Spend Matters

MAY 13, 2025

While finance focuses on extending days payable outstanding (DPO) and maintaining liquidity buffers, procurement is driven by supplier relationships, cost reductions and efficiency improvements. Increased compliance risks, stemming from poor oversight of supplier agreements.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 29, 2025

The series follows the methodology described in our Aligning Finance and Procurement in-depth guide , which offers a practical, structured approach to enhancing cash flow visibility, optimizing payment timing, reducing working capital risk and improving liquidity outcomes through closer collaboration between finance and procurement.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration: Fundamental to Elevating Manufacturing Performance Supplier relationships are at the heart of manufacturing performance. That’s why supplier collaboration—that consistent, trusted, and responsive interaction between supplier and manufacturer—is pivotal to manufacturing success.

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Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

TYA Suite

MAY 23, 2025

Managing a successful supply chain requires more than just ensuring products are delivered on time its about building strong, effective partnerships with your suppliers. has an important role to play. Supplier collaboration is essential for optimizing supply chain performance and achieving long-term business success.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

In particular, the integration of Shopify CRM, about which you may read here [link] , is turning out to be an important tactic for businesses that aspire to harmonize their supply chain operations with timely customer insight, personalized service, and elastic fulfillment. Check out this course by Vera Rozanova!

Supply Chain Efficiency 71

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 71

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. Even the most robust ERP systems seem to lack the visibility that organizations are desperate to acquire, and in real-time. Supplier Receipt and acknowledgement ?Supplier

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Supply Chain Visibility Real-time Visibility e2e Agile and Lean Supply Chain 105

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

However, adoption (by teams, by stakeholders, by suppliers) is not a reality for most organizations. Larger organizations likely have matured and updated their tech environment over many years with best-of-breed or suite solutions, so its easier for them to get the organization on board with an end-to-end digital transformation.

Real-time Visibility 114

Real-time Visibility e2e Procurement Negotiation 114

Procurement Tactics

JULY 20, 2023

In this article, we will explore what supplier order management software is, its benefits, and some of the best software options available in the market. Defining Supplier Order Management Before diving into the software itself, let’s first understand what is Supplier Order Management.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A recent report by Maersk and Reuters Events highlights that 68% of companies are making supply chain visibility and monitoring solutions a top priority. The Visibility Challenge: Why Seeing Clearly Matters A major insight from the report is the visibility gap, particularly with tier 2 and tier 3 suppliers.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain 52

Pipefy

JUNE 5, 2024

This approach to taking your business to the next level often involves end-to-end (E2E) processes to deliver solutions. What is an end-to-end process? The end-to-end philosophy emphasizes eliminating middle layers and steps to increase efficiency, performance, and cost savings.

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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 Tactics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

It optimizes the cash flow that enables the business to lengthen its payment terms to its suppliers while providing an option for when a supplier will be paid. While suppliers can gain quick access to money the buyer owes them, the latter can get more time to pay their balances. Ultimate Supplier Plotting Checklist 2022.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 4, 2025

Prompted by a question I had received from one of my readers regarding the impact of an M&A on procurement, and in particular the departments relationship with suppliers, I thought that I would share the following with you. The lack of end-to-end connectivity delayed efforts to streamline operations across its growing portfolio.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 81

Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Optimization e2e 81

Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

In this article, we are going to explore what procurement tracking is, its importance in business and the tools to be used when conducting it for its efficient execution. Procurement Tracking: Why is it Important? It typically looks for details such as supplier information, item descriptions, quantities, prices, or arrival dates.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement supply chain software solutions supply chain budgeting 178

Procurement Tactics

MAY 22, 2023

It also requires close collaboration and coordination among all the stakeholders in the supply chain, including suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Why is it important? It is important as it enables organizations to respond quickly and accurately to changes in the market and customer demand.

Logistics 207

Logistics supply chain software solutions supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization 207

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

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. The public needs spend and supplier selection transparency.

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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.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Sourcing e2e Real-time Visibility 52

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A Complete Guide Strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. 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.

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ivalua

APRIL 6, 2021

Contract lifecycle management is the management of a company’s end-to-end contracting process with its suppliers, customers and other third parties. Effective contract management is important to the success of a business and contract lifecycle management software enables digitization and automation of this critical process.

