Spend Matters

MAY 13, 2025

When these priorities are not harmonized, misalignments emerge that can weaken cash flow management and working capital optimization. ” This impacts both cash management and financial reporting. Improving cash forecasting through procurement insights can lead to more strategic liquidity management.

Real-time Visibility 85

Real-time Visibility e2e Procurement Suppliers 85

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

A comprehensive Source-to-Pay platform is a critical component of an organization’s IT environment. Similar to how CRM manages everything around the customer, an S2P platform manages everything around the supplier. ​ What is Source-to-Pay? Sourcing: Where Procurement often creates value first.

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

Pipefy

APRIL 22, 2025

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)? Before we talk about making it smarter, its worth reviewing what the source-to-pay journey actually covers. Procurement automation.

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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?

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Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing supply chain software solutions 52

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. This means better compliance, fewer disruptions and greater efficiency in managing supplier relationships.

Real-time Visibility 73

Real-time Visibility Procurement e2e Supply Chain Efficiency 73

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.

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Sourcing Strategy Supply Chain Efficiency e2e 94

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.

e2e 40

e2e Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions supply chain budgeting 40

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 7, 2020

In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic the need for complete, end to end Supply Chain visibility has never been more important! The necessity for visibility started with store shelves being emptied of toilet paper , food, and various household items. Full visibility as to your whereabouts exists and is used every day.

Supply Chain Visibility 88

Supply Chain Visibility e2e Real-time Visibility supply chain software solutions 88

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

This leap in AI capabilities is revolutionizing industries, and AI-driven supply chain management is no exception. 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.

Supply Chain Efficiency 62

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

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. Sourcing alone involves the many and often manual processes for RFxs, like RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, etc. Analysts and research firms have all reached the same conclusion. Procurement has many moving parts.

Real-time Visibility 116

Real-time Visibility e2e Procurement Negotiation 116

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

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. Solution: Automate end-to-end processes. Pain-Point: Manage supplier risk and visibility.

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e2e Procurement Budget Contract 147

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.

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

Spend Matters

AUGUST 28, 2023

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis Update, we give an updated overview of Zivio, a solution that helps organizations (buying organizations and MSPs) manage sourcing for complex services categories, such as legal, marketing or facilities management. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

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e2e Sourcing Real-time Visibility Contract 98

Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 23, 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. So without further ado, let’s start uncovering contract management. .

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Contract management Contract supply chain software solutions Management 130

Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 19, 2022

Vendor Management Best Practices — The Ultimate Guide of 2022. Vendor management best practices are utilized to boost business growth and productivity. For this article, we will discuss what the best practices in vendor management are. We will also share the benefits of vendor management that will captivate you to use it. .

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Spend Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Compliance and risk management is a growing and interesting use case of GenAI for procurement, finance and, of course, legal operations. Its uptake is only going to grow as organizations begin to rely on its power to tackle big business issues, such as third-party risk management (TPRM). 20 years ago, risk management was way simpler.

Real-time Visibility 112

Real-time Visibility Management e2e Risk management 112

Spend Matters

APRIL 5, 2023

Categories: Contract Management , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Solution Providers , Source-to-Contract Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Spendflo and its solution for SaaS procurement and management.

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2021

REV Group embarked on its sourcing and procurement transformation earlier this year, which included four appointments to REV’s global sourcing and supply chain team, representing the Fire & Emergency, Commercial and Recreation segments. Benefits include: Shortened sourcing cycle times. 100% visibility of sourcing processes.

Supply Chain Efficiency 130

Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain Competitive bidding 130

ivalua

JUNE 11, 2019

Some of the objectives Ivalua typically has together with its Public Sector customers include: More Efficient Government: Make it easier to do business with government, maximizing automation and end-to-end Procurement cycle time. Supplier Management: Enhanced supplier document management, diversity self-identification and validation.

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Procurement e2e Real-time Visibility Competitive bidding 169

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

If they needed contract management, they put a contract management system in place. If they needed an ERP system or a workforce management system, they would define their requirements and either select a system to implement or build their own. . Frankly, they are struggling.

e2e 145

e2e Bidding Contract management Contract 145

ivalua

OCTOBER 6, 2021

New partnership will allow seamless management of external workers and contingent staffing within a single source-to-pay suite. Beeline and Ivalua will deliver an end-to-end solution where businesses can manage all categories of spend, suppliers, and talent engagements—cost effectively and in compliance.” .

