Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Dawn of Integrated Source-to-Pay Suites The release of Gartner’s first integrated Source-to-Pay (S2P) Magic Quadrant marks a pivotal moment in procurement technology. Fragmented workflows, scattered supplier information, and lack of full source-to-payment traceability are no longer acceptable.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 21, 2024

As described by our analysts : Intake management is not just about the actual request itself but ensuring that the request flows smoothly along its workflows, from department to department and (when applicable) technology to technology. Intake can support payments, sourcing, supplier onboarding, contracts and other use cases.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 22, 2025

The preliminary run uses the RAM 4-Model Assessment tool to access the Procurement Insights proprietary archives and many cross-reference sources using my AI for AI platform. is a leading AI-powered platform specializing in third-party risk management, compliance, and supplier lifecycle automation. The above is one such request.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 7, 2023

Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Source-to-Pay (S2P) are not just fancy acronyms used by consultants, procurement and finance professionals. Behind these terms are whole concepts of processes that manage how goods and services in your business are requested, sourced, received and paid. What steps are involved in Source-to-Pay?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Lack of Visibility Beyond Tier 1. According to the 2021 Deloitte Chief Procurement Officer Survey, “Around 70% of CPOs felt that they had good visibility on the risks that existed in their direct (tier 1) suppliers. And, only 15% had visibility into tier 2 or beyond. Change requires Change Management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Supply Chain and it’s importance is more visible than at any time in history. We must deploy and rally that attention into a force for positive change in Supply Chain. But holistic, visionary leadership development, with an emphasis on transformation and change management, will be the most important skill sets of the future.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 21, 2024

Intake and orchestration (I&O) solutions can transform initial customer requests and subsequent interactions for just about any business into streamlined, end-to-end, secure and transparent engagements. So if it’s Finance, I talk about budget, both budget visibility and spend visibility.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

.” The investment is underpinned by Kearney’s vision of a modern spend management architecture that incorporates specialist solution providers such as Simfoni to reshape the way organizations view and manage tail spend. A global/regional presence with sourcing operations close to users and supply markets.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Logward is a logistics technology company offering supply chain management as a service, delivering end-to-end visibility as well as control over freight shipments through cloud based solutions. 09.56] What has, and hasn’t, changed in the last five years, and a look at today’s key challenges and trends. “I

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Procurement Software

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Source-to-Pay (S2P) are not just fancy acronyms used by consultants, procurement and finance professionals. Behind these terms are whole concepts of processes that manage how goods and services in your business are requested, sourced, received and paid. What steps are involved in Source-to-Pay?

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Regardless, it must begin by determining what the Customer values, then work backwards to design processes which deliver to these requirements (see below): Done right, an adaptive Supply Chain can be a source of competitive advantage, as demonstrated by companies such as Apple, Wal-Mart and P&G.

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Barkers Procurement

APRIL 7, 2025

Challenge Solution Results Challenge Guide Dogs faced a pressing challengetheir ageing procurement system was nearing the end of its life and needed urgent replacement. While it had served its purpose, this was a chance to modernise, unlocking cost savings, efficiency, and better spend visibility.

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Procurement Software

MAY 16, 2023

Mid-market businesses, on the other hand, could invest in this software and easily see a quick return if they have the right change management and procurement talent in place. Above $1 billion businesses are typically a target of established, enterprise source-to-pay and source-to-contract suites.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

A good way to understand longer end-to-end transit times which under the current scenario have increased dramatically on most of the major trade lanes is to take a closer look at where delays are more likely to happen. Source: project44 Monthly report.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 20, 2023

Being able to manage your contracts in one place, author them, approve them and sign them is a massive productivity boost. Not only that, it also offers a single source of truth, having all of your contract documents and contract management data in one place. We did a Live Demo stream with Cobblestone back in October 2022.

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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? This provides a single source of truth.

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Solvoyo

MARCH 5, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Considering this surge in digital transformation and the changing needs of 2021, here are some insights and tips for embarking on Supply Chain Digital Transformation projects.

