Spend Matters

MARCH 18, 2024

Titled ‘Procurement [RE]Imagined,’ this two-day event explored how new technologies enable procurement to do previously impossible things. Procurement can ‘reinvent’ itself to meet growing complexities and need for performance. Enhanced communications to generate content for mass email communication to suppliers.

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Procurement Raw materials Sustainability Risk 93

Spend Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

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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e2e Procurement supply chain software solutions Contract 81

IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

IBM watsonx is changing the game for enterprises of all shapes and sizes, making it easy for them to embed generative AI into their operations. Watsonx is comprised of three components that empower businesses to customize their AI solutions: watsonx.ai Let’s explore a few AI use cases that span different industries.

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supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain management Supply chain management 93

Spend Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. The motor of this welcome, if not long-overdue, change: artificial intelligence (AI).

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Spend Matters

APRIL 17, 2024

Relish was founded by individuals with extensive consulting experience who recognized the gaps in IT solutions, especially when it comes to procurement. Relish aims to build lightweight apps that strategically augment enterprise solutions, optimizing investments in procurement solutions.

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Suppliers Data Market analysis Demand 95

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 11, 2023

For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. Artificial intelligence (AI): Generative AI will make large leaps forward.

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Procurement solutions Procurement supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization 76

Spend Matters

JANUARY 4, 2024

For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. Generative AI’s success will hinge on the professionals behind it In 2024, AI hype will reach its peak.

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Procurement solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supplier relationship management 97

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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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Procurement e2e Contract Sourcing 92

IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to a Gartner® report , “By 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have used generative AI APIs or models, and/or deployed GenAI-enabled applications in production environments, up from less than 5% in 2023.”* The watsonx.governance toolkit and watsonx.ai

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Data Collaboration Innovation Management 79

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The procurement technology market is evolving rapidly and deploying the latest power that innovation can bring to support the changing and challenging needs of its customers. In an ever-crowded space it’s hard for those who rely on these platforms and systems to keep ahead of the latest developments. What is dSilo?

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e2e Contract Contract management Procurement 99

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

To warrant such attention, these vendors must have a product that is ideally 2 to 5 years old, has more than five customers and displays an innovative application of technology. What it does dSilo is an AI-focused contract and invoicing analytics solution that helps companies derive value from existing data through pre-trained AI models.

Contract 88

Contract supply chain software solutions Innovation Procurement 88

ivalua

APRIL 28, 2023

Ivalua has reinvented the way companies manage their spend and reward programs by integrating corporate cards into its purchasing platform. The technology employed by Ivalua allows our clients to use an existing p-card or connect to over 50 banks with V-card capabilities. What card issuers or banks does Ivalua support?

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Innovation Purchasing supply chain budgeting Contract 130

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When thinking of artificial intelligence (AI) use cases, the question might be asked: What won’t AI be able to do? The easy answer is mostly manual labor, although the day might come when much of what is now manual labor will be accomplished by robotic devices controlled by AI. We’re all amazed by what AI can do.

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Real-time Visibility Data Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization 88

Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Dawn of Integrated Source-to-Pay Suites The release of Gartner’s first integrated Source-to-Pay (S2P) Magic Quadrant marks a pivotal moment in procurement technology. This shift underscores the industry’s move towards integrated platforms over standalone modules.

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Sourcing e2e Spend management Leadership 67

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Procurement is entering an exciting new era of embedded intelligence. Technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning make possible what was only dreamt of in years past — intelligent automation, predictive procurement and exponential data processing.

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Procurement Procurement team Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting 63

Procurement Tactics

JULY 19, 2023

Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. ChatGPT & AI Use ChatGPT to automate procurement processes 5. Why is Managing Your Warehouse Important?

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Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Supply chain 170

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 26, 2023

To warrant such attention, these vendors must have a product that is ideally 2 to 5 years old, is used by more than five customers and displays an innovative application of technology. What it does Founded in 2021 by procurement veterans, akirolabs is headquartered in Berlin.

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Category management Procurement team Collaboration Bill of materials 91

Pipefy

MARCH 28, 2024

Explore new possibilities with AI, no-code, and process automation Download the Pipefy Business & IT Leader Survey What is AI workflow automation? AI in business workflow management refers to the application of artificial intelligence functions to build, analyze, and optimize processes and workflows.

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e2e Real-time Visibility Data Sourcing 52

ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

The afternoon of the first day at the Ivalua Now event in Paris had a strong AI (artificial intelligence) flavour. Now there’s an interesting question – if AI had a flavour, what exactly would it be? Anyway, there were also a couple of very good customer cases studies, but we’ll save those for a future discussion and focus on AI here.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Spend Matters constantly updates its understanding of the state of the procurement tech market via RFIs for our SolutionMap dataset, vendor interviews, global event attendance and product demos with the aim of keeping tech-selection decision makers ahead of market trends. generative AI.

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Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain 91

The Procuretech Podcast

AUGUST 29, 2023

David, coming from a tech background, explains how he identified a problem in the technology market research industry and decided to create an independent platform that utilises data analytics to overcome cognitive constraints. He emphasise the importance of choosing the right tool for specific tasks when using generative AI.

Buyers 40

Buyers Procurement Sustainability Import 40

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The procurement technology market is evolving rapidly and deploying the latest power that innovation can bring to support the changing and challenging needs of its customers. In an ever-crowded space it’s hard for those who rely on these platforms and systems to keep ahead of the latest developments.

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supply chain software solutions Category management Procurement Data 92

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Spend Matters is once again delighted to release the ‘ 50 Procurement Providers to Kno w’ and ‘ 50 Procurement Providers to Watch ’ lists, announced at the SIG Global Executive Summit on October 17. Another major step has been that, while developing this, we accelerated our utilization of AI. Read our methodology here.

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Procurement solutions Procurement Suppliers Management 97

Spend Matters

JUNE 27, 2023

Each week our analysts turn their eye to the procurement tech trends they are observing in the marketplace. But Procurement has access to all sorts of data within that repository of contracts. DSilo — a new contract and invoicing analytics solution provider with an emphasