Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Neither oral nor text-based conversational AI (also known as conversational user experience [CUX] and conversational interfaces [CUI] the latter of which include chatbots) is by no means new, despite the relatively recent prolific uptake by procurement solution vendors. This helps the system to respond more accurately to queries.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 13, 2023

There doesn’t seem to be a month go by without a new solution coming onto the market offering eSourcing software as part of their offering. Knowing which solution is suited to your business and level of procurement maturity is a minefield. Which eSourcing solutions are best suited to mid-market businesses?

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Today I’m joined by Logward , an exciting tech brand with a vision of a future where supply chain departments lead the transformation of their industries, instead of simply transporting it. 22.23] A closer look at Logward’s Sourcing Solutions – what they do, the key features and benefits.

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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.’

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TYA Suite

MAY 3, 2025

Today, digital purchase order are part of a larger trend toward automation, integrating with accounting software, inventory systems, and analytics tools to create smarter, more efficient supply chains. A digital purchase order is an electronic document used by a buyer to request goods or services from a supplier.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Here are just a few examples of how top procurement software solutions can move the needle and drive better results from your existing procurement team. Purchase to pay software with a mobile-first interface that busy stakeholders actually enjoy using. Why now is the time to invest in digital procurement software.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Here are just a few examples of how top procurement software solutions can move the needle and drive better results from your existing procurement team. Purchase to pay software with a mobile-first interface that busy stakeholders actually enjoy using. Why now is the time to invest in digital procurement software.

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TYA Suite

JANUARY 27, 2025

This comprehensive solution streamlines procurement activities, improves and provides transparency across the entire supply chain. Understanding Procurement Management in Real Estate Procurement in real estate involves acquiring goods, services, and works necessary for the development and maintenance of properties.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 27, 2024

Here is the paragraph: “Back in 2002, Greg Brady , a supply chain visionary, and Ranjit Notani , a pioneer in multi-enterprise collaboration technology, came to the conclusion that the traditional paradigm of business-to-business collaboration built around enterprise-centric software was fundamentally flawed.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As supply chain networks become more complex, and risks grow larger, the visibility of supply chain activities becomes all the more distant. Globalization has posed procurement teams with a double-edge sword. enhanced by the globalized infrastructure of supply chains?—?closely around the globe?—?and

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Jaggaer

JUNE 28, 2024

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 11 June, 2024: JAGGAER, the global leader in strategic sourcing and procurement, has held a series of roundtables in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to address the top priorities for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs). Over $500 billion of goods flows frictionlessly through our Enterprise Commerce Network every year.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

If you want to search the whole range of procurement tech companies out there beyond just startups, then check our our free software directory. Focal Point Focal Point is a growing Atlanta-based procurement startup offering a unique solution tacking three different challenges within procurement.

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Arkestro

MAY 14, 2024

Still, skepticism about the benefits of predictive procurement looms. Some procurement professionals are hesitant to embrace the future, fearing that the learning curve for predictive procurement orchestration (PPO) software is too difficult, time-consuming, or costly. No spam, just relevant procurement news and tips.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 9, 2024

If you want to search the whole range of procurement tech companies out there beyond just startups, then check our our free software directory. Paid Paid is one of the leading British procurement startups offering invoice financing automation. Acada Acada is one of the emerging British procurement startups.

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Pipefy

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Many organizations have implemented software automation tools that allow them to get more done at a lower cost, but procurement is one area that has lagged behind in this trend. According to Amazon’s 2024 State of Procurement report, 95% of decision makers believe that procurement has room for optimization.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Data Modeling The ability to build more sophisticated analyses on cost drivers, demand, contracts, working capital, risk, supply chain and overall procurement performance while maintaining data that is flexible and rich enough to fully support this type of spend analytics. SaaS licenses) and supply chain planning systems.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Despite the movement towards a broader value-driven view of procurement excellence and how we contribute to the wider business (people, planet, profit), the reality is that even though there is a tacit, newly found appreciation that buyers deliver more than just bottom line savings, it often isn’t reflected in their annual objectives.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Despite the movement towards a broader value-driven view of procurement excellence and how we contribute to the wider business (people, planet, profit), the reality is that even though there is a tacit, newly found appreciation that buyers deliver more than just bottom line savings, it often isn’t reflected in their annual objectives.

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Planergy

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Sourcing Supply Chain Management. Knowing when to use which document for what purpose can dramatically improve your procurement process. RFX – request for X – can refer to any request a buyer issues a vendor – thereby applying to any of these documents. Lyle Del Vecchio. 15 min read. Download PDF.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Strategic procurement, or procurement strategic planning, is a data-driven process that helps businesses align procurement and business goals. The result is greater supply chain predictability, more accurate decision-making, and better business agility. What is strategic procurement?

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The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Hot Digital Procurement and Supply Chain Startups in the ESG and Risk Management Space. Shipzero tracks and manages transport emissions, helping freight buyers and logistics managers to have more transparency around their shipping data. . Tobias Bohnhoff, Founder of Shipzero is my first guest. Where would you start?

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Claritum

OCTOBER 3, 2017

As featured in the ‘ The 10 Most Innovative Procurement Solution Providers ’ article published in the September 2017 Insights Success Magazine , Claritum discuss the drive for a New Wave of Easy-to-use Procurement Products…. Optimizing Spend Visibility, Control, Cost Savings and process Efficiencies.

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Planergy

JANUARY 19, 2023

Pareto Spend Analysis is an incredibly useful tool for optimizing supply chain management processes, reducing costs, and improving overall efficiency. Procurement professionals should take advantage of Pareto Spend Analysis whenever possible to maximize savings and improve performance in their supply chain management initiatives.

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Planergy

AUGUST 8, 2023

However, you must use care and consistency to ensure that single-source procurement improves organizational efficiency and outcomes. Two-Stage Tendering Two-stage tendering is a procurement method where the buyer invites tender in two stages. Learn about us, and our long history of helping companies just like yours.

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Pipefy

MAY 23, 2023

In its long history , procurement has evolved from self-contained purchasing entities to an essential business partner handling processes involving several departments and many subprocesses. The risks of errors and bottlenecks alone in manual work make procurement a superb place to begin a digital transformation.

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Spend Matters

MAY 22, 2024

There are different levels of GenAI applications in use by procurement solution providers, from basic/shallow to embedded ( see our definition of the ‘6 flavours of AI’ here ). The P2P process we know today was set up about 15 years ago for one simple reason, not necessarily to make buyers’ decisions easier, but for control.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 19, 2025

Reference : JD Edwards Baan : Overview : The Baan Corporation offered ERP solutions with procurement components, focusing on manufacturing and project-based industries. Significance : Baan’s software emphasized integration across the supply chain, including procurement processes.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

1999 – I introduced the Metaprise model (RAM) 2007 – In Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part7) , I write about the Metaprise in greater detail, including the results of its implementation in a production environment (Department of National Defence). JAGGAER Industry-specific solutions leveraging AI for supplier collaboration.

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