Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

Subscribe Strategic Supplier Relationship Management – Do’s and Don’ts At any given time, working with the resources of any business depends on procuring the right materials at the right time and at the right cost. They encompass strategic planning and market analysis, supplier relationship management, and risk mitigation.

Sourcing

Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

20152020: Procurement Gains Strategic Recognition Emergence of Strategic Sourcing : CFOs began to recognize procurement’s role in driving long-term value through strategic sourcing, supplier relationships, and risk management. Analytics and insights from procurement data were minimal.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

3) Supplier Evaluation Purchase Price Variance (PPV) assists in evaluating supplier relationships and managing supplier selection. It helps determine the accuracy of supplier pricing. Checkout SCMDOJO’s Supplier Excellence Manual, your go-to supplier management guide!

Price

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Unimarket and its procure-to-pay (P2P) solution. Unimarket is a cloud-based P2P platform that streamlines eprocurement, invoicing and supplier management. It offers an integrated suite of tools designed to enhance efficiency, control costs and ensure compliance.

Eprocurement

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The post SpendHQ: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) — Spend analytics product-level strengths and opportunities, voice of the customer, competitors and market analysis, user considerations, analyst commentary and summary appeared first on Spend Matters. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

Market analysis

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Build strong supplier partnerships for long-term stability. Supplier Financial Instability: Bankruptcy or operational shutdowns of key vendors. Damaged supplier relationships and business reputation. Improved Supplier Collaboration: Stronger relationships lead to better service levels and pricing.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A Complete Guide Strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. The process creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting.

Strategic sourcing

Spend Matters

MAY 7, 2025

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of EffiGO and its source-to-pay (S2P) solution. Communication and collaboration in procurement can be challenging due to the complexity of coordinating between multiple internal departments and external suppliers.

Sourcing

Spend Matters

JULY 9, 2025

It is especially supportive for supplier and buyer relationship management since all third-party communication and information requests can be made directly in the platform. Verified customer reference analysis of how the solution is actually working in the field.

Buyers

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 22, 2025

It encompasses procurement, logistics, inventory management, and supplier relationships. Effective supply chain management aims to minimize costs, reduce delays, and enhance overall project performance by streamlining communication and collaboration among suppliers, contractors, and project managers.

Supply Chain Efficiency

Procurement Insights

APRIL 30, 2025

Gartner Gartners Profile: Global leader with the Magic Quadrant, offering comprehensive S2P and P2P market analysis using ~10-15 criteria. supplier relationship management). supplier risk prediction) can provide practical examples to support Forresters AI-focused criteria, enriching its Strategy axis evaluations.

Procurement

Shapiro Negotiations Institute

APRIL 28, 2025

Your market analysis could win academic awards. The Importance of Persuasion in the Workplace Whether you’re closing million-dollar deals, negotiating with suppliers, or rallying your team around a new initiative, your ability to influence others with finesse can make or break your success. Your pricing strategy?

Negotiation

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Global Supply Chain Management The Hydrogen Advantage for Commercial Trucking LTL/Truckload Services NIH to Study Health Impacts from East Palestine Derailment Rail & Intermodal Let’s Talk WMS: 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant Findings and Market Analysis Webinars Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

Supply Chain Optimization

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Global Supply Chain Management The Hydrogen Advantage for Commercial Trucking LTL/Truckload Services NIH to Study Health Impacts from East Palestine Derailment Rail & Intermodal Let’s Talk WMS: 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant Findings and Market Analysis Webinars Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

Chief Procurement Officer

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

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Supply Chain Optimization

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

To develop a strategic vision, leaders should engage in comprehensive market analysis, understanding industry trends, competitive dynamics, and customer needs. This analysis helps identify opportunities for growth and areas where the organization can differentiate itself.

Sustainability

Spend Matters

AUGUST 12, 2024

Part 1 of this Vendor Analysis provides a history and overview of Graphite Connect’s supplier management solution and gives the solution’s roadmap/vision. Part 2 focuses on the strengths and opportunities of Graphite Connect’s solution. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

Market analysis

Procurement Tactics

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Sourcing suppliers ChatGPT can help procurement professionals to identify potential suppliers by analyzing supplier data. Additionally, it can identify potential suppliers based on their industry, location, or product/service offerings. Here are some ways ChatGPT can help procurement professionals: 1.

Procurement

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Such an area is tail spend, the purchases that makeup approximately 80 percent of transactions/parts/suppliers but only 20 percent of total spend volume. The post Fairmarkit: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — Sourcing solution overview, market analysis, company SWOT, competitors appeared first on Spend Matters.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The platform’s innovative approach to digital procurement captured the attention of businesses seeking to enhance their supplier relationships and automate invoicing. By 2018, Tradeshift had evolved into a global business network that connected buyers and suppliers across diverse industries and regions.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The post SAP Ariba: Vendor Analysis 2023 Update (Part 1) — S2C solution overview, market analysis, company SWOT, competitors appeared first on Spend Matters. SAP Ariba solutions continue to undergo significant development, and the solution’s overall SAP Ariba roadmap increasingly intersects with those of other SAP products.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

JULY 10, 2023

It also integrates ESG into its spend and supplier management. Part 1 of this update provides an overview of Proactis’ S2P offerings, a company-level SWOT analysis and a list of key competitors. Proactis is one such suite vendor. Part 2 will examine the solution’s strengths/weaknesses and offer tech selection tips.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

AUGUST 5, 2024

The post Ivalua: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) — S2C solution product-level strengths and opportunities, voice of the customer, competitors and market analysis, user considerations, analyst commentary and summary appeared first on Spend Matters. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

JUNE 17, 2024

The post GEP: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) — S2C solution product-level strengths and opportunities, competitors and market analysis, user considerations, voice of the customer, analyst commentary and summary appeared first on Spend Matters. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we provide an overview of Supply Risk Solutions and its solution for supplier (chain) risk management. Supplier risk management is crucial for a variety of reasons. It handles all supplier communication on behalf of the client and offers a variety of other managed services.

Risk management

Spend Matters

AUGUST 16, 2022

State of Flux developed its approach based on the realization that many organizations practicing SRM do only Supplier Management. Supplier Management (vs SRM) is more of a one-way street where suppliers are considered simple necessities. Also, such organizations supported suppliers who needed it. when others were not.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

JULY 27, 2022

Categories: Sourcing , Supplier Information Management , supplier networks , Supplier Performance , Supplier Risk and Compliance Management , Suppliers Tags: PRO Direct materials management is a hot market for procurement solutions with few specialists on the market.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

JULY 21, 2022

Procurence’s solution (Meercat) provides customers with rich features to manage their suppliers and their risk, emphasizing supply quality management and project-based procurement. Ten years ago, the founders evaluated the mid-market solutions and came up with the conclusion that none of them were easy to use or fast to implement.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of BlueBean and its solution for procure-to-pay. BlueBean’s unique ‘request-to-pay’ solution removes the need for supplier portals, purchase orders, invoices and expense claims.

Purchase orders

Spend Matters

APRIL 19, 2023

To potential buyers — mdf commerce has over 25 years of experience in the US and Canadian public sector that includes over 6,500 buying agencies and over 600,000 active suppliers on its networks. Its solutions follow best public sector practices and are integrated when initially implemented.

Market analysis

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Users can track supplier performance and sourcing processes to ensure effective supplier selection. Its accounts payable automation, including OCR, simplifies invoice process and payments, and its supplier portal facilitates communication with suppliers. matters: To the market — Zapro.ai Specifically, Zapro.ai

Sourcing

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis we provide an overview of AnyData Solutions and its solution for spend analytics, contract management, supplier relationship management and ESG/performance tracking. Today, data-driven analysis is still at the heart of all of its offerings.

Contract management

Spend Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

In today’s three-part PRO Vendor Analysis series on Medius’ purchase-to-pay (P2P) offering, Part 1 provides a company background and high-level solution overview, gives a company SWOT analysis and discusses Medius’ competitors. Read more. ).

Market analysis

Spend Matters

MARCH 11, 2024

It provides customers with a platform that connects buyers with qualified suppliers and offers a range of capabilities (in-app and as services) such as category management, demand management, e-sourcing, auctions, supplier management and contract management. It is exactly the kind of challenge that VORTAL addresses.

Procurement solutions

Spend Matters

MARCH 18, 2024

Halo Ai was founded to assist organizations with their third-party risk management problems by consolidating supplier data into one platform, gathering supplier information automatically and assessing risk for suppliers automatically. This Vendor Analysis explores Halo Ai’s platform, application and supporting services.

Risk management

Procurement Tactics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Kraljic matrix is used by organizations to help them work smartly with their suppliers. The Kraljic matrix was created by Peter Kraljic and first appeared in the Harvard Business Review in 1983 to devise a means to segment the supplier base. . You can also try switching suppliers if necessary to achieve the best price. .

supply chain budgeting

Spend Matters

AUGUST 18, 2022

Categories: Source to Pay , supplier networks Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis will give an overview of Tungsten Network’s global AP automation solution, called Total AP. The accounts payable automation market for large enterprises (over $1 billion in revenue) is different from the middle market or SME.

Networking