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e2e Spend management Suppliers Sourcing 130

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration vs. Supplier Relationship Management What good is having the best suppliers if you can’t communicate well enough to leverage their products and skills? The primary goals of SRM are to foster hand-in-glove supplier relationships, manage risk, and optimize the value chain.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

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.

Real-time Visibility 60

Real-time Visibility e2e Suppliers Contract 60

Spend Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

One area of significant potential that is often overlooked is tail spend management. Historically, a lack of dedicated tools and/or a concentrated focus of investments on strategic spend categories have deterred procurement teams from developing effective solutions to manage the tail.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Working within a resilient global supply chain results in complexities around basic matters like communication, time zones and languages, along with more challenging aspects like risk management, compliance and sustainability. Third-party risk management through a specialized vendor moves beyond the onboarding and intake process.

Supply Chain Efficiency 113

Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility Management supply chain software solutions 113

Procurement Insights

APRIL 1, 2025

Unlike end-to-end Source-to-Pay (S2P) platforms (e.g., sourcing, supplier management, invoicing). AdaptOne for supplier onboarding, GEP for strategic sourcing) rather than purchasing a comprehensive S2P suite with unused features (e.g., Comparison to End-to-End S2P S2P Non-Usage: 30-40% unused (e.g., $15K-$400K

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e2e Real-time Visibility Sourcing Strategic sourcing 52

Procurement Tactics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We will tell you how it works and how you can manage it. Additionally, we will discuss the three processes of financial supply chain management. The buyer can also source capital from banks or other financial providers at a lower cost or interest. . What is Financial Supply Chain Management? How Does it Work?

Supply Chain Efficiency 181

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain 181

ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Jarrod McAdoo, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Ivalua. Tools for business optimization and risk management (including AI) — Improve business planning accuracy and decision making frameworks. Risk management. For example, Procurement would probably not select or manage the company’s tax advisor or specialized legal services.

Data 100

Data Suppliers Management Procurement 100

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To customers — Everstream Analytics has collected over 3 trillion data points over the last 10 years and processes 8 million sources daily, enabling exceptional risk and predictive analytics for customers.

Risk management 98

Risk management Supply Chain Optimization Risk Supply chain 98

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Orsay (France), September 02, 2019 – Viparis has chosen e-Procurement software vendor Ivalua and Consulting firm CKS to optimize the management of supplier relations, source-to-contract (purchase orders, calls for tender and contracts), expense analysis and measurement of Procurement performance.

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e2e Procurement Purchase orders Project management 133

Strategic Sourceror

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As any supply chain professional will tell you, managing various day-to-day operations and keeping track of everything going on in the supply chain are among the most difficult parts of the job. Why is visibility so important? Reduced costs Ultimately, visibility boils down into long-term operational efficiency.

e2e 67

e2e supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 67

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. How well a company manages its supply chain processes can directly impact its bottom line.

Contract 97

Contract supply chain budgeting Management Supply Chain Efficiency 97

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

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. Worse still, a lack of structure might suggest that no one is truly managing the spend. Suppliers need bidding and contract transparency.

e2e 113

e2e Procurement Bidding Contract 113

IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Instead of freezing your way through the holidays, consider taking a more proactive stance to diagnose, handle and react to outages during these peak periods (and all the time, really) with an AI-powered approach to incident management.

e2e 115

e2e Real-time Visibility Management Data 115

Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

While many manufacturers rely on ERP systems for procurement, these platforms are designed for broad business management rather than the intricate demands of sourcing, supplier collaboration, and cost control in a manufacturing environment. This capability minimizes downtime and maximizes resource utilization.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization 52

Spend Matters

JULY 10, 2023

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Proactis and its solution for source-to-pay (S2P). The complexity of S2P with its use of multiple systems to address each aspect it covers, manual processes, data quality issues and process variations can make managing the end-to-end process difficult.

Market analysis 98

Market analysis e2e Contract management Spend management 98

Jaggaer

APRIL 24, 2025

Supply chain management typically does not fit very well with procurement, which is a challenge at the best of times, and can be a disaster in difficult times. We need to rewrite these systems and introduce new taxonomies to manage hyper-variability. And insight is what we got, in spades. Our thinking is still siloed.

Demand 52

Demand Logistics Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization 52