Category: Enterprise Apps

Under Armour: No Sweat

Imagine yourself as Dave Demsky, barely three months as information-technology director at Under Armour, a sports apparel company whose products are so cool that professional

Elie Tahari: Ready To Wear

Colleagues knock on Mickey Klein’s door, constantly interrupting meetings. He puts phone callers on hold as he searches his calendar for a better time to

Bending Toward E-Spending

Old habits die hard, though, and it’s often a struggle to bring suppliers—not to mention your own employees—into the new purchasing order. Tom McBroom implemented

PeopleSoft: Takeover Tensions

The latest version of PeopleSoft’s supplier-relationship management tools is, in the words of one user, “damn good”; customers say the software provides access via a

Ariba: Survivor Story

When the Internet bubble burst, it spit out Ariba battered, but alive. The company is still in the red, which has been true for most

Voice of Experience: Preaching to the Buyer

Gary L. EvansPNC Financial Services GroupSVP, Supply Chain ManagementPittsburgh, Pa.www.pnc.com Manager’s Profile: The 23-year company veteran is in charge of supplier relations and strategic sourcing

SAP: No Longer ‘Horrible’

SAP would win the “most improved award” among supplier-relationship management software makers. The company admits it was a latecomer to the SRM fiesta. Moreover, SAP’s