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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. HACCP, FSMA, GFSI).

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Real-time Visibility e2e Suppliers Contract 60

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 26, 2021

Common Mistakes in Importing and Exporting! Food importing and exporting article and permission to publish here provided by Emma Wilson. More business people shift their focus to the food commodity import and export. How do you establish your brand in the highly competitive food importing and exporting marketplace?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

So why is it that the Supply Chain in so many companies is being run without the end to end visibility needed to even function, yet which we have in our personal lives? In this age of exponential growth in digital connectivity the time has come to ensure you have End to End Supply Chain visibility.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Beeline Extended Workforce Platform will interact with Ivalua’s comprehensive spend management platform, enabling clients to acquire talent, manage contingent labor, and optimize their external workforce seamlessly from a complete source-to-pay platform which enables the management of all suppliers and spend categories.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 8, 2023

We will tell you the importance and some of the most common methods used in inventory management. Why is it Important? Keeping track of inventory is an important part of running a business. One reason why inventory management is so important is that it helps ensure that there are enough products available for customers to buy.

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ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

But why is this so important for business, and what does it mean for prospects and customers? How important is this partnership to both Ivalua & TransferMate? This allows for part-payments, quality or milestone-based contract terms, even payment on receipt to be visible to the supplier, finance, treasury, and the buyers.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility e2e Buyers 130

ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. Many large organizations implement a Procure to Pay platform with the aim to deliver efficiency, visibility, simplicity, and compliance.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

They also want transparency, but in their case, it is visibility into new bids, the state of existing bids, awards, and payment status. All systems must make it possible to track and report on what is being done with funds so that taxpayers have sufficient understanding and trust the decisions being made. Frankly, they are struggling.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Similar to how CRM manages everything around the customer, an S2P platform manages everything around the supplier. ​ It is a crucial process for organizations that are looking to streamline their procurement activities, better manage spend and suppliers and increase operational efficiency. What is Source-to-Pay?

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

ivalua

JUNE 27, 2022

With new accelerated payment capabilities, users can more readily capture supplier discounts, support growth, and strengthen the supply chain. . Why is this new C2FO partnership important? C2FO: Buyers on the Ivalua platform can pay their suppliers early and proactively set goals for return on their cash. It Pays to Partner!

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TYA Suite

MAY 23, 2025

Important compliance documents get missed or expire without anyone noticing. This involves evaluating various potential vendors based on several important factors. It is important to clearly define expectations, roles, and responsibilities from the start. Staying compliant with industry regulations is a critical challenge.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 23, 2022

We will also discuss its importance and the stages of the contract management process. Contract management, also known as contract lifecycle management, in the field of procurement refers to the handling of end-to-end contracting with the suppliers and other third parties of an organization. . What is Contract Management?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 16, 2019

Supplier Relationships – Don’t go over to the Dark Side! Shortly after I joined the Commodity/Category Management Procurement organization I was invited to attend the annual Strategic Supplier Awards event. There were Executives from dozens of Suppliers in attendance. Suppliers may be called Preferred or Tactical.

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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. The procure to pay process covers several stages from raising a purchase request to processing the invoice and paying suppliers. Working with reputable suppliers is a key aspect of the.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 28, 2023

At the same time, the importance and criticality of services spend for organizations hasn’t shrunk (on the contrary …) nor the need to address typical challenges and hurdles inherent to complex service categories: inefficient processes, lack of control and low spend visibility.

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e2e Sourcing Real-time Visibility Contract 98

ivalua

JANUARY 27, 2021

3 Top Digital Transformation Blockers: Although 86% of AP professionals served by Hackett Group say digital transformation of the Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process is of “critical” or “major” importance, few have been successful in making it happen. They also have a highly automated supplier onboarding process.

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e2e Real-time Visibility Suppliers Supply Chain Optimization 26

TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

But what exactly does procurement operations mean, and why is it so important? Why its important: Correctly identifying the needs early helps avoid unnecessary purchases and ensures that the company isnt overstocked on items it doesnt require. The PO serves as an official record of the transaction between the buyer and the supplier.

Procurement 40

Procurement supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Raw materials 40

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? Tactical Versus Strategic Sourcing.

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