Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

What does an E-Procurement solution do? E-procurement solutions use an electronic interface to automate, guide and approve the purchase and reception of products and services. To compare product strengths and weaknesses, try Spend Matters TechMatch to directly assess the capabilities of digital procurement solutions.

Procurement solutions 98

Procurement solutions Procurement supply chain budgeting Real-time Visibility 98

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Concurrently, these initiatives will also appeal to the rising cohort of tech-savvy procurement professionals — merging traditional skillsets with modern innovation. For granular analysis and comparisons of procurement technology solutions, subscribe to Spend Matters Insider.

Procurement solutions 113

Procurement solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Contract 113

Spend Matters

MARCH 26, 2025

Companies with multiple locations and decentralized procurement processes are increasingly seeking automation, visibility and control over their spending and, consequently, are moving toward more holistic procurement solutions.

Spend management 72

Spend management Buyers Procurement solutions Procurement 72

Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 5, 2023

A PunchOut catalog is an integrated e-procurement system that allows suppliers to promote goods and services to buyers through the supplier’s own procurement application or hosted e-procurement system. . The PunchOut catalog improves productivity by making it simple for buyers to purchase what they need.

Buyers 179

Buyers Purchasing Suppliers Price 179

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Here’s how Onventis describes itself: “We are pioneers in cloud-based solutions, transforming purchasing and finance processes since 2000. Our flagship product, Onventis Buyer cloud software, stands as a comprehensive procurement system designed to empower organizations across all aspects of procurement.

Procurement solutions 113

Procurement solutions Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Procurement 113

Spend Matters

JANUARY 22, 2024

Enterprises are transforming their relationships with suppliers, transcending the conventional buyer-seller dynamic to treat them as strategic partners in a shared journey towards sustainability. For granular analysis and comparisons of procurement technology solutions, subscribe to Spend Matters Insider.

Procurement solutions 98

Procurement solutions Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability 98

Spend Matters

JANUARY 16, 2023

Here’s why Tropic matters: To the market — Tropic offers software sourcing as an all-in-one solution that also combines contract management and spend optimization, making it stand out from point solutions that focus on only one of these areas. Read more. )

Procurement solutions 97

Procurement solutions Contract management Procurement Market knowledge 97

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Spend Matters honors a vast array of procurement solution providers each year by selecting them for our ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ and ‘Hall of Fame’ celebration lists. We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices.

Supply Chain Efficiency 113

Supply Chain Efficiency Risk management Real-time Visibility Ethics 113

Spend Matters

JANUARY 18, 2023

To potential buyers — dSilo is forming a largely unexplored space, one which utilizes spend analytics solutions to trawl through contracts and/or invoices. Here’s why dSilo matters: To the market — dSilo helps companies derive value from their existing data (such as contracts and invoices) through its pre-trained AI models.

Contract 98

Contract Procurement solutions Procurement Contract management 98

Spend Matters

APRIL 22, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Penny and its P2P solution. Penny is a cloud-based procurement solution that covers the procurement journey from purchase requisition to sourcing to payments. To potential buyers — Penny enjoys fast user adoption due to its user-friendly procurement experience.

Purchasing 116

Purchasing Procurement strategies Buyers Sourcing 116

Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

Furthermore, Procure-to-Pay (P2P) , e-Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) apps often contain supplier portals. Three-way communication between Buyers, Stakeholders and Suppliers avoids the need for unnecessary emails. Digital procurement tools are the enabler to free up time for these.

Procurement 52

Procurement Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency Purchase orders 52

Spend Matters

APRIL 16, 2025

IO) Understanding AWS Marketplace in the context of procurement solutions Many are more familiar with Amazon Business, a platform for sourcing indirect physical goods. AP/I2P; CLM) One Click LCA helps users understand the environmental impact of a product, infrastructure or entire organization.

