Spend Matters

MAY 13, 2025

We introduced our series on aligning finance and procurement for cash flow optimization and liquidity in this Executive Summary. We then outlined the components of Phase 1: Understanding the Foundations , looking at the differing priorities of finance and procurement and how they might be aligned.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 29, 2025

This article serves as the executive summary of a six-part series built for finance and procurement leaders aiming to strengthen their organizations cash flow management and liquidity position. Cash flow management is no longer an isolated finance function, it requires end-to-end coordination across teams and systems.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Modern procurement needs have far surpassed transaction management; procurement is now a critical component in driving strategic value across businesses and AI has become a key tool in procurement teams back pockets. In short, AI is making manufacturing procurement faster, smarter and more resilient than ever.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

A procure-to-pay solution offers a seamless process from point of order to payment. At Ivalua, we’ve seen how a Procure-to-Pay business process ensures sustained benefits through good buying practices, improves visibility and swifter issue resolution, and enables proactive management of suppliers. Reduced errors, fraud and risk.

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ivalua

APRIL 6, 2021

A Guide to Contract Management Tools and Processes including a guide to the key steps of the Contract Lifecycle Management Process and to the benefits that using Contract Management software can bring to your Procurement processes. An Overview of Contract Lifecycle Management.

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Procurement Tactics

DECEMBER 20, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2023. Contract Lifecycle Management Software — The Ultimate Guide of 2023. Integrating contract lifecycle management software is one of the best ways to manage contracts in a company. In this article, we will discuss what contract lifecycle management software is.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 3, 2025

For many Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), the real message was clear: Volatility is back, and this time, it demands faster, more coordinated and more data-driven responses. And they are testing the limits of procurements preparedness. Contract rebalancing to shift tariff liability. These stories illustrate a broader point.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 23, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Contract Management Process — Everything You Should Know. The contract management process is an essential part of the organization to handle contracts with its third parties. For this article, we will talk about what the contract management process is. First Name.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. What is Procurement Tracking? Procurement Tracking is the process of monitoring and managing procurement activities.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2019

If you live in a city, state or country, which everybody does, your life and the lives of your family and friends is impacted directly by Procurement. No, I’m not referring to the Procurement department of your company (although, if Ivalua has anything to do about it, there are lots of interesting things happening there too).

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 18, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Supplier relationship management software is a very important factor for procurement managers to strengthen their relationship with their suppliers. Thus, enabling them to make smarter decisions regarding procurement strategies. . First Name. Download Free Whitepaper ?. ?.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The Role of Agentic AI in Supply Chains Supply chains are dynamic and complex, requiring continuous decision-making across multiple functions, from procurement and inventory management to logistics and demand forecasting. Analyzes supplier performance, market trends, and contract terms.

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Pipefy

APRIL 22, 2025

If youre in procurement or supply chain, chances are youve wondered: How can I rethink this process, make smarter decisions, and still save time? Procurement automation. Automation within the source-to-pay (S2P) cycle from sourcing to payment is redefining how businesses handle suppliers, contracts, quotes, and payments.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Like it or not, Procurement and Supply teams are in the midst of a digital revolution that looks set only to advance. So whats the challenge for Procurement, and why is it tougher for Procurement than many other functions (like HR or Finance) to make tech work for them? Procurement has many moving parts.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Everything You Need to Know End-to-end process and end-to-end solution may be one of the most overworked phrases in business and IT. The term refers to the entire journeyfrom finding suppliers and negotiating contracts to finalizing agreements and making the final payment for goods. What is Source to Pay (S2P)?

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 6, 2024

To what degree does a breakdown or inefficiency at one point have a ripple effect through the other E2E touchpoints? So, how much supply chain visibility is “too much visibility” in relation to what happens at some unseen point down the chain?

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Procurement transparency exists within the public sector because it is required by law. Suppliers need bidding and contract transparency. It is one thing to make tenders public, and another to offer suppliers visibility into the end-to-end bid management process and final award decisions.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Viparis has chosen Ivalua and CKS to equip its Procurement department with a software suite that meets the challenges of an exceptional deadline for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and will help sustain the Group’s growth. The solution implemented is based on a “pre-configuration” that combines the reference functionalities of e-Procurement.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The process creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. That means negotiating a medium to long-term contract to support security of supply and having a contingency plan in place in the event of problems.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Supply chain management and contract lifecycle management are key ingredients to business success. The journey from idea to end product to shipment and delivery is exciting, yes, but rather complicated — fueled with many moving parts. Investing in improved contract lifecycle management (CLM) is thus essential. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 26, 2021

Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Supply Chain visibility article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Miglio. I’ve worked for major manufacturers in CPG, Automotive, and Defense Contracting, and I can honestly say that some of the largest organizations are nowhere near accomplishing this.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 25, 2025

PME is not only an opportunity to warm up the market but also ensuring that any issued RFP can be met, specifications and conditions are fit for purpose and the opportunity to add innovation into the procurement and Contract and Supplier management process.” Here’s how: 1.

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Spend Matters

MAY 21, 2024

Spend Matters chose Intake and Orchestration as its main research theme for this quarter because we believe it is the fastest-growing procurement tech market segment today. If you’d like to understand more about what intake management and orchestration mean for procurement, read our Guide to Intake and Orchestration.

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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.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The Power of Source-to-Pay Digital Transformation To put it briefly, source-to-pay refers to the entire process that starts with finding, negotiating with, and contracting the suppliers of materials, goods and services, and culminates in the final payment for those items. These begin with enhanced visibility.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 2, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: Chevron was IN NO WAY involved with the following assessment, although I think they will find it to be an interesting read because it leverages their known capabilities and aligns them with my prior research and discussions on procurement efficiency, Shared Services, and Hansens RAM principles.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . They’re also ramping up usage in contract management. . The gap between procurement and finance is also a factor to consider that creates additional complexity.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . They’re also ramping up usage in contract management. . The gap between procurement and finance is also a factor to consider that creates additional complexity.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

AdaptOne could provide significant value to Byrne Dairy , a food and beverage company, by optimizing and digitizing its procurement operations particularly in supplier management , compliance tracking , and procurement workflow visibility. Impact: Centralized procurement ecosystem, data consistency, and reduced duplication.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Spend Matters is publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and services providers in the market. Today, for procurement organizations too, applying an AI-first approach has become imperative, especially in the source-to-pay process.

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TYA Suite

MAY 23, 2025

The answer often lies in disconnected systems, manual workflows, and a lack of visibility between procurement and finance teams. Procure to pay automation addresses these issues by digitizing and streamlining the entire cycle, from to invoice payment. Once a purchase request is submitted, it enters an automated approval process.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

If they needed contract management, they put a contract management system in place. They also want transparency, but in their case, it is visibility into new bids, the state of existing bids, awards, and payment status. Given these needs, let’s think back to the current state of public procurement technology.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 19, 2025

THE TAKEAWAY: “Without using strand commonality within an agent-based development and implementation model, AI, Generative AI, or Agentic AI integration into the procurement process will fail!” Significance : This system marked one of the early large-scale attempts to digitize procurement within a major governmental organization.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. Previously published on Capgemini’s website.

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Una

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Disruptive Power of Digital Procurement. For old-school procurement professionals , going digital may simply mean moving away from paper-based processes. Digital procurement game-changers. Procurement Automation: 5 Tasks You Should be Automating. Digital enablement in procurement starts with data.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Contract Logistics is a critical aspect of the supply chain that often remains behind the scenes but plays a significant role in ensuring the efficient movement and management of goods. Read More: 6 Logistics KPIs Attributes That are Essential ] What is Contract Logistics?

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