Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Spend Matters constantly updates its understanding of the state of the procurement tech market via RFIs for our SolutionMap dataset, vendor interviews, global event attendance and product demos with the aim of keeping tech-selection decision makers ahead of market trends. What are the challenges and asks of your customers?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement is a function that is undergoing an exciting transformation in the majority of global value chains; simultaneously, within its own strategy, process, and technology. This is an exciting time to be a procurement practitioner, as well as a vendor of ProcureTech solutions.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The role of procurement extends beyond transactional activities. A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. What is a procurement strategy?

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Strategic Sourceror

JULY 11, 2022

Organizations that have utilized traditional procure-to-pay (P2P) solutions are experiencing the need to monitor spend efficiency more closely. Leaders are prompted to seek more robust solutions— while lowering costs —and find that a comprehensive source-to-pay (S2P) platform is the answer. Learn more about how Corcentric can help you.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Introduction Brief Explanation of Managed Procurement Services In today’s interconnected business world, the seamless acquisition of goods and services is paramount to the smooth operation of any organization. This is where managed procurement services come into the picture.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 23, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. 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. . My name is Marijn Overvest, I'm the founder of Procurement Tactics.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Strategic procurement, or procurement strategic planning, is a data-driven process that helps businesses align procurement and business goals. What is strategic procurement? This also leads to more advantageous strategic sourcing. Why is strategic procurement important?

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Introduction Brief Explanation of Managed Procurement Services In today’s interconnected business world, the seamless acquisition of goods and services is paramount to the smooth operation of any organization. This is where managed procurement services come into the picture.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 11, 2023

The need for efficient and error-proof procurement processes has never been greater. Following recent unprecedented events and disruptions, one thing has become clear: procurement optimization is no longer just about cost-effectiveness or efficiency. . What is procurement transformation?

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Empowering CPO

JULY 2, 2023

Introduction In an increasingly complex global market, procurement services have become more than just a business necessity; they are a strategic linchpin that can significantly impact a company’s bottom line. At EmpoweringCPO, we believe in the power of smart procurement to drive business success.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Why Procurement Transformation Can Fail! The duties of procurement managers are diverse, ranging from creating solicitations to collaborating with vendors. The importance of digital procurement is increasing rapidly. Along with cost savings, procurement managers are focusing on optimizing and automating processes.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Kristie Syndikus, VP Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods! Other industries that don’t ship physical goods (for example Financial Services or Insurance) have adopted sophisticated Strategic Sourcing methodology for their Procurement. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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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. How to Improve Strategic Supplier Relationship Management. Procurement Automation: 5 Tasks You Should be Automating.

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Procurement Software

MAY 16, 2023

Buying Procure-to-Pay software (P2P) can bring huge benefits to your business. Having a single platform for the entire procurement process is not only a simple and efficient way to work. It can liberate procurement professionals by automating much of the drudgery zone of administrative and operational procurement.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

US procurement startups are killing it. It’s no surprise that in the home of big tech, Silicon Valley and seemingly endless VC investors, there’s a thriving and diverse procurement tech ecosystem. Let’s have a look at the who’s who in the American procurement startup space. Hot diggity dawg!

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 25, 2023

Understanding Procurement and its Business Significance At the heart of every thriving business is an effective and efficient procurement process. Procurement, in its simplest form, is the process by which businesses acquire the goods, services, or works they need from external sources. Introduction A.

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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. The rise of digital has a big part to play in that, with end-to-end visibility, S&OP, network planning, and AI and Blockchain will change it even more.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 23, 2024

From the capital and beyond, German procurement startups are chipping away at a conservative business culture, making leaps and bounds towards modernising our profession. Our other article on 25 hottest European procurement startups features those German startups making waves way beyond their borders.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 5, 2023

Digitalization is no longer the leading edge of procurement innovation — it’s the new industry standard. Businesses of every size and in every industry are using digital procurement to standardize processes, unify systems, and contain costs. Companies that still rely on manual procurement processes are at a competitive disadvantage.

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Jaggaer

JULY 7, 2020

Over time, this engagement has expanded globally and is still focused on one of the most testing categories of sourcing and contract management within procurement: transport and logistics. In 2019 the company decided to embark on a project to implement global dashboards for sourcing and contracting events.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 4, 2023

Procurement is a mission-critical business process. But the inherent complexity of the procurement process means that it’s also prone to inefficiencies, errors, and broken handoffs. That makes procurement automation more important than ever. That makes procurement automation more important than ever. Containing costs.

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Pipefy

JUNE 14, 2023

Spend analysis in procurement provides teams with actionable insights and improvements to optimize existing procurement processes, reduce costs, increase efficiency, generate bottom-line business value, and grow competitive advantages. Spend analysis is necessary for strategic sourcing. What is spend data?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Sixty-five percent of procurement practitioners say procurement at their company is becoming more collaborative with suppliers, according to The Future of Procurement, Making Collaboration Pay Off, by Oxford Economics. They may even take over the provisioning of an entire end-to-end solution. Shorter lead times.

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World of Procurement podcast

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Hey Procurement Legends, I had an awesome chat with Natasha, the COO of Paid which is a Procurement automation platform. I do encourage you to check out their product and think about how it may help you in your day-to-day procurement work. It just happens that these sit within the realms of procurement. What is Paid?

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Pipefy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A company’s procurement department is driven by various processes and teams, including purchasing and accounts payable. One of the tactical processes leveraged to realize strategic goals is the source-to-pay process. S2P begins much earlier than P2P within procurement and encompasses many additional steps than P2P.

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Procurement Software

JULY 18, 2023

When you think of the best purchasing software solutions for SMEs, or procurement tech in general, you probably think “expensive” This list of 15 procurement tools specifically targeted to smaller and growing businesses will prove it’s not so. Source-to-Contract (S2C) 1. How do you define an SME?

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HICX

AUGUST 4, 2022

We took the opportunity at World Procurement Congress 2022 to ask leading practitioners and supplier experience experts for their thoughts on what this means for how we work with suppliers and the importance of understanding the suppliers’ perspective. Suppliers’ Perspective: Why it Matters?

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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. How does S2P in Procurement add more value?

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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 is P2P in Procurement?

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