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Management Real-time Visibility Sourcing 
ivalua
MAY 29, 2025
Procurement and supply chain management are often used interchangeably—but in practice, the lines between them can blur in ways that create real friction. Misaligned priorities, siloed systems, and unclear ownership can directly impact key performance indicators like cost savings percentage and procurement cycle time.
ivalua
MAY 16, 2025
Rising software costs, lack of procurement oversight, compliance headaches, and clunky vendor management. In this post, we’ll break down proven strategies to help you streamline processes, improve visibility, and take back control of your procurement stack. Sound familiar? If you’ve been feeling the pressure, you’re not the only one.
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ivalua
MAY 21, 2025
Enterprise procurement teams face growing pressure to deliver strategic value – managing supplier risk, ensuring compliance, and supporting sustainability – all without sacrificing speed or control. Key Takeaways Legacy procurement processes limit scale, speed, and visibility, making it harder to manage risk, compliance, and costs.
All Things Supply Chain
MARCH 11, 2024
Supply chain visibility is about knowing where things are at all times, from their sources to their final destinations. Various technologies can track goods in real time. Blockchain, AI, data…
ivalua
MAY 10, 2025
This guide breaks down the key procurement technologies in use today and the trends reshaping the future, such as AI-driven sourcing, predictive risk management, and deeper integration across the supply chain.
ivalua
JUNE 3, 2025
Procurement leaders have increasingly turned to Spend and Supplier Management platforms to improve decision-making, efficiency and collaboration. TEI helps organizations measure ROI, NPV, and efficiency gains from implementing solutions like Ivalua’s Source-to-Pay (S2P) platform. Payback in under 6 months.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Visit our In-Depth Guide to Risk Management for an explanation of this complex environment. For today’s vendor viewpoint we spoke with Nick Francis, Chief Technology and Marketing Officer (CTMO) at Commercial Value Management specialist Brooklyn Solutions.
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Spend Matters
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Visit our In-Depth Guide to Risk Management for an explanation of this complex environment. For today’s vendor viewpoint we asked Austin Fuller, Director, Product Marketing at supply chain risk management specialist Exiger Have you witnessed a significant change of appetite for risk-related tech over recent years from your customer base? “Yes,
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Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
As little as 10 years ago, we heard stories of pretty much indifference to risk: “supply risk management was young,” we heard, and “we didn’t worry too much about risk; we spent a very small percentage of our time on it.” But from my experience, each team does this very differently, with each using its own technology to manage risk.
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ivalua
JUNE 5, 2025
Procurement and purchasing are often used interchangeably, but they serve distinct roles within any successful organization.While both involve acquiring goods and services, their workflows, objectives, and impact on enterprise risk management differ significantly. What is Procurement? What Does Procurement and Purchasing Mean for Enterprises?
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ivalua
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which can provide procurement with the tools needed to manage their supplier relationships and identify opportunities for cost savings. S2P: Where to Start Ivalua provides a comprehensive set of integrated solutions that span the entire Source-to-Pay lifecycle.
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SCMDOJO
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
Businesses must find effective ways to strengthen their networks and improve flexibility to maintain stability during uncertain times. One of the most effective strategies for building resilience is integrating project management into supply chain operations. A well-managed supply chain does not just survive crises it thrives in them.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices. To potential buyers — True ValueHub can save category managers and buyers significant time and money by identifying new opportunities based on a deep analysis of costs and drivers.
ivalua
MAY 2, 2025
This is why a unified procurement platform —one that centralizes and standardizes data across the Source-to-Pay (S2P) lifecycle—remains indispensable and is core to making the case for Agentic AI in procurement. Without a core system to track and manage these rules, the risk of non-compliance escalates.
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Spend Matters
APRIL 30, 2025
The modern procurement leader must manage risk, drive ESG, deliver cost savings and enable innovation often without additional headcount or budget. Procurement teams are spread thin and have to manage everything from basic sourcing to board-level ESG compliance. From there, workflows adapt in real time.
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Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Complete Source to Pay cycle and Strategic Sourcing Guide An optimized Source-to-Pay (S2P) process helps businesses enhance procurement efficiency, reduce costs, and improve supplier collaboration. Strategic sourcing plays a critical role in this transformation, ensuring organizations secure the best value while mitigating risk.
Spend Matters
MAY 27, 2025
Technology is a powerful enabler of finance-procurement collaboration, bridging gaps in spend visibility, cost control and data integration. Without the right tools, procurements contributions to financial strategy can remain disconnected from budgeting, forecasting and risk management.
Spend Matters
APRIL 17, 2025
From simple automations that save time to sophisticated strategies that drive major business value, embedding AI in your business processes can provide immense value. AI also enhances supplier profile management, enriching, verifying and completing supplier data to provide a more comprehensive view of risks and opportunities.
