Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest CPO Spotlight, he spoke with Rupert Gaster about the various categories he has managed during his extensive career and how he and his team have shown procurement’s worth to the business during one of its busiest ever periods. Unlike some people, my career in procurement started by pure luck.

Raw materials 246

Raw materials Buyers Price Procurement 246

Value Match

APRIL 8, 2024

Categories Best Practice Guides Bid Management Business Case Study Circular Economy Community Story Contract for Change Cyber Security Environment and Climate Equality and Inclusion Government Buying Standards House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts Human Rights and Modern Slavery Legislation National Audit Office Reports News Procurement Best (..)

Bidding 52

Bidding Procurement strategies Inventory Contract 52

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Categories: Conferences , Industry News , SAP Tags: Conferences and Events Three Spend Matters analysts are currently at SAP Spend Connect Live, taking place in Dallas, Texas. SAP has already declared category management the foundation of effective procurement strategy. Read more. ).

Category management 68

Category management Procurement strategies Spend management Innovation 68

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Categories: Industry News , Procurement Strategy & Planning , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Solution Providers Tags: EU , mergers and acquisitions On December 12, 2022, Coupa announced that it had entered into an agreement with Thoma Bravo to be acquired.

Procurement strategies 84

Procurement strategies Strategy Procurement 84

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Categories: Analysis , Breaking News , Industry News , M&A , Services Procurement & Contingent Labor Management , Solution Providers , SOW Tags: EU , PRO In October, Beeline announced it was acquiring Utmost, a vendor in the contingent workforce and talent management market.

Vendor management 84

Vendor management Data Procurement Management 84

Spend Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

Categories: Industry News , Supply Risk Management , Sustainability Tags: PRO Today global supply chain risk management data, software and services provider, apexanalytix, announced its acquisition of ESG Enterprise, an environmental, social and governance (ESG) SaaS and data analytics software provider.

supply chain software solutions 86

supply chain software solutions Risk management Sustainability Risk 86

Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Sam Kashani, VP, Global Operations – FMCG at Too Good To Go Exciting news – Apple names Too Good To Go as one of the best apps in the world! We’re honoured to be named as Winner in the ‘2023 Cultural Impact’ category at the prestigious annual Apple App Store Awards.

Procurement solutions 58

Procurement solutions Logistics Supply chain Procurement 58

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Categories: Analysis , Analytics , Breaking News , Industry News , M&A , Market Intelligence , Solution Providers , Source to Pay Tags: PRO Yesterday, November 28, Simfoni announced it was acquiring Xeeva, a source-to-pay technology provider with a capability range that extends to tail spend, guided buying, opportunity management, project management, (..)

Project management 72

Project management Sourcing Management 72

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Categories: Market Intelligence , Procurement Systems & Architecture Tags: PRO In this Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis, we give an overview of Contify, a market and competitive intelligence platform that helps businesses track information concerning competitors, customers, suppliers and industry segments.

Buyers 73

Buyers Sourcing Suppliers Supply chain 73

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Categories: Industry News , Source to Pay , Spend Management Tags: EU , mergers and acquisitions Giant of the Business Spend Management (BSM) world, Coupa Software, this morning announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, one of the largest private equity firms in the world. billion.

Competitive bidding 85

Competitive bidding Spend management Bidding Buyers 85

Spend Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

ChatGPT-3 made almost every news headline, lauded as a groundbreaking tool that will change the operations of every industry. This might be for small use cases like replacing Google when we have a question or more advanced cases like supporting category managers in the buying process. There’s been a lot of hype around AI this year.

Procurement 79

Procurement Buying process Suppliers Category management 79

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This might include new entrants to SolutionMap or vendors that started in one solution map category expanding into another because they grew their offering. From cycle to cycle (Spring and Fall) each year, our analysts observe market conditions, trends and movements among the solution provider community.

