Spend Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The 73 providers that participate in Spend Matters SolutionMap are benchmarked and ranked in this way to give users an accurate update of procurement tech functionality that is data-driven to help them make informed choices about their software partners. Our analyst notes particular market movements in AP/I2P, P2P and eProcurement.

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Eprocurement Procurement Sourcing Data 81

Spend Matters

APRIL 19, 2023

Categories: eProcurement / Procurement , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Sourcing Tags: PRO Public sector industries are certainly a different beast from their private sector cousins, and information technology is no exception. These can differ within the same country, let alone between countries!

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Market analysis Sourcing Eprocurement Procurement 62

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2023

You must have found yourself struggling with limited visibility into preferred or contracted suppliers, contract utilization status, budgeting issues, and multiple requirements for sourcing low dollar items or services. Challenges in Streamlining Procurement Process. Overcome the Challenges in Streamlining Procurement Process.

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Sourcing Real-time Visibility Procurement Buyers 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Procurement Rising: The Silent Inflation Tax on Manufacturers February 27, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley Last year, the Consumer Price Index was the highest it has been in four decades, making inflation one of the most concerning macroeconomic factors facing the business world today.

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Real-time Visibility Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting 130

Spend Matters

APRIL 26, 2023

Categories: eProcurement / Procurement , Procurement , Sourcing Tags: PRO This Vendor Analysis covers mdf's sourcing and e-procurement solutions (we hope to analyze its CLM solution and SIM capabilities at a later date). Part 2 looks at P2P product strengths and weaknesses and tech selection tips.

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Eprocurement Procurement solutions Sourcing Procurement 87

Bonfire

APRIL 3, 2023

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become an essential tool for complex organizations, but when it comes to procurement in the public sector, they aren’t enough. Procurement software offers a one-stop solution that covers the whole range of contract management challenges.

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Eprocurement Bidding Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing 52

Spend Matters

APRIL 26, 2023

Part 3 of the series provides a detailed overview of each component of the mdf sourcing and e-procurement products and a final analyst summary. This is how we identify strengths and weaknesses detailed here in Part 2. Read more. )

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Eprocurement Sourcing Procurement Data 72

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Today, Spend Matters announces the release of its Spring 2023 SolutionMap and TechMatch SM procurement technology rankings, which include 79 procurement technology vendors. To compare product strengths and weaknesses, try Spend Matters TechMatch to directly assess the capabilities of digital procurement solutions.

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Procurement Eprocurement Ethics Contract 68

Jaggaer

MARCH 9, 2019

It’s National Procurement Month. We celebrate procurement every day at JAGGAER, but we still felt like the month deserved a little fun recognition. So with that, we bring you the oddest, most outlandish, strangest and weirdest-sounding items customers source through our eProcurement catalog. That’s a real thing.

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Eprocurement Price Networking Procurement 67

Spend Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) comes in many forms (for a complete history of AI in procurement see our recently published autogmentation series) and despite being a consistent ‘hot topic’ for well over a decade now, continues to grow and evolve each year in the procurement industry.

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Management Eprocurement Risk management Procurement 82

ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

November 10, 2020, Redwood City, CA – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management cloud solutions, today announced that it has been awarded as the Best P2P Specialist Provider by an independent panel of industry veterans at the 2020 World Procurement Awards. in “The Forrester Wave : eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019.”.

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Procurement Eprocurement Spend management Negotiation 130

ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

2nd consecutive year award given to Ivalua P2P Solutions, continuing widespread recognition of Ivalua Procurement technology by industry leaders and analysts. For the first time, the World Procurement Awards was open to everyone within the industry, from all organisations and from all over the world. in by Forrester Research Inc.

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Procurement Eprocurement Spend management Negotiation 130

ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

What we learned about agility and resilience can be applied to future-proof the source-to-pay (S2P) process and help organizations meet any new challenge with confidence. The job of sourcing professionals is to understand the risk in the supply chain and manage it so they can react quickly when a problem occurs.”

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions supply chain budgeting Procurement 130

ivalua

JUNE 15, 2022

At our annual Ivalua NOW event in Paris, France–Ivalua asked, “Is your procurement team prepared to respond to unexpected supplier chain issues with speed and agility?”. Automation and innovation are at the forefront of the supply chain industry with procurement acting as a key enabler in the process. Körber at a Glance….

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Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain Innovation 130

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Each year, our technology analysts assess the capabilities for an array of companies across 10 procurement technology market sectors to determine the lists totaling 105 vendors in the industry. This is the ninth year in a row Spend Matters has released it '50 To' lists and the fourth year it has named 5 innovative start-ups.

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Eprocurement Innovation Procurement Sourcing 83

Spend Matters

JULY 18, 2022

Their solutions have evolved significantly and today they have two of the most competitive e-procurement solutions on the market, especially in MM and LE. Times have changed and so have Jaggaer and SAP Ariba.

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Eprocurement Procurement Procurement solutions Sourcing 56

Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2023

” – Procurement Insights Research on Composable Procurement I recently read about a very thought-provoking topic – the “Tech-Savvy Collaboration Cure.” This last point will become increasingly important in the emerging “composable procurement” age. What Is Composable Procurement? “

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Collaboration Innovation Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 72

ivalua

JUNE 16, 2021

Enter eProcurement. As MENA organizations continue to move aggressively toward digital transformation, many are adopting eProcurement platforms, to digitize and automate routine, time-consuming tasks throughout the source-to-pay process. Opportunity Awaits.

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Eprocurement Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement team 130

ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation May 30, 2023 | | Procurement Strategy by Sara Omer What is the Saudi Vision 2030 Program? Procurement and supply chain teams will play a crucial role in making this vision a reality.

