ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In a Forrester Consulting survey of over 400 procurement decision makers at companies with over 1000 employees, the top barrier to ensuring supply continuity was an inability to effectively assess the overall risk across suppliers in a category. The post It’s Time to Rethink Supply Chain Risk Management appeared first on Ivalua.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The post Resilinc: Vendor Analysis Update — Supply (chain) risk management solution overview, competitors, tech selection tips, analyst summary appeared first on Spend Matters. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we provide an overview of Supply Risk Solutions and its solution for supplier (chain) risk management. Supplier risk management is crucial for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, it helps organizations identify and mitigate potential disruptions in their supply chain.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 7, 2025

Maja Tepeh , Senior Brand Manager at supply chain risk management solution Prewave , shares what their customers are looking for from their digital procurement investment. However, the cost avoidance from mitigating ESG-related supply chain risks, such as regulatory fines or disruptions, is equally important.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Gatekeeper and its contract lifecycle management (CLM) and third-party risk management (TPRM) solution. To potential buyers — Gatekeeper offers unlimited users on all of its pricing plans. This content is for members only.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 8, 2023

Everyone is well aware of the cause of this attention amplification: scarcely any business escaped the repercussions of pandemic, but as our research analyst Abigail Ommen puts it: “Prior to the Covid 19 pandemic, only a small subset of people was acutely aware of risk management.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Procurements most valuable players Jesus Campos , CEO CorporateLATAM, once wrote on Spend Matters that procurement functions must address two key areas to navigate the uncertainty of global markets: risk management and organizational structure the latter being relevant to our discussion on procurement transformation. The Risk Manager.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Categories: Category Management , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Supply Chain , Supply Chain Management , Supply Risk Management Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis gives an overview of Interos, a supply chain risk management (SCRM) solution built to map and model a live global view of a company’s business ecosystem.

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Spend Matters

MAY 24, 2023

Categories: risk-compliance-management Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Prevalent and its third-party risk management (TPRM) solution. Prevalent allows users to continuously monitor third-party vendors for security, privacy, compliance and supply-chain-related risks.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To customers — Everstream Analytics has collected over 3 trillion data points over the last 10 years and processes 8 million sources daily, enabling exceptional risk and predictive analytics for customers. Read more. )

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Spend Matters

APRIL 22, 2025

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis gives an overview of Enlighta Spice, a supplier governance and risk solution built to manage performance and risks related to external spend with a focus on services spend.

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Spend Matters

MAY 10, 2023

Categories: Procurement Systems & Architecture , risk-compliance-management Tags: PRO In this Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis we provide an overview of ProcessUnity and its solution for third-party risk management.

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Here’s why smartKYC matters: To the market — smartKYC increases an organization’s productivity and compliance by ensuring they never miss emerging risks or events related to their supply chain To potential buyers — smartKYC can either serve as a standalone solution to watch specific companies or integrate with other procurement solutions to provide (..)

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Procurement Leaders

DECEMBER 9, 2022

LG: We are a team of 75 buyers globally, with 30 people in a central service centre. For example, before becoming a machinery buyer, a candidate must spend a significant period of time in the technical team. Our challenges are linked to digitalisation, risk management and inflation. Why are they so important?

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This hybrid approach allows for a more efficient, transparent, and accurate sourcing process, leveraging sourcing and contract management technology for speed and scale while maintaining human oversight for critical decisions. Buyers can standardize their systems and require suppliers to use compatible technologies.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Supply chain risk management is proactive and data-driven. To do this effectively, the buyer must simultaneously engage critical stakeholders such as suppliers, courier companies and customs brokers, e.g., the Metaprise. Procurement workflows are automated using AI & smart contracts.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Thats where AI steps in, offering a proactive approach to predicting supplier lead times and optimizing demand forecasts for buyers. It is not only reducing spending on spare parts and improving inventory management, it is helping manufacturers create digital twins of their machinery to anticipate breakdowns before they happen.

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Procurement and Vendor Management function is responsible for the entire sourcing lifecycle from source to pay within Zurich. As buyers and customers, we have loud voices and should use our influence for good. Whether that is for climate action, human rights or supporting social enterprises and diverse suppliers to thrive.