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Spend Matters
APRIL 10, 2025
The days of relying solely on traditional processes to manage suppliers, contracts and spend are quickly fading. AI is the game-changer that allows procurement professionals to escape the cycle of transactional work and focus on what really moves the needle: strategic sourcing, supplier collaboration, and advanced analytics.
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. Without an integrated process, organizations experience: Long invoice processing times, leading to unpredictable cash outflows.
ivalua
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Best-in-Class for Healthcare Supply Chain Management? Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? What are the pros and cons, and what supply chain strategy will pave the way to higher margins, improved supply chain risk management in healthcare and improved patient care?
Spend Matters
MAY 1, 2025
Heres where e-procurement processes often break down: Fragmented catalog and supplier management: Inconsistent supplier onboarding and unstructured catalogs result in pricing discrepancies and procurement delays. Approval workflow bottlenecks: Manual approvals cause delays, increasing cycle times and reducing procurement efficiency.
Spend Matters
APRIL 16, 2025
Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.
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Spend Matters
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices. Halo Ai addresses this need with an innovative, AI-driven approach to third-party risk management rooted in risk intelligence. What are Halo Ai’s greatest strengths?
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.
Jaggaer
MAY 21, 2025
In todays public sector environment, procurement leaders must strike a careful balance ensuring compliance with an ever-evolving web of federal, state, and local regulations, improving operational efficiency, and maintaining transparency, all while working within constrained budgets and managing legacy systems.
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Spend Matters
JUNE 3, 2025
For many Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), the real message was clear: Volatility is back, and this time, it demands faster, more coordinated and more data-driven responses. Supplier diversification across geographies to reduce dependency on high-risk sources. Tactics may defer impact, but they rarely provide stability.
Let's Talk Supply Chain
MARCH 2, 2025
In this fast-paced economic landscape, the importance of strategic supplier relationship management cannot be overstated. Join us as we delve into the world of Supplier Relationship Management, unlocking the secrets to success in the face of tariff uncertainty.
Pipefy
APRIL 22, 2025
If youre in procurement or supply chain, chances are youve wondered: How can I rethink this process, make smarter decisions, and still save time? 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)?
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Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 5, 2025
From extraction and processing to distribution and end use, managing the flow of resources like oil and gas requires more than logistical coordination; it demands financial precision, strategic foresight, and real-time adaptability. Investors now expect transparency on emissions, labor standards, and sourcing.
Spend Matters
MAY 13, 2025
Its increasingly evident: GenAI is no longer a future concept; its already reshaping operations in real time. Traditional procurement teams continue to grapple with familiar, persistent challenges, such as manual data entry, siloed systems, outdated tools and limited visibility into spend categories or supplier performance.
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?
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.
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Spend Matters
JUNE 2, 2025
Tracking performance over time is key to measuring the business value the collaboration is delivers. However, procurement plays a critical role in reflecting cost-saving initiatives, supplier contracts and spend management efforts in financial statements and budget planning.
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.
Procurement Tactics
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Spend Management — The Ultimate Guide of 2023. Spend management is an important process to reduce losses and mistakes. However, how do you manage your spending? In this article, we will discuss what spend management is. We will tell you the challenges and benefits of spending management. What is Spend Management?
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Skill Dynamics
JANUARY 7, 2025
Global conflicts, macroeconomic shocks, and shifting global trade routes are all combining to provide real challenges to modern supply chains, and are driving the uncertainty that organizations feel. A lack of resilience can cause disruptions and delays to sourcing, transportation, or even manufacturing all of which lead to higher costs.
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.
Spend Matters
MAY 6, 2025
In the Executive Summary to this use case series on aligning finance and procurement for cash flow optimization and liquidity we examined five phases that help organizations break down silos, align priorities and build the operational and technological capabilities needed to manage cash more effectively.
Finale Inventory
JANUARY 27, 2025
Whether you're managing a growing e-commerce business or running a retail operation, mastering the art of order fulfillment through effective pick pack and ship workflows can mean the difference between thriving and merely surviving in today's competitive marketplace.
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ivalua
JUNE 29, 2021
Redwood City, CA, June 30, 2021 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions, announces an extension of its source-to-pay platform with a new payments solution to digitize and streamline global supplier payments. Enabling rapid, cost-effective and transparent supplier payments anywhere in the world. Notes to Editors.
Procurement Express
DECEMBER 24, 2024
And at the heart of this transformation is the purchase order management system. Without proper purchase controls, budgets spiral, supplier management suffers, and inventory levels become a guessing game. What is Purchase Order Management? How Does Purchase Order Management Work?
Spend Matters
MARCH 24, 2025
These obstacles can lead to inefficiencies, lack of visibility and misaligned procurement strategies. Leveraging real-time synchronization with SAP ERP, BeNeering eliminates the need for redundant configurations and data duplication, ensuring procurement processes are efficient, transparent and accessible.
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. Time and resources can also be a stopping point. Sourcing alone involves the many and often manual processes for RFxs, like RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, etc. Procurement has many moving parts.
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