Procurement 101

Procurement Real-time Visibility supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency 101

Spend Matters

JULY 29, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Airbase and its solution for AP automation, corporate card and expense reimbursement solutions. Since we last covered Airbase in 2021, the vendor has grown immensely, including the release of a guided procurement solution last year.

Spend management 117

Spend management Procurement Market analysis Buyers 117

Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Here’s why Requis matters: To the market — Requis is focused on sourcing for CAPEX-intensive projects, an area that requires specific capabilities to buy and sell which many generic procurement solutions do not cover, especially when considering the potential for business development and creating a trading network of buyers and sellers.

Sourcing 98

Sourcing Buyers Collaboration Procurement solutions 98

ivalua

AUGUST 22, 2019

For almost 30 years prior to joining Ivalua, Steve has worked as a Senior Product owner and Business Director in organisations selling procurement solutions into the Public and Private sectors. This involved designing and building solutions to support the Source to Pay and Order to Cash journeys for Buyers and Suppliers.

Procurement solutions 20

Procurement solutions Buyers Suppliers Procurement 20

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 29, 2023

For example, fraudsters can break into a supplier email database, watch how employees write emails to buyers, mimic the tone and style they use, and pretend to be the supplier and communicate directly with buyers about legitimate payments.

Procurement solutions 57

Procurement solutions Procurement Procurement team Buyers 57

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Spend Matters honors a vast array of procurement solution providers each year by selecting them for our ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ and ‘Hall of Fame’ celebration lists. We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices.

Buyers 112

Buyers Real-time Visibility Sustainability Data 112

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In many cases, buyers can outsource vetting requirements to the marketplace operator, making them responsible for serving up suppliers that check the right boxes. For granular analysis and comparisons of procurement technology solutions, subscribe to Spend Matters Insider.

Procurement solutions 57

Procurement solutions Procurement Chief Procurement Officer Procurement team 57

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Spend Matters honors a vast array of procurement solution providers each year by selecting them for our ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ and ‘Hall of Fame’ celebration lists. We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices.

Buyers 115

Buyers Purchase orders Procurement Innovation 115

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

For almost 30 years prior to joining Ivalua, Steve has worked as a Senior Product owner and Business Director in organisations selling procurement solutions into the Public and Private sectors. This involved designing and building solutions to support the Source to Pay and Order to Cash journeys for Buyers and Suppliers.

Procurement 20

Procurement Supply Procurement solutions Suppliers 20

Spend Matters

JANUARY 23, 2023

Categories: Operations , Procurement Strategy & Planning , Procurement Systems & Architecture Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Oro, a procurement orchestration platform that aims to make procurement easier and more efficient through the use of powerful, easy-to-configure and smart workflows.

Procurement strategies 109

Procurement strategies Buyers Procurement solutions Procurement 109

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

Creating a dialogue with suppliers ensures that procurement teams can identify opportunities for innovation in a green supply chain that benefits all parties. However, a lack of the right procurement tools restricts businesses from accessing these benefits.

Strategy 130

Strategy Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability Real-time Visibility 130

ivalua

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Creating a dialogue with suppliers ensures that procurement teams can identify opportunities for innovation in a green supply chain that benefits all parties. However, a lack of the right procurement tools restricts businesses from accessing these benefits.

Supply Chain Efficiency 130

Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability Supply chain Real-time Visibility 130

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Spend Matters honors a vast array of procurement solution providers each year by selecting them for our ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ and ‘Hall of Fame’ celebration lists. We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices.

e2e 122

e2e Data interpretation Buyers Data 122

Spend Matters

JULY 27, 2022

Categories: Sourcing , Supplier Information Management , supplier networks , Supplier Performance , Supplier Risk and Compliance Management , Suppliers Tags: PRO Direct materials management is a hot market for procurement solutions with few specialists on the market.

Market analysis 98

Market analysis Sourcing Supplier relationship management Material management 98

Spend Matters

JANUARY 11, 2023

The solution’s flexibility extends to other use cases like category management and innovation which benefit from capturing relevant news and information, thus setting Owlin apart from other SxM/Risk Management solutions. In addition, its rich API can make it a valuable add-on to procurement solutions that execute other processes.

