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Christa Degnan Manning is the firm?s Research Director, Supply Chain Research.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Her expertise includes: benchmarking the expenditures and purchase processing requirements of private and public sector organizations; analysis of technology and change management strategies; solution functionality and end-user implementation experiences of supply chain technologies; category spend management - the discipline requiring enterprises to asses their purchasing category expertise and strategies for determining the underlying cost structures and market dynamics for specific categories; business process outsourcing (BPO) for complex business services like temporary labor, travel, telecommunications, printing, advertising, and marketing.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Manning has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, CFO, Forbes, Business Travel News, Internet World, iSource, Line56, Purchasing, and Reuters, and she participates in industry events, including: international educational conferences, solution provider user conventions, and online seminars.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Manning has worked in the technology industry for more than 10 years. She has been a consultant for enterprise technology firms and has worked as a reporter for technology trade publications covering the benefits of business applications. She was also the managing editor of a buy-side marketplace.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Manning has Bachelor of Arts degrees from Barnard College, Columbia University, and studied at University College, University of London. She also has a Master's degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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