Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

However, although Utz Brands enjoys a long and successful history, Ron understood that he had to be prudent and efficient with the dollars available to invest in technology because he did not have the budget that larger competitors have to spend. The change is more of a mental process than learning to press certain buttons, he says.

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Una

AUGUST 31, 2023

Overcoming Challenges with Strategic Sourcing for SMEs Explore how strategic sourcing for SMEs can help procurement professionals overcome the unique challenges of operating a small business. Strategic Sourcing for SMEs The Human Factor in Strategic Sourcing Benefits of Strategic Sourcing 5.

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Una

OCTOBER 9, 2023

How to Implement a Strategic Sourcing Process A play-by-play manual showing how to implement a strategic sourcing process that aligns with your organization’s goals, optimizes spend, and creates long-term value. At its core, strategic sourcing formalizes the process of finding, assessing, and choosing suppliers.

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ivalua

JULY 4, 2021

Massy, France 05 July , 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has selected and implemented its platform as the foundation for its procurement digital transformation. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management solutions.

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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? Developing and executing category strategies is critical to effective strategic sourcing.

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Eprocurement Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain resilience 49

Jaggaer

JULY 10, 2024

Best practices in five steps Managing the 80% challenge takes place in five steps in the upstream end of procurement (i.e., from source to contract). Spend management: It begins here in most organizations. You need a firm grip on spend management to identify hotspots, for example.

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Lost in Public Space: Exploring the Unknown with the Norwegian Public Sector Segment May 9, 2023 | | Public Sector /by he I have spent most of my career in the private sector and started to get in contact with the space in recent years.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

But before this can happen someone has to identify suitable vendors to secure goods and services at the best value (not necessarily the lowest price) within a variety of constraints (risk management, ESG and regulatory factors etc.). Category management segments your expenditure into areas which contain similar or related products.

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2021

REV Group embarked on its sourcing and procurement transformation earlier this year, which included four appointments to REV’s global sourcing and supply chain team, representing the Fire & Emergency, Commercial and Recreation segments. Benefits include: Shortened sourcing cycle times. 100% visibility of sourcing processes.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 22, 2023

Introduction Welcome to our complete guide on the role of spend analysis in strategic sourcing. In the ever-evolving world of business, strategic sourcing has become a linchpin in corporate success. But how do we fuel the engine of strategic sourcing?

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2022

Redwood City, 17 August, 2022 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that O-I Glass Inc, an American Fortune 500 company headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio, has selected its solution to streamline its Global Direct and Indirect Source-to-Pay (S2P) Processes. in 2021 and 24,000 employees. About Ivalua.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 14, 2025

Coupa now owns the leading platform in strategic sourcing advisory, giving it a strong competitive edge in upstream procurement. Cirtuos loyal base (especially among category managers) fear Coupa may over-commercialize or dilute its advisory roots. Vision Extension Oracle wanted to offer end-to-end enterprise software.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

12, 2019 — Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced another record year. in “ The Forrester Wave : Supplier Risk And Performance Management (SRPM) Platforms, Q1 2018.” Growth driven by new customer acquisition, regional expansion and continued customer success.

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Bill of materials supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Innovation 35

ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Offering customers a market leading source-to-pay platform coupled with powerful supplier discovery, diversity and data enrichment from Tealbook. Redwood City, CA –December 8, 2020 — Ivalua , a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions and Tealbook Inc. , About Ivalua.

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Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. How to report and analyze indirect spend to identify savings opportunities. “5 Procurement Best Practices to Improve Strategic Sourcing.”

Strategy 52

Strategy Real-time Visibility Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Redwood, CA, 20th December 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that Canada’s largest co-operative, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), has gone live with its source-to-contract solution which includes a seamless integration to TealBook, the leading supplier data foundation.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Rapid Optimization of Contract Management, Supplier Management and Direct Materials Sourcing. This deployment is another significant step forward in the digital transformation of their overall supply chain processes, a journey that started last year with the successful rollout of Ivalua Sourcing solution for direct materials.

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ivalua

MARCH 24, 2021

Digitization Benefit #2: Strategic Sourcing Alignment. Digitization Benefit #3: Total Spend Management. These platforms bring key stakeholders together to address customer expectations, regulation compliance, supply risks, and much more. ERP systems can handle only basic transactional procurement needs.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 16, 2024

Redefining procurement in 2024: A quest from cost savings to strategic value creation Today, procurement leaders find themselves at a crossroads, torn between the age-old pursuit of cost savings and the imperative to infuse strategic value into their organizations.