Sourcing 88

Sourcing Procurement strategies Sustainability Procurement 88

Value Match

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Categories Best Practice Guides Bid Management Business Case Study Circular Economy Community Story Contract for Change Cyber Security Environment and Climate Equality and Inclusion Government Buying Standards House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts Human Rights and Modern Slavery Legislation National Audit Office Reports News Procurement Best (..)

Procurement 52

Procurement Bidding Procurement strategies Contract 52

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Categories: Conferences , Finance , Industry News , Jason Busch , Technology Tags: procurement commentary Jason Busch is at Jaggaer REV this week, giving a keynote presentation on the need behind what the firm is calling “Autonomous Commerce.”.

Procurement 71

Procurement Data 71

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Known as the most rigorous, data-centric functionality assessment of procurement technologies in the industry, SolutionMap contains 500+ RFI requirements across 11 source-to-pay (S2P) technology categories to pinpoint the actual capabilities of each participating vendor.

Procurement 52

Procurement Sourcing Data Management 52

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Categories: Industry News , Innovation , Procurement Strategy & Planning , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Technology Tags: EU , Future 5 Spend Matters is delighted to announce the 2022 roster for our “Future 5” list. For the 4th year in a row, our analysts have highlighted five start-ups that excited them the most.

Procurement strategies 82

Procurement strategies Innovation Sustainability Procurement 82

Una

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sometimes, we need to use our storytelling skills when delivering bad news. Delivering bad news is part of the relationship – as is being transparent, upfront, and honest. We want to be involved in the process early – we don’t want to come in at the twelfth hour – and they don’t want to find out bad news at the twelfth hour.”

Procurement 52

Procurement Influencing Negotiation Contract 52

Procurement Software

MARCH 19, 2024

Generative AI’s current impact in procurement is best illustrated by tech-savvy procurement category managers leveraging apps like ChatGPT and Bard to streamline the execution of routine tasks. Category Management AI will increasingly be used to help to write and generate category strategies. Let’s look at each one separately.

Procurement 52

Procurement Category management supply chain software solutions Data 52

Spend Matters

JANUARY 12, 2023

Categories: Accounts Payable , Analysis , Analytics , Breaking News , Finance , Industry News , M&A , Market Intelligence , Solution Providers Tags: PRO Today, Amex announced its agreement to acquire Nipendo, an AP automation solution.

Networking 68

Networking Buyers Supply chain Procurement 68

Spend Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

e2e 78

e2e Procurement supply chain software solutions Contract 78

Value Match

JUNE 12, 2023

Categories Best Practice Guides Bid Management Business Case Study Circular Economy Community Story Contract for Change Cyber Security Environment and Climate Equality and Inclusion Government Buying Standards House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts Human Rights and Modern Slavery Legislation National Audit Office Reports News Procurement Best (..)

Procurement 52

Procurement Bidding Procurement strategies Quality 52

Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest CPO Spotlight, he spoke with Rupert Gaster about the various categories he has managed during his extensive career and how he and his team have shown procurement’s worth to the business during one of its busiest ever periods. Unlike some people, my career in procurement started by pure luck.

Raw materials 130

Raw materials Buyers Price Procurement 130

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Categories: Accounts Payable , Industry News , Innovation , Payments , Procurement Strategy & Planning , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Technology Tags: EU , Future 5 Spend Matters is delighted to announce the 2022 roster for our “Future 5” list.

Procurement strategies 73

Procurement strategies Innovation Sustainability Procurement 73

Spend Matters

AUGUST 22, 2023

And when it comes to the procurement professional, they know their suppliers are not going to ring them with the same good news. So it’s the buyer’s job to understand the cost structure of the category they are buying,” he says. Beroe — a solution that delivers category-focused insights (price, inventory levels, lead time, etc.)

Raw materials 69

Raw materials Suppliers Price Buyers 69

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Categories: Conferences , Industry News , Source to Pay , Sponsored Article Tags: Conferences and Events , EU , Sponsored Article Proactis has been helping mid-market organizations all over the world to manage spend for over 25 years.

