5 million transactions,, a one-time initial analysis of historical data, and quarterly data refreshes for one year.
Purchasing.com: On the hunt for contract management software under $100K
Jan 14, 2010 Purchasing recently undertook a unique effort to analyze the contract management software market with a particular eye towards how contract management users can quickly get to ROI and what providers will offer contract management buyers for under $100,000. For $1,000/month, up to 15 users in a mid-sized enterprise can get Ketera's SaaS-based enterprise-class contract management solution.
Spend Matters: Ketera Joins the Free eRFX Fray
Jan 11, 2010 There's nothing overly novel in the approach of providing a free forum to connect buyers and suppliers, but it's quite interesting that Ketera is tying this to its nearly free sourcing tool, which provides expanded e-sourcing capabilities. Moreover, this public-marketplace notion builds on an already accepted supplier-identification and research model that's been around for quite some time...
Sourcing Innovation: e-Leaders Speak: Ketera on "e-Sourcing: Access for all"
Sep 14, 2009 More and more companies will start using sourcing solutions to manage their purchases more efficiently as sourcing solutions become broadly accessible - in terms of both initial investment and ease of use. This will be driven by solutions which are available like any other instant online purchase - immediately, easy to use without any fear of complex technology or requiring intensive training. They will be fully integrated with a complete suite of spend management applications and based on a strong member community of buyers and suppliers. And they will be truly affordable to companies of any size.