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Eprocurement Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain resilience 49

CPO Rising

MAY 6, 2024

As I’ve mentioned before, my procurement technology career began years ago in eSourcing. IBX was primarily an eProcurement/marketplace provider, but it also resold an eSourcing solution called Emptoris (later acquired by IBM and subsequently sunsetted) where […]

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Eprocurement Procurement Chief Procurement Officer Strategic sourcing 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. A Blueprint for Demonstrating the value of Strategic Procurement.

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Chief Procurement Officer Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency 130

ivalua

APRIL 19, 2022

We cannot wait to connect with procurement leaders, innovators, customers, and colleagues in our beautiful nation’s capital! . Anthony Long, Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer and Mark Krause, Sr. Director Strategic Sourcing Digital & Functional Transformation, . Procurement Community Team Spirit: Best Advocate .

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Chief Procurement Officer Supply Chain Optimization Eprocurement Innovation 130

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A successful procurement transformation involves a strategic overhaul of processes, technologies, and approaches to achieve greater efficiency, cost savings, risk management, and value creation. Automation increases efficiency and reduces errors, leading to faster and more accurate procurement cycles.

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Procurement Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency 52

ivalua

MARCH 14, 2019

Ivalua builds momentum as technology platform of choice for public sector procurement. eMaryland Marketplace Advantage is a technologically advanced electronic procurement system designed to make state procurement and business processes more efficient, transparent, secure, and user friendly for all stakeholders.

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Procurement Eprocurement Spend management Suppliers 124

ivalua

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In addition, Tealbook provides a data foundation that can be leveraged by other eProcurement solutions to ensure these larger investments are successful. Tealbook’s mission is to deliver a ‘Trusted Source of Supplier Data’ to an ever-growing procurement space. For more information, visit www.tealbook.com.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 1, 2022

On all nine e-procurement functions, SAP Ariba and Jaggaer exceed the functional benchmark, competing neck-and-neck in five of them. Jaggaer and SAP Ariba continually add new features and functionalities in each of their releases, keeping them competitive against each other and the wider market.

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Eprocurement Suppliers Risk Import 73

Bonfire

MARCH 24, 2022

Coming from the vendor side, I knew our eProcurement platform had the potential to transform sourcing and purchasing in the public sector. The very last project I worked on really opened my eyes to the promise of eProcurement. In that time, we’ve never stopped evolving to respond to the changing landscape of public procurement.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 21, 2020

Procurement language article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. From one Procurement organization to the next, terminology differs. Procurement is a function, that is undergoing transformation; technologically and ideologically. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Procurement Supplier relationship management Eprocurement Suppliers 87

Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

Brief Overview of Procurement Welcome to our deep dive into the world of procurement. But before we venture into the depths of innovation in this field, let’s first establish what procurement really is. This is especially true in procurement, where the landscape is rapidly evolving. Understanding Procurement A.

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Innovation Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability 52

Bonfire

MARCH 17, 2023

We recently chatted with seasoned procurement pros at our OntarioTalk event, and they had some great compliance advice that applies to all jurisdictions. Lawrence College Luca Del Grosso , Manager of Procurement at Technical Standards and Safety Authority They all shared their experiences and what worked well in their agencies.

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Risk management Risk Management Procurement 52

Arkestro

MAY 9, 2023

Resources / Blog / What CPOs Need to Know About Predictive Procurement Orchestration What CPOs Need to Know About Predictive Procurement Orchestration The vast majority of Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) believe in the power of procurement data to make better-informed decisions across their organization.

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supply chain budgeting Procurement Supply Chain Optimization Procurement team 52

ivalua

JANUARY 28, 2021

Vijay Jainaraine Director eProcurement and Analytics, Rogers Communications Inc. Demo Breakout: Creating Lasting Value Across Your Source-to-Contract Process. Demo Breakout: The benefits of embedding Accounts Payable within the Source-to-Pay journey. Product Roadmap (Source-to-Contract). 2:45pm EDT. 3:15pm EDT.

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Eprocurement Networking Project management Contract 100

Una

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Sourcing and managing suppliers. Your procurement team’s sourcing strategy might favor a strategic, project-based, long-term contract, or one-off spot-purchase approach. It typically involves a competitive process and will be overseen by procurement leaders or a cross-functional category team. Coding systems. Efficiency.

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Management Buyers Procurement team Contract 98

Procurement Software

APRIL 25, 2023

This blog post is based on a video interview I gave about digital procurement back in January in Dubai with Dr. Muddassir Ahmed of SCMDOJO. Why procurement technology’s growth is not with enterprise suites Procurement technology is no longer the sole preserve of large enterprises. So what went wrong?

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supply chain software solutions Procurement Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting 52

The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We're continuing our mini series where we ask industry experts and influencers about everything happening in the digital procurement world. Procuretech Driving Procurement Excellence - Graham Crawshaw from CASME. From indirect procurement at EMI, to running procurement roundtables, and eventually finding his role at CASME.

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Procurement Eprocurement Influencing Procurement team 40

ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In my previous posts, I looked at how to successfully launch a digital transformation and progress to best-in-class Procurement. Procurement was tasked with supporting a board level initiative to accelerate innovation and increase margins. Alex Saric, CMO, Ivalua. Global automotive component supplier Meritor is a great example.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

MARCH 17, 2022

This is especially true for procurement as it is being looked at as a strategic cornerstone and goal accelerator in the long run. Zycus’ Merlin AI takes over tactical tasks and empowers procurement and AP users to focus on strategic initiatives thus enabling their organization to #DoMoreWithLess. Jon Hansen , Procurement Insights.

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