Spend management 58

Spend management Leadership Procurement Sourcing 58

Una

JANUARY 17, 2023

Breaking down the latest supply chain technology into several categories to provide a snapshot of the current state of the industry. Nineteenth-century shipowners in the great maritime trading centers of America – New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and New Orleans – would wait for months with little or no news of their ships’ fate.

Supply Chain Efficiency 98

Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain Real-time Visibility 98

Spend Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

Procurement 83

Procurement Risk management Raw materials supply chain software solutions 83

Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

Since I graduated, I’ve always worked in procurement and supply chain across both indirect and direct categories, across different geographies and also worked as a Consultant delivering transformational projects. Just recently we woke up to the news of SVB collapse and increased fears over the global banking system.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability Risk management 130

Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

Since I graduated, I’ve always worked in procurement and supply chain across both indirect and direct categories, across different geographies and also worked as a Consultant delivering transformational projects. Just recently we woke up to the news of SVB collapse and increased fears over the global banking system.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability Risk management 130

Value Match

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Categories. Across the world, in Australia , hackers created a fake news website to harvest data from Australian government officials and journalists. The hackers created fake media websites by scraping legitimate sites including the BBC news website to appear as the real website. Best Practice Guides. Bid Management.

supply chain software solutions 64

supply chain software solutions Supply chain Supply Suppliers 64

Procurement Software

MARCH 12, 2024

It will also be able to assist in monitoring supply chain disruptions by being able to quickly summarise foreign language news sources and weather reports. It can perform, or drastically reduce, the workload for a lot of tasks that are not only administrative in nature, but also those being performed by Buyers and Category Managers.

Procurement 52

Procurement Category management supply chain software solutions Data 52

Value Match

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Categories. Best Practice Guides. Bid Management. Case Study. Circular Economy. Community Story. Contract for Change. Cyber Security. Environment and Climate. Equality and Inclusion. Government Buying Standards. House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. Human Rights and Modern Slavery. Legislation. National Audit Office Reports.

Bidding 52

Bidding Procurement strategies Strategy Contract 52

Value Match

JULY 1, 2022

Categories. Best Practice Guides. Bid Management. Case Study. Circular Economy. Community Story. Contract for Change. Environment and Climate. Equality and Inclusion. Government Buying Standards. House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. Human Rights and Modern Slavery. Legislation. National Audit Office Reports.

Bidding 52

Bidding Procurement strategies Buyers Contract 52

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Categories: Industry News , Procurement Research , Solution Providers , Technology Tags: events , Webinar On Monday October 31 at 13:00 Central Time (USA and Canada), the Spend Matters analyst team will host a webinar titled “Know” What to “Watch”: 2022’s Top Tech to Maximize Your Impact.

Market analysis 51

Market analysis Procurement Innovation 51

Value Match

AUGUST 31, 2022

Categories. Best Practice Guides. Bid Management. Case Study. Circular Economy. Community Story. Contract for Change. Environment and Climate. Equality and Inclusion. Government Buying Standards. House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. Human Rights and Modern Slavery. Legislation. National Audit Office Reports.

Management 52

Management Procurement Bidding Procurement team 52

Arkestro

APRIL 23, 2024

This method offers an overview of each spend category and highlights opportunities for improvement, but it also lacks important factors that impact cost, including geography, time, and seasonality. Subscribe to news from Arkestro. No spam, just relevant procurement news and tips. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Procurement 52

Procurement Procurement team Quality Demand Planning 52

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Click to enlarge The average SxM vendor has supplier profiles focused primarily on identity-focused data, such as identifiers, locations, industry and category codes. Also, statuses can be defined at a granular level to reflect the differences between categories, geographies and business units.

Suppliers 80

Suppliers Collaboration Buyers Supply Chain Optimization 80