Deem Inc., a vendor of cloud and mobile commerce technology, has launched an updated version of Deem Spend, a suite of applications to help companies streamline their direct and indirect spend.

The overwhelming majority of employees believe telecommuting is good for both themselves and their company, but most organizations are not budgeting appropriately for telecommuters, according to a recent survey of procurement officers by Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples Inc.

Analyst Insight: Spend under management and compliance rates are considered key metrics to measure the success of almost any spend management program. Companies that try to achieve those by fiat alone will invariably fall short of their goals. Purchasing organizations are much more likely to succeed if they provide tools and systems that actually make the lives of their business users (the ones who make the purchase decisions) easier, rather than simply piling on more administrative work for the end user. - Bill McBeath, Chief Research Officer, ChainLink Research

LogicSource is partnering with Coupa Software to provide spend-management applications and services to customers.

When did the supply chain become so complex? Just looking at the typical procurement department, for example, we see that the straightforward RFP, with cost as the deciding factor, is reaching near-extinction.