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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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Barkers Procurement

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Sunbelt selected the world-class spend management solution provider Coupa Software, choosing to implement the full suite of Coupa products to satisfy a variety of use cases across procurement, invoice automation, inventory, risk management and sourcing.

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Pipefy

AUGUST 10, 2023

In contrast, process intelligence automatically and continuously acquires data at scale, resulting in clear visibility into an organization’s journey towards improving its processes. Reading recommendation: What Is Workflow Management? In comparison, process mining tools extract useful data from sources like event logs.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In our poll, webinar participants saw business partnering, supplier innovation and collaboration, and supply chain risk management as their key areas of focus for procurement. Attijariwafa Bank has successfully implemented a source-to-contract solution with the JAGGAER ONE platform.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

However, topics such as logistics, logistics, physical sourcing and supply chain management are not included in these courses. Supply chain management has therefore come to be seen as a chain that encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and converting and all logistics management activities.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 10, 2024

This supports strategic sourcing efforts. Predicting future spend : By analyzing historical spend data, AI algorithms can create spending forecasts, predict seasonal demand changes, and model the impact of external factors on budgets. This maximizes value from sourcing partnerships.

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Pipefy

MAY 25, 2023

Businesses that make the transition to digital tools to increase efficiency see huge benefits like: Visibility. Employees know the status of all their requests, and approvers have an end-to-end view of requests and needs. Managing data privacy and security Company and employee data security is one of HR’s biggest concerns.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Proactive risk management prevents major losses. Sustainability SCM plays a key role in corporate sustainability initiatives by reducing carbon emissions in transportation and promoting ethical sourcing. Source Sourcing involves identifying suppliers and negotiating pricing, lead times, quality, and other terms.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

When data strategy and business strategy are aligned you can use data investments to pursue new sources of value, and fuel innovation within your organizations in alignment with the organization’s strategic goals. Learn more by exploring the “Data governance for data leaders” ebook.

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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. Gather information Collect information on the processes under consideration for improvement from many sources.

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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. A necessity for sourcing transformation.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2018

“We wanted to freely share and exchange data to become more agile and responsive, and get visibility to what was happening upstream and downstream with supply and demand.” Whiting says it was essential to engage in intensive change management, to ensure that the technology tools were deployed to their full potential.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 25, 2023

Procurement, in its simplest form, is the process by which businesses acquire the goods, services, or works they need from external sources. Through tools like spend analysis, businesses can gain in-depth insights into their spending patterns, identify cost-saving opportunities, and drive strategic sourcing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Recent projects include the digital transformation of a worldwide service and repair parts program; enabling an OEM’s end-to-end supply chain visibility of outsourced manufacturers, assemblers, distribution hubs and 3PL’s; and forming a B2B business development capability for a successful B2C eCommerce company.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 15, 2019

We’ve built a peerless network in the areas of Procurement, Logistics, Change Management, Strategic Sourcing, Planning, and other functional areas in Supply Chain. Supply Chain has also changed tremendously. Supply Chain Management will deliver on that. 18 years of dedicated study will help with that.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 17, 2025

Such a tool guarantees end-to-end visibility on all levels, sending structured reports, alerts, and notifications when there is a high risk of delivery delays or other issues. Advanced Fleet Solutions Issue: Fleet management is the base of any delivery service.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 10, 2025

Estimated Percentage Split Based on industry reports and trends: Leaning Toward Consolidation: 5060% Evidence: The ArcBlue survey (via Kodiak Hub, 2024) shows 72% of procurement organizations lack a full Source-to-Pay (S2P) suite, implying many are dissatisfied with fragmentation and likely considering consolidation.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Leading companies will invest in AI, ML and intelligent workflows to deliver end-to-end forecasting capabilities that utilize real-time feeds from multiple data sources, leveraging hundreds of AI and ML models, to deliver more granular and accurate forecasts and customer insights.

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