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Procurement Tactics

MARCH 23, 2023

The supplier completes the purchase order and will send the goods to the buyer. After this, the supplier will send a digital invoice that states the amount to be paid by the buyer. The buyer will confirm that the orders are received and send a digital receipt.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 29, 2024

Although Sphera (the company, not the SCRM module) is a few years younger than riskmethods, it acquired riskmethods in 2022 to complete its ESG-focused offering with risk management capabilities. Sphera SCRM is the new name of riskmethods, an SCRM specialist that was founded in 2013 and has been extensively covered by Spend Matters.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As teams worked with suppliers through creative solutions, it became obvious that transparency and supplier risk management are essential components to maintain stability during crises like these. Additionally, procurement technology can help organizations improve compliance with regulations and reduce risk.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Heres why RapidRatings matters: To the market RapidRatings provides a financial risk analysis solution that evaluates suppliers’ financial health through detailed analysis of their financial statements, enabling procurement teams to assess and mitigate supplier financial risk effectively.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 14, 2024

and its solution for Sourcing, Contracts, Procurement, AP Automation, Vendor Onboarding, Budgets, Reporting & Analytics and Vendor Risk Management. Companies seeking support in areas across the source-to-pay (S2P) process can struggle with managing multiple tools. To potential buyers — Zapro.ai Here’s why Zapro.ai

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Procurement Leaders

MARCH 10, 2023

With such a large supply base, it’s not surprising to hear the business faces many different threats, including cyber risks, material availability challenges and logistics risks – to name but three. For Mirela Boldu, senior programme manager – supplier risk management, managing these threats is crucial to the function.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 29, 2024

However, it covers key differences between purchasing and procurement, explores common contract types, and emphasizes the importance of strategic sourcing, supplier relationships, and risk management.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

See our Risk Management in-depth guide. New ‘My Marketing’ functionality We’re also excited to announce the launch of a new capability within SolutionMap Insider that allows for tailored, generated images to illustrate vendor comparisons.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

It offers a comprehensive risk assessment product that encompasses various risk dimensions, including operational risks (business continuity) and sustainability. to get fast implementation and ROI while not adding even more tasks on the shoulders of already very busy teams.

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ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

Buyers are expected to scrutinize every aspect of the purchasing process to identify ways to reduce their carbon footprint, source sustainable materials, and promote diversity. The amount of data associated with these initiatives can be exponential, a burden too heavy to manage manually. ESG Objectives for Buyers.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Find our in-depth guide to third-party and supply chain risk management with accompanying free download here. What causes geopolitical risk This type of risk is a result of the current state of the world. As with other risk types, the importance of fast response cannot be overstated to avoid the potential consequences.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But even if matters don’t go that far, what the buyer might begin to observe in the face of a supplier’s impending failure is a decline in quality and timeliness of service, requests for early invoice payments or attempts to re-negotiate contracts. What causes financial risk? And see our definitions of risk here.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Analytics are vital to the success of a procurement team, as data-driven decision making, improving efficiency and productivity, risk management, cost reduction and much more all depend on solid analytics. This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Spendscape by McKinsey and its solution for spend and CO2 analytics.

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Arkestro

MARCH 27, 2024

Resources / Blog / Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Buyers have always played an important role in the procurement industry, helping organizations obtain goods and maintain a careful balance of speed, cost-efficiency, and quality.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

Commodity Trading is also a vital aspect of the Global Economy; Providing price discovery, risk management, and efficient resource allocation. Risk Management Through Commodity Trading, producers and consumers can be exposed to the price volatility of commodities.

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Raw materials Supply Chain Efficiency Price Market analysis 178

Spend Matters

MARCH 25, 2024

Here’s why Canopy matters: To the market — Canopy offers a solution to improve supplier management (SIM, performance and risk) meant for small to midsize organizations that may not have the resources for more expensive solutions, a long-standing issue in the industry. This content is for members only.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The appetite for third-party risk management (TPRM) within procurement and the supply chain is keener than ever before — risks are more numerous and complex in what is an increasingly fast-paced and global business environment. Read our analysis: Risk is complex — The different types and sources of risk.)

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Omnea seeks to simplify the management of third-party spend across categories, removing manual approval workflows and accidental auto-renewals. Its AI-driven recommendation engine resolves issues of spend optimization and supplier oversight through its risk management capabilities. This content is for members only.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 26, 2024

It streamlines the entire procurement process by centralizing and automating interactions between buyers and sellers. Subscribe to news from Arkestro. No spam, just relevant procurement news and tips. You can unsubscribe at any time. In a nutshell, e-procurement involves buying and selling supplies, equipment, and services over the Internet.

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