Arkestro

JUNE 6, 2022

Spend Matters’ analysts ranked Arkestro’s Predictive Procurement Orchestration platform as SolutionMap’s Value Leader in Sourcing for small, medium, and large enterprises. Spend Matters has previously lauded Arkestro as being a “Provider to Watch,” a “Provider to Know,” and a “Future 5” solution. Understood the gaps in functionality.

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Procurement Software

JULY 18, 2023

When you think of the best purchasing software solutions for SMEs, or procurement tech in general, you probably think “expensive” This list of 15 procurement tools specifically targeted to smaller and growing businesses will prove it’s not so. How do you define an SME? Source-to-Contract (S2C) 1.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 13, 2023

There doesn’t seem to be a month go by without a new solution coming onto the market offering eSourcing software as part of their offering. Knowing which solution is suited to your business and level of procurement maturity is a minefield. Which eSourcing solutions are best suited to mid-market businesses?

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Procurement Software

MARCH 19, 2024

It will take time before we have dedicated generative AI-driven procurement software. After that we’ll likely see enterprise-wide applications which can leverage its potential further. Software applications such as Cirtuo and Capella are already offering guided category strategy creation.

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I wanted to bring you the key criteria that you should consider when sourcing or considering a digital procurement solution. If you’re more of an audio person, we also ran a recent episode of the podcast covering some of these, which you can access here: What are the top 10 criteria to consider when buying procurement software?

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Procurement Software

MARCH 7, 2023

There are an increasing number of P2P and S2P technology solutions providers on the market. Key advantages of using Procure-to-Pay and Source-to-Pay technology Hard Cost Savings Value Drivers Possible Disadvantages of using P2P and S2P software Can you combine P2P and S2P in procurement software? What is P2P in procurement?

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

Online bidding appears to be a magic bullet for lowering prices rapidly while utilizing e-business solutions. . These reductions are substantiated by eAuctions software providers Cimmra. E-auctions were shown to save between 25% and 50% more than traditional face-to-face discussions throughout an RFP process.

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Procurement Software

AUGUST 15, 2023

Category management software was one of the final frontiers for procuretech. There are now four category strategy software solutions on the market who cite this as their primary feature. For example, Contract Lifecycle Management software or Supplier Relationship Management tools. Not any more.

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Procurement Software

DECEMBER 5, 2022

There are an increasing number of P2P and S2P technology solutions providers on the market. Possible Disadvantages of using P2P and S2P software. Can you combine P2P and S2P in procurement software? What’s the best S2P or P2P software for mid-market and SMEs? Table of Contents. What is P2P in procurement?

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Una

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

These factors are especially crucial when it comes to procuring the right technology solutions for your business. IT procurement can quickly become overwhelming and cumbersome due to the sheer volume of tech vendors and IT solutions available for any given task or function. Download Full Guide to IT Procurement. Look Beyond Cost.

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The Procuretech Podcast

MAY 17, 2022

He’s carving out a niche for an all-in-one solution, at a time when best of breeds are gaining market share. I welcome Jim to the podcast, congratulate him for his bravery, and ask him about the challenges of offering a full suite solution in a tough market. Data management, pitfalls for large enterprises, and changing times.

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The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This final episode looks at 3 solutions out there who have doubled down on tackling the lucrative and under-served niche of digitsing services procurement. Philip Rathjen joins me from Prospeum, a pretty new solution out there that has recently been launched. Typical avatar customer for Prospeum? Prospeum website. Apadua website.

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The Procuretech Podcast

JUNE 10, 2020

We've often spoken about different software solutions and certain, specific areas of the Procurement flight deck which can be automated or digitised. Sourcing a vendor, contracting with them, and then actually orchestrating an enterprise level digital transformation in procurement is no easy task.

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The Procuretech Podcast

DECEMBER 7, 2021

So, during the interview with Henrik Balslev, CCO of Danish Source-to-Contract (S2C) software Scanmarket, the most obvious thing to talk about was all of the data they've collected since they've been offering e-auctions and RFx solutions to their customers. How have e-auctions evolved? How have e-auctions evolved?

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Pipefy

JANUARY 5, 2023

Digital procurement means letting go of manual data entry, paperwork, and complex request management and instead opting to use software that streamlines procurement through integration and automation. For example: the ERP system, SAP, Netsuite, and other finance software. The first choice will be the software type. The reason?

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The Procuretech Podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On this week's episode, we explore a topic that is becoming ever more important when it comes to selecting a piece of software in the B2B space. Adoption and acceptance of procurement technology within an organisation is highly dependent on a software's user experience and ease of use. What about UX for supplier onboarding?

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

In discussing eSourcing, the guest author of the October 2008 post suggests, “It is perfectly possible to prepare a company’s annual accounts on spreadsheets, but it is much less time consuming and error-prone to do the same job with an accounting software package.” Interesting timing?

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Una

MARCH 6, 2024

This is super handy in industries where workloads can change in a snap, like customer support or software development. Sure, larger corporations often go all-in on outsourcing, but that doesn’t mean small and medium-sized enterprises can’t get in on the action. billion by 2027 , growing at a CAGR of 8.8%.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

An RFI/RFP is issued and suppliers provide their responses, one or more is selected and awarded business. Spend under management: S2P software can help procurement teams better manage the percentage of company spend that is under contract and under management. This is where various are invited to fulfill a certain requirement.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Arguably the biggest debate in the spend management technology industry for the past decade has been that between best-of-breed solutions and complete suites. This CPO demand has pushed vendors that may have offered point solutions for sourcing, CLM, spend analytics, or SRPM to expand their portfolio to include all four products.”

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ivalua

MAY 6, 2020

Arguably the biggest debate in the spend management technology industry for the past decade has been that between best-of-breed solutions and complete suites. This CPO demand has pushed vendors that may have offered point solutions for sourcing, CLM, spend analytics, or SRPM to expand their portfolio to include all four products.”.

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