Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Complete Source to Pay cycle and Strategic Sourcing Guide An optimized Source-to-Pay (S2P) process helps businesses enhance procurement efficiency, reduce costs, and improve supplier collaboration. Strategic sourcing plays a critical role in this transformation, ensuring organizations secure the best value while mitigating risk.

Strategic sourcing 52

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing Real-time Visibility 52

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As little as 10 years ago, we heard stories of pretty much indifference to risk: “supply risk management was young,” we heard, and “we didn’t worry too much about risk; we spent a very small percentage of our time on it.” In financial services for example,” says Stephen, “the biggest risk concerns are around cyber attacks and data breaches.

Risk management 117

Risk management Risk Import Real-time Visibility 117

Spend Matters

MAY 1, 2025

Approval workflow bottlenecks: Manual approvals cause delays, increasing cycle times and reducing procurement efficiency. Lack of visibility into budgets and contracts: Without real-time tracking, procurement teams risk exceeding budget allocations and violating contract terms.

Real-time Visibility 77

Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting Procurement Supply Chain Optimization 77

Spend Matters

MAY 13, 2025

Without an integrated process, organizations experience: Long invoice processing times, leading to unpredictable cash outflows. Inadequate cash flow visibility Finance teams often lack real-time insight into procurement expenditures, supplier contracts and upcoming financial obligations, making it difficult to forecast cash flow accurately.

Real-time Visibility 85

Real-time Visibility e2e Procurement Suppliers 85

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Primarily, our customers are prioritising supply chain visibility, adopting proactive risk management strategies and staying compliant with evolving regulations. A unified platform providing a single source of truth enables better collaboration, regular oversight and audit readiness.

Risk management 116

Risk management Risk Management Real-time Visibility 116

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Businesses must find effective ways to strengthen their networks and improve flexibility to maintain stability during uncertain times. In supply chain operations, it plays a crucial role in mitigating risks, improving response times, and optimizing workflows. Enhance visibility across the supply chain through structured reports.

Project management 87

Project management Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization 87

Spend Matters

APRIL 16, 2025

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 102

Procurement Real-time Visibility supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency 102

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices. Core strengths Authentic, needs-driven foundation – “Built from the ground up to address real-world challenges, Halo Ai is designed to meet the complex needs of modern third-party risk management.

Supply Chain Efficiency 113

Supply Chain Efficiency Risk management Real-time Visibility Ethics 113

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.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Sourcing e2e Real-time Visibility 52

Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 2, 2025

By harnessing the‍ power of data-driven insights, organizations can navigate these challenging waters with precision and grace. Key Strategies for Navigating Tariff Turmoil: Utilize Data Analytics: Leverage advanced analytics tools to gain deep visibility into supply chain dynamics and identify potential areas of vulnerability.

Supplier relationship management 52

Supplier relationship management Data Suppliers Management 52

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. Supplier diversification across geographies to reduce dependency on high-risk sources. Contract rebalancing to shift tariff liability.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 62

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement 62

Spend Matters

MAY 13, 2025

From automating repetitive tasks to enabling more informed data-driven decision making, the impact of this technology is both significant and rapidly accelerating. Its increasingly evident: GenAI is no longer a future concept; its already reshaping operations in real time.

Real-time Visibility 69

Real-time Visibility Procurement Procurement team Strategic sourcing 69

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 31, 2022

Want to know how a global multibillion-dollar corporation increased their demand visibility by 60% with near real-time data harmonized from myriad sources?

Real-time Visibility 98

Real-time Visibility Data Strategy Demand 98

Spend Matters

JUNE 2, 2025

Tracking performance over time is key to measuring the business value the collaboration is delivers. To align with financial reporting goals, procurement teams should: Improve spend visibility: Validate and accurately report procurement savings to finance.

Sustainability 69

Sustainability supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility 69

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? Automation within the source-to-pay (S2P) cycle from sourcing to payment is redefining how businesses handle suppliers, contracts, quotes, and payments. What is Source-to-Pay (S2P)?

Sourcing 59

Sourcing Real-time Visibility Procurement e2e 59

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Strategic Sourcing Success: Best Practices and Key Strategies Of course, there are many definition s of source-to-pay but put simply, strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. How Has Strategic Sourcing Evolved?

Strategic sourcing 52

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing supply chain software solutions 52

Spend Matters

APRIL 30, 2025

Procurement teams are spread thin and have to manage everything from basic sourcing to board-level ESG compliance. With better visibility and stakeholder alignment, procurement can manage requests more efficiently, reducing risk and boosting resilience. It blends internal and external data to create context-aware decisions.

Suppliers 83

Suppliers Management Real-time Visibility Agile and Lean Supply Chain 83

ivalua

JANUARY 24, 2022

How do Chief Procurement Officers and their teams leverage digital transformation to take control of their data and better deliver against their strategic objectives? . Johan, can you give us a bit of background on the digital transformation journey at Booz Allen and the role of data? What role did data play on a day-to-day basis?

Data 130

Data Real-time Visibility Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency 130

Spend Matters

MAY 6, 2025

Reducing the total cost of procurement through supplier negotiations and sourcing strategies. Why alignment matters Strategic alignment between finance and procurement unlocks better financial visibility, stronger risk control and operational efficiency.

