Spend Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

One area of significant potential that is often overlooked is tail spend management. Tail spend refers to the volume of unmanaged, lower-value, everyday purchases that account for most of an organization’s transactions and a significant portion of overall spend.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The Supply Chain is directly responsible for the payment terms for Accounts Payable, Inventory (this does vary between companies), and even the negotiated terms for Capital purchases. Supply Chain has a central and pivotal role, if not the controlling responsibility, for Cash Cycle management. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2017.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The new report covers ten leading vendors who meet Gartner’s revised criteria for providing modular but natively integrated S2P platforms spanning sourcing, contracting, purchasing, payments, and analytics. Effective change management is essential to ensure smooth adoption.

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Barkers Procurement

APRIL 7, 2025

Determined to transform the way they work, they embarked on a bold journey, choosing Coupa as their cutting-edge spend management platform and partnering with Barkers for expert implementation. Now, with smarter, faster purchasing decisions, Guide Dogs continue with their mission to change lives for people with sight loss.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 7, 2023

Then, with the growing popularity of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP and Oracle during the late 1990s and early 2000s, converting requisitions into purchase orders (POs) was done electronically. Improvements to end-to-end supply chain efficiency. What is the difference P2P and S2P? Simplicity is key here.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 20, 2024

With the right CLM solution in place, procurement can achieve end-to-end visibility into the contracting process, reduce cycle times, and eliminate inefficient manual tasks. What is Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Software? Configurable routing rules ensure contracts get properly reviewed.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

What do these capabilities really mean in terms of the day-to-day realities of managing a supply chain? This level of visibility also provides unprecedented responsiveness to changes in customer demand. You’ll see a premium placed on holistic, end-to-end supply chain management leadership skills.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

And while enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates and manages all aspects of a business, BPM focuses on its individual functions—optimizing the organization’s existing, repeatable processes end-to-end. BPM can also provide real-time visibility into claim status and performance metrics.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 20, 2023

While this article focuses on procurement contract management software, some of these platforms also have features for Sales and Legal. This is important when considering contract management software for mid-market businesses. Contract management software covers a pretty broad spectrum.

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Barkers Procurement

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For such a large-scale transformation an implementation provider who could not only deliver upon the technical deployment of the Coupa platform, but also provide deep commercial, procurement and change management expertise and advice, was crucial. Sunbelt Rentals selected Barkers to facilitate and manage this significant project.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

Founded in 1963, NCPDM represents the outbound side of logistics and the National Association for Purchasing Management (NAPM) represents the inbound side. NAPM published a new magazine, Purchasing Magazine, in 1965. The management of digital production flows brings great agility to the entire supply chain, from end to end.

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Procurement Software

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Then, with the growing popularity of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP and Oracle during the late 1990s and early 2000s, converting requisitions into purchase orders (POs) was done electronically. Improvements to end-to-end supply chain efficiency. What is the difference P2P and S2P? Simplicity is key here.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing supply chain software solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Solvoyo

MARCH 5, 2021

If your planning platform has inaccurate data and you don’t have visibility on the data’s quality, you will need to keep the outputs. Accurate and timely reconciliation of purchase orders with receipts. Optimizing supply and demand matching across the end-to-end supply chain. Having accurate stock-out data.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

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Pipefy

AUGUST 18, 2023

Process discovery includes the identification and definition of activities and tasks comprising a process; its purpose is to make all stages in a process visible in order to ensure clear responsibility for each of those phases. Implement the changes Implement the identified improvements in collaboration with stakeholders.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Purchase orders were issued through the ERP system, but with no link to the approvals workflow and procurement decisions. Moreover, the bank lacked any collaborative supplier relationship management or sourcing tool. Having visibility over spend data has provided a basis for achieving savings.

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TYA Suite

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

When integrated with procurement, ERP systems offer a comprehensive solution that manages the entire procurement lifecycle—from requisition to payment—ensuring seamless operations and improved efficiency. One of the core functions of procurement enterprise resource planning is automating purchase requisitions and order processing.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

However, transforming AP is not an easy process due to the function’s existing limitations, including high processing costs, inefficiencies, lack of end-to-end visibility, and data storage and integration problems. There is a lack of visibility of cash flow in your processes.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Procurement teams are now expected to perform as a strategic, value-creating business partner that improves business agility, financial visibility, process resilience, and competitiveness. An abundance of manual work and rapidly changing processes. Complex purchasing systems (31%). Complex approval processes (29%).

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 10, 2024

Some of the key capabilities and use cases for AI in procurement include: Automating repetitive and routine tasks : AI can take over low-value tasks like invoice processing, purchase order creation, expense report auditing, and other administrative workflows. Overall, AI delivers unprecedented visibility into suppliers.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

What is Supply Chain Management (SCM) Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods, services, information and finances as they move from raw materials to final product, from manufacturer to consumer. Ongoing risk monitoring, control towers, and supply chain visibility enable rapid response.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 25, 2023

From automated purchase order creation to electronic invoice processing, automation has freed procurement professionals from mundane tasks, allowing them to focus on strategic activities. Today’s spend analysis tools are cloud-based platforms that provide end-to-end spend analysis capabilities.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 2, 2025

Integrations with data validation tools and third-party risk/ESG platforms like EcoVadis enable early visibility into supplier risk, while automated risk scoring and a centralized risk register help ensure risk-aware decision making.

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