Risk 98

Risk Data Category management Buyers 98

Spend Matters

AUGUST 31, 2022

Categories: Analytics , Market Intelligence , Procurement , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Purchasing and Sourcing , Requisition / PO Management , Risk Performance and Compliance , Spend Analysis Tags: PRO Direct materials is a hot market for procurement solutions, and this has become even more the case since the Covid crisis.

Supply Chain Optimization 98

Supply Chain Optimization Material management Sourcing Influencing 98

Procurement Heads

JULY 27, 2022

Many buyers who have started their careers in the last 15 years haven’t been exposed to some of the real challenges where the cost of what you buy can rise by 5-10% every year. What we have often seen is that buyers are talking about the savings that they have got, now they are talking about how we mitigate and eliminate the increases.

Buyers 130

Buyers Supply chain Sustainability Procurement 130

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We recently spoke with procurement solution providers to discover what their customers are asking of them. In a new series of investigations Spend Matters is speaking with representatives from the world of procurement tech practitioners and consultants to discover the word on the street about the challenges of ‘turning digital.’

Procurement 111

Procurement Price Buyers supply chain budgeting 111

Spend Matters

APRIL 19, 2023

The first provides a company background and high-level solution overview with a focus on sourcing and e-procurement, performs a company SWOT analysis and discusses mdf commerce's competitors. The second focuses on the product’s strengths and weaknesses and offers tech selection tips.

Market analysis 95

Market analysis Sourcing Eprocurement Procurement 95

Spend Matters

MARCH 15, 2023

We have also observed an evolution in the investments of the solution providers for specific markets. To potential buyers — Planergy offers the main features that an SME or MM company seeks: experience (1,200 clients), affordable price, easy to use and quick to implement. An example of this has been the AP automation processes.

Buyers 104

Buyers Purchasing Procurement solutions Procurement 104

ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Company has already implemented a Workforce Management solution, IT tools supporting the safety management system of train operations and a maintenance system for railway vehicles along with mobile and virtual training solutions. OptiBuy is an international consulting company specializing in Procurement management.

Supplier relationship management 100

Supplier relationship management Contract Buyers Procurement solutions 100

Procurement Insights

MARCH 16, 2025

How Procurement Professionals Use or Interact with Model Context Protocol (MCP) Procurement professionals interact with AI models that utilize Model Context Protocol (MCP) in various ways, especially within digital procurement platforms, supplier management systems, and spend analytics tools.

Supply Chain Optimization 52

Supply Chain Optimization supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Bidding 52

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This integration allows buyers to start purchasing on Amazon Business and punch into SAP Ariba for checkout, improving compliance and reducing rogue spend. A PunchOut with Oracle NetSuite SuiteProcurement to enhance purchasing workflows by allowing Amazon Business to integrate directly with Oracle NetSuite’s procurement system.

Purchasing 113

Purchasing Inventory Supply Chain Optimization Buyers 113

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Buyers must have appropriate plans in place to ensure that the activities outsourced can feasibly be moved to another provider or brought back into the core business if necessary, including in situations where time is short. . For more information on Ivalua’s Financial Services Procurement solutions please visit ivalua.com.

Procurement 140

Procurement Contract Risk Suppliers 140

Procurement Insights

APRIL 30, 2025

THE SHORT ANSWER Procurement Insights is not a replacement for analyst firms its a complementary and sometimes disruptive mirror , helping enterprise buyers and tech vendors see past sanitized reports into what actually matters to practitioners. Nimble, Deep), ensuring they reflect real-world buyer priorities (e.g.,

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 52

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Top performing vendors have achieved a “Network Effect” type of collaboration where suppliers can manage all their buyers in the same portal and even behave as buyers themselves receiving invoices from their suppliers.

Buyers 97

Buyers Agile and Lean Supply Chain Suppliers Collaboration 97