Supply Chain Optimization 83

Supply Chain Optimization Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement 83

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

A comprehensive Source-to-Pay platform is a critical component of an organization’s IT environment. What is Source-to-Pay? The Source-to-Pay process itself is quite broad but it covers most if not all the aspects of a procurement organization, at least from a process and technology perspective.

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

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.

Real-time Visibility 73

Real-time Visibility Procurement e2e Supply Chain Efficiency 73

Skill Dynamics

JANUARY 7, 2025

Global conflicts, macroeconomic shocks, and shifting global trade routes are all combining to provide real challenges to modern supply chains, and are driving the uncertainty that organizations feel. A lack of resilience can cause disruptions and delays to sourcing, transportation, or even manufacturing all of which lead to higher costs.

Supply chain resilience 90

Supply chain resilience Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency 90

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

I have some real context of this, living in NYC and having a family member that works at a hospital. While it is a difficult time, you have to also applaud the heroic efforts of this industry as a whole. According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 219

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 219

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

They may not consider potential issues of integrations, supplier onboarding, supply chain data management, change management and system optimization, all of which add to complexity and costs. Sustainable master data management and governance: As much as 55% of projects fail due to data management issues.

supply chain budgeting 221

supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency 221

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

For example, many reports show that the adoption of e-sourcing by best-in-class companies has stagnated at 60% – 70% since 2007. Time and resources can also be a stopping point. Sourcing alone involves the many and often manual processes for RFxs, like RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, etc. Procurement has many moving parts.

Real-time Visibility 116

Real-time Visibility e2e Procurement Negotiation 116

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Spend Matters has been speaking with procurement practitioners and solution providers to get a wide view of how procurement and digital transformation is happening in the real world. And in the real workplace, thats where those decisions come from rather than procurement itself. Do you have your data cleansed? Not yet anyway!

Procurement 77

Procurement Real-time Visibility Change management Data 77

Spend Matters

MARCH 24, 2025

These obstacles can lead to inefficiencies, lack of visibility and misaligned procurement strategies. Leveraging real-time synchronization with SAP ERP, BeNeering eliminates the need for redundant configurations and data duplication, ensuring procurement processes are efficient, transparent and accessible.

Procurement solutions 69

Procurement solutions Real-time Visibility Procurement Market analysis 69

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Collaboration across Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and beyond requires visibility and communication regarding capacity, cost, risk, order quantities, inventory levels, quality , timelines, logistics, and more. Collaboration brings visibility and agility for gaining market share.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Supply Chain Efficiency Suppliers Real-time Visibility 52

SCMDOJO

MAY 7, 2024

Enhancing supply chain resilience as well as supply chain visibility is crucial in today’s interconnected world. The powerful concept of Supply Chain Visibility lies at the core of resilience. Supply Chain Visibility refers to tracking and monitoring the movement of goods, services, and information throughout the supply chain.

Supply Chain Visibility 98

Supply Chain Visibility Real-time Visibility e2e Supply Chain Optimization 98

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2021

– Spend control through real-time visibility into budget consumption, negotiated prices, preferred suppliers, engagement channels. Also, an eprocurement solution provides you with clean spend data, which is the basis for a sound spend analysis and eventually relevant category management. 100% of electronic POs.

Eprocurement 235

Eprocurement Real-time Visibility Purchase orders Purchasing 235

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

A review of the key elements in supplier management for manufacturers and how Source-to-Pay procurement technology can support the journey towards supply chain resilience and agility in times of crisis. Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. Transparency, or ability to scale data, across an organization.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 173

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain resilience Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 173

Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

While full-scale digital transformation certainly takes time, organisations can see rapid improvements in efficiency, collaboration, and data accuracy right from the outset. By automating routine tasks, streamlining communication, and centralising information in one single source of truth, you create tangible quick wins.

Procurement 52

Procurement Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency Purchase orders 52

Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. These portals improve real-time visibility into purchase orders, payment timelines, and dispute resolution, directly enhancing vendor satisfaction. [5]

Strategy 52

Strategy Real-time Visibility Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In IDC’s 2022 Global Supply Chain Survey , they identified that “lack of visibility and resiliency to see necessary changes in time to react effectively” was the most problematic and unaddressed deficiency in modern supply chain management and inventory optimization.

Real-time Visibility 67

Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Inventory 67

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

From rule-based systems to predictive analytics and the generative AI boom, businesses have leveraged these technologies to optimize operations, forecast trends, and create data-driven strategies. They can proactively identify risks, optimize processes in real time, and even negotiate supplier contracts without human oversight.

Supply Chain Efficiency 62

Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain 62

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation.

Sourcing 94

Sourcing Strategy Supply Chain Efficiency e2e 94

ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Innovating to Uncover New Sources of Revenue in the Public Sector. Step 1: Use eProcurement Systems as a Potential Source of Revenue. Thinking of procurement as a new source of revenue is certainly counterintuitive, but it fits the bill of thinking differently. 11 state central procurement offices have other sources of funding.

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Eprocurement Real-time Visibility Contract 130