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Jaggaer

MAY 16, 2025

Booster 1: Exploring Opportunities to Improve Processes There are numerous opportunities to optimize processes: harmonizing and standardizing them enables better spend management. This creates capacity to focus more on the exciting topic of purchasing strategy not just strategic sourcing, but the overall approach to procurement.

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ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Supply chain efficiency and effective strategic sourcing in support of our operations and clients are critical to achieving our objective,” said Mike Curtis, Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at Pacific Drilling. Offshore ultra-deep water drilling company to deploy eSourcing globally across its purchasing function.

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Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Chief Procurement Officer Supply Chain Optimization 28

Procurement Insights

MAY 3, 2025

Sourcing Innovation Launch Date: June 2006 Overview: Authored by Michael Lamoureux, a Computer Science PhD, Sourcing Innovation focuses on procurement technology, strategic sourcing, and supply chain management. AI, e-sourcing), spend analytics, and best practices.

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Procurement Supply Chain Optimization Ethics supply chain software solutions 40

ivalua

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This is precisely where organizations see the benefits of a TPRM program built into or working seamlessly with a Strategic Sourcing or Source-to-Pay solution. We could also add Seamless Integration across all Source-to-Pay processes to this list. Figure 2: Critical Risk Factors for Services Organizations.

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ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2019

Redwood City, CA – August 5, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2019 Gartner “ Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites. Gartner Inc., Gartner Inc.,

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Procurement Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Eprocurement 20

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2019

Redwood City, CA – August 5, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2019 Gartner “ Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites. Gartner Inc., Gartner Inc.,

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Procurement Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Eprocurement 20

ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

Fluxym is also a value-added reseller of the best Source-to-Contract (S2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Travel & Expense solutions on the market. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management solutions. REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Fluxym is based in Paris, Montreal, Toronto, New York and Singapore. About Ivalua.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Redwood City, CA – December 18, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in cloud Spend Management solutions , today announced that it has been recognized as a Leader by Forrester Research Inc. in “ The Forrester Wave™: Source-to-Contract Suites, Q4 2019.”

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Contract Sourcing Eprocurement Strategic sourcing 20

ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Redwood City, CA – December 18, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in cloud Spend Management solutions , today announced that it has been recognized as a Leader by Forrester Research Inc. in “ The Forrester Wave™: Source-to-Contract Suites, Q4 2019.”

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Its spend management was fragmented, often requiring tools like Concur. Competition Scope: Amexs broader portfolio (consumer cards, travel) dilutes its ProcureTech focus, unlike Ramps laser-targeted spend management. Ramp Functionality Boost: Pre-Nipendo: Amex relied on card networks and partnerships (e.g.,

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 59

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Spend management e2e Networking 59

Planergy

MARCH 24, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. How to report and analyze indirect spend to identify savings opportunities. What's PLANERGY? Download PDF Whats your goal today?

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Real-time Visibility Spend management Innovation 52

Una

AUGUST 17, 2022

A comprehensive guide designed to tame tail spend in a way that leads to reduced risk and increased cost savings. Taming Tail Spend. This comprehensive guide will go over tail spend in procurement and provide resources for how to implement an effective tail spend management strategy. Identify and reduce risk.

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Real-time Visibility Spend management Procurement team Purchasing 98

ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Supply chain efficiency and effective strategic sourcing in support of our operations and clients are critical to achieving our objective,” said Mike Curtis, Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at Pacific Drilling. Offshore ultra-deep water drilling company to deploy eSourcing globally across its purchasing function.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The second, authored by Andrew Bartels and published on December 18, is The Forrester Wave™: Source-To-Contract Suites, Q4 2019. It covers spend analysis, sourcing, contract management and supplier risk and performance management (SRPM), similar in scope to Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Application Suites Magic Quadrant.

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Eprocurement Sourcing Contract Suppliers 147

ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Source Wisely: Your Top 3 Public Procurement Software Essentials April 17, 2023 | | Public Sector by Jarrod McAdoo Today, state and local governments are tackling top priorities such as legacy modernization, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.

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Una

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Less time spent researching and negotiating with suppliers A central location for purchase orders, invoices, and spend reports Simpler inventory management Minimized maverick spend Procurement specialists do the purchasing Provides an opportunity to implement strategic sourcing for all locations.

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Pitfalls of Catalog Pricing Catalog workflows, often compared to Amazon-style experiences, have made it easier for organizations to delegate spend management to other teams. However, this convenience comes with a downside. Pricing in these catalogs can quickly become stale, as it is not updated regularly to reflect market changes.

Procurement 52

Procurement Bidding Procurement team Supply Chain Efficiency 52

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Direct Procurement, also referred as direct spend management, or direct sourcing is the end-to-end process organizations follow to manage the procurement of direct materials – in other words any materials, parts or components used to make a product. What is Direct Procurement?

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