Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

It is a strategic process that involves identifying business needs, sourcing suppliers, negotiating contracts, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products or services. Exploring Innovative Procurement Models A. Case Studies of Innovative Procurement A.

Innovation 52

Innovation Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 21, 2020

One way or the other, eSourcing is still utilized as a support, or e-enablement to the strategic sourcing cycle, which means it’s a function is heavily rooted in prospecting, qualifying, selecting, and onboarding suppliers digitally. See Image Below, also from CIPS where the cycles of eSourcing and eProcurement are visualized).

Procurement 87

Procurement Supplier relationship management Eprocurement Suppliers 87

ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2019

in “ The Forrester Wave™: Source-to-Contract Suites, Q4 2019.” Ivalua is now the only vendor positioned as a Leader in four separate reports — the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites, Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites, The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019 and this report.

Contract 20

Contract Sourcing Eprocurement Strategic sourcing 20

ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Ivalua is now the only vendor positioned as a Leader in four separate reports — the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites, Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites, The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019 and this report.

Contract 20

Contract Sourcing Eprocurement Strategic sourcing 20

Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 8, 2019

One way or the other, eSourcing is still utilized as a support, or e-enablement to the strategic sourcing cycle, which means it’s a function is heavily rooted in prospecting, qualifying, selecting, and onboarding suppliers digitally. See Image Below, also from CIPS where the cycles of eSourcing and eProcurement are visualized).

Procurement 50

Procurement Supplier relationship management Eprocurement Suppliers 50

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

APRIL 5, 2023

Streamline procurement activities and reduce costs by using eProcurement and Internet Reverse Auctions. • It involves optimizing procurement processes and reducing costs while maintaining the quality of goods and services.

Procurement 52

Procurement Negotiation supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization 52

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2019

With Ivalua already positioned as a Leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites, Ivalua is now recognized as a Leader by Gartner in two Magic Quadrants citing the Source-to-Pay space. Procure-to-Pay (P2P) suites include both eprocurement and einvoicing capabilities. Gartner Inc.,

Procurement 20

Procurement Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Eprocurement 20

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2019

With Ivalua already positioned as a Leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites, Ivalua is now recognized as a Leader by Gartner in two Magic Quadrants citing the Source-to-Pay space. Procure-to-Pay (P2P) suites include both eprocurement and einvoicing capabilities. Gartner Inc.,

Procurement 20

Procurement Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Eprocurement 20

ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

If you are getting started, you are likely looking to start with technology to address a specific process ( Strategic Sourcing or P2P for example). For advanced respondents looking to build a competitive advantage, the top obstacles are integration of S2P tools followed by Procurement’s change resistance (13%). Plan to avoid those.

Procurement 130

Procurement Sourcing Spend management Innovation 130

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Peter Smith, Managing Director, Procurement Excellence Ltd. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published new guidelines on outsourcing , a document that has wide-ranging implications for every banking organisation, and requires careful consideration by procurement leaders and functions.

Procurement 140

Procurement Contract Risk Suppliers 140

CPO Rising

JANUARY 22, 2024

When I first started reading CPO Rising more than a decade ago, I remember Ardent’s founder and chief research officer, Andrew Bartolini, introducing the concept of eSourcing 2.0: The idea that if a supplier negotiation required a contract, the negotiation should be captured electronically — and ideally — by an eSourcing tool.

Supplier negotiation 52

Supplier negotiation Negotiation Contract Suppliers 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This month Forrester published 2 major Wave reports, which together span the full Source-to-Pay process. The first, authored by Duncan Jones and published on December 10, is The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019 , which covers purchasing and invoicing (similar scope to Gartner’s P2P Suites Magic Quadrant ).

Eprocurement 147

Eprocurement Sourcing Contract Suppliers 147

ivalua

MAY 6, 2020

Last year Forrester published 2 major Wave reports, which together span the full Source-to-Pay process. The first, authored by Duncan Jones and published on December 10, is The Forrester Wave : eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019 , which covers purchasing and invoicing (similar scope to Gartner’s P2P Suites Magic Quadrant ).

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Eprocurement Contract Suppliers 130

Jaggaer

APRIL 21, 2020

The creation of a focused strategic sourcing team with deep spend analysis expertise was step one. Before starting the procurement transformation, only 6 percent of the State of Georgia’s spend was under management. Very few purchases could be measured using vendors with which the state had negotiated contracts or discounted pricing.

Procurement 52

Procurement Contract Eprocurement Negotiation 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This helps organizations avoid supply disruptions in times of crisis such as during Covid-19, support strategic objectives such as increasing spend with diverse suppliers and improve quality and savings from strategic sourcing, especially for new categories where there is less knowledge of the market.

Suppliers 29

Suppliers Eprocurement Spend management Sourcing 29

Pipefy

JANUARY 31, 2023

E eProcurement system Software or Web portal procurement systems used to carry out the procurement process (requisitioning, ordering, and purchasing goods and services) online. eProcurement automates time-consuming manual tasks like evaluating suppliers and sourcing and ordering items.

Procurement 52

Procurement Bidding Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions 52

Procurement Software

JUNE 13, 2023

CF Suite, Curtis Fitch’s procurement software, offers a complete sourcing and contract-management solution. It takes care of the full eProcurement lifecycle. It combines four specialist procurement platforms: CF Insight, CF Source, CF Contracts, and CF Analytics.

supply chain software solutions 52

supply chain software solutions Contract management Contract Sourcing 52

Procurement Software

JULY 18, 2023

Procoto offers features including: Strategic sourcing Smart databasing Workflow approvals RFP management Data transformation The platform’s tools and analytics aim to level the playing field between small and large companies – giving leverage to SMEs. eProcurement 6.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Contract Negotiation Real-time Visibility 52