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.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 6, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, FL–(10/7/2021) – Beeline , the leading technology solution provider for managing the extended workforce, and Ivalua , a global leader in cloud Spend Management solutions, announce a partnership which incorporates contingent staffing into the total procurement spend solution. . About Ivalua.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Jarrod McAdoo, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Ivalua. Gartner predicts that by 2023, organizations that don’t optimize supplier master data management (MDM) could have wrong information for half of their suppliers! Tip #3 – Managing your supplier data must be ongoing, so plan that way. .

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 19, 2025

Notable among these were: Ariba Buyer : Ariba was a leading provider of e-procurement solutions, offering platforms that enabled organizations to manage their procurement processes efficiently. Manugistics : Focused on supply chain and logistics, Manugistics provided procurement tools to enhance sourcing and supplier management.

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2021

As part of the partnership with Consus, REV has implemented Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, to achieve a more focused and faster source-to-contract cycle. 100% visibility of sourcing processes. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management solutions.

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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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Spend Matters

JULY 10, 2023

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. Organizations need to invest in technologies that improve visibility and control over the entire S2P process.

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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.

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Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

For example, Nipendos cloud-based automation enables Amex to handle supplier onboarding, invoice reconciliation, and payments nativelyareas where Ramp excels (e.g., Strategic Fit: Amex aimed to build an end-to-end B2B platform (Anna Marrs, Amex), enhancing its supplier-side offerings beyond card issuance. manufacturing).

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

Contract Lifecycle Management Evisort , which was once a promising contract analytics upstart looking to disrupt the market with its strong AI and post-signature capabilities, has evolved into a well-rounded, end-to-end CLM provider that can compete for both mid-market and large enterprise customers.

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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? However, whats really missing hereneeds analysis.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 21, 2024

As described by our analysts : Intake management is not just about the actual request itself but ensuring that the request flows smoothly along its workflows, from department to department and (when applicable) technology to technology. Intake can support payments, sourcing, supplier onboarding, contracts and other use cases.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Risk reduction is especially important in the supply chain, where leaders are focused on supply and supplier transparency to assess vulnerabilities. Most surprisingly, in recently released research by Economist Impact sponsored by SAP, we have seen a dramatic shift in the market in terms of the need for better spend analysis capability.

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Procurement Software

MAY 16, 2023

The software automates workflows and approvals, manages supplier catalogues, and provides real-time analytics for better decision-making. The module also includes features such as contract management, invoice processing, and payment processing. They are not an end-to-end procurement software suite.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This shift responds to the growing need for unified platforms that provide end-to-end process visibility, essential for global corporations seeking to streamline their procurement operations. Fragmented workflows, scattered supplier information, and lack of full source-to-payment traceability are no longer acceptable.

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Jaggaer

MAY 6, 2025

Designed to streamline and optimise the entire procurement process for businesses, it integrates advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive analytics to provide end-to-end solutions for sourcing, supplier management, contract management, procurement and invoicing.

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TYA Suite

APRIL 13, 2025

Without a proper system, it becomes harder to track budgets, follow company rules, and manage suppliers. They submit a formal request, which managers review for necessity and cost-effectiveness. Once approved, the business selects a trusted supplier, negotiates terms, and sends a purchase order.

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Barkers Procurement

APRIL 7, 2025

Determined to transform the way they work, they embarked on a bold journey, choosing Coupa as their cutting-edge spend management platform and partnering with Barkers for expert implementation. While it had served its purpose, this was a chance to modernise, unlocking cost savings, efficiency, and better spend visibility.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Or alternatively, as senior managers we only see the end results of procurement as figures on a spreadsheet or a financial statement, with little awareness of how they are arrived at and how they can be improved. To understand whats really going on we need, first, to step back and get a holistic view of the end-to-end process.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 30, 2024

From procure-to-pay software to spend management and analysis tools, procurement technologies are disrupting the status quo and bringing efficiency to teams like never before. Consolidating all P2P activities in one place will provide a better experience for employees, requesters, and suppliers. Supplier performance management.

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

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Spend management and procurement will play a key role in enabling banks to achieve their efficiency targets while managing supply chain risks,” he added. In our poll, webinar participants saw business partnering, supplier innovation and collaboration, and supply chain risk management as their key areas of focus for procurement.

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Pipefy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

To do this, procurement teams require visibility into their data, control over their processes, and a seat at the business strategy table. By working with procurement, connecting disparate systems, implementing fraud controls for these specific areas, tracking end-to-end vulnerabilities across financial and operational processes is possible.

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Pipefy

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Procurement solutions encompass a wide range of specific functions due to the many aspects of the procurement process, including purchase requests centralization, procure-to-pay, sourcing, budget management, supplier management, and forecasting. What are e-procurement tools? The features of these solutions can vary widely.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 20, 2023

SimpliContract SimpliContract is a SaaS-based, AI-powered end-to-end enterprise contract authoring and lifecycle management platform. You can use Contract Insight to manage everything from contracts (drafting, authorising, signing, and tracking), to compliance, workflows, vendor management, and risk governance.

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Procurement Software

APRIL 4, 2023

To maintain our place in the spotlight, these digital procurement software platforms must optimise the user experience for the end user. That applies to both your internal stakeholders and suppliers. However, the end user and the supplier must also be placed at the centre of the user experience.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

Raindrop Raindrop is one of a number of US procurement startups offering enterprise-level spend management platforms. The software was founded by a group of seasoned procurement professionals who have developed a full-suite spend management platform with two overriding principles: time to value and ease of use.

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Real-time Visibility supply chain software solutions Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Arkestro

JUNE 6, 2023

Limited Risk Transparency When it comes to where the majority of direct spending comes from, 70% of CFOs feel they have good visibility into top tier suppliers. However, just 15% of CFOs feel like they have visibility into tier two suppliers and beyond — a major blind spot. Plus, our tool is proactive.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

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

Barkers Procurement

DECEMBER 5, 2024

With a set of aging systems and processes which were coming to the end of their life, the business recognised there was an opportunity to invest in technology that would revolutionise their procurement process, whilst simultaneously delivering efficiencies, cost reduction and improving governance.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 7, 2023

The digital P2P process provides intelligent transaction automation between your company, suppliers and their receipt of payments. It begins when you requisition goods or services, and ends with the payment transaction. One of the first things to be digitised was the transfer of money from customer to supplier, via bank transfer.

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Sourcing supply chain software solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 64

Procurement Software

JULY 4, 2023

It can help organisations reduce costs, optimise supplier relationships and increase compliance. Ultimately, digital procurement enables organisations to enhance the overall procurement experience, as well as increase efficiencies and transform their end-to-end procurement function. What is procurement tech?

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Pipefy

JUNE 15, 2023

This end-to-end system’s built-in collaboration and data analysis tools eliminate process friction commonly created by manual or disjointed workflows. These solutions also save money on sourcing , which is the process of identifying and assessing suppliers.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 5, 2023

Other motives for automating procurement include solving for high error rates, reducing manual work, and adding visibility to the different workflows and processes that fall under the procurement process umbrella. Enhancing visibility and control. Enhancing visibility and control. Managing procurement is a complex undertaking.

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Feature highlights include: Easy to use five-category classifications, best in class enterprise taxonomy, the ability to gain insights from trend analysis and organisation behaviours, 100% spend visibility and proprietary machine learning algorithms designed to deliver accuracy. M&A) The solution gives you full spend visibility.

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Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Procurement Real-time Visibility 59

Procurement Software

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The digital P2P process provides intelligent transaction automation between your company, suppliers and their receipt of payments. It begins when you requisition goods or services, and ends with the payment transaction. One of the first things to be digitised was the transfer of money from customer to supplier, via bank transfer.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing supply chain software solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Pipefy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Problem: maverick spend and unmanageable spot requests Recurring emergency purchase requests Poor purchase policy and company alignment Non-compliant purchases repeatedly slip through Solution: centralize, standardize, and automate Pipefy centralizes all communication to give every stakeholder a common, single source of information.

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Procurement Software

JULY 18, 2023

We also touch on a few more niche solutions for SMEs, for example project management software, supplier intake, accounts payable automation, “build-a-bot”, as well as a negotiation planning guidance tool. It gives you full visibility of your spend data, all in one place. The platform consists of four modules.

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Purchasing Contract Negotiation Real-time Visibility 52

Empowering CPO

JUNE 25, 2023

It’s a delicate balancing act, where businesses must juggle quality, cost, supplier relationships, and risk management, all while keeping an eye on their bottom line. In the context of procurement, spend analysis is like a compass—it helps businesses navigate the complex terrain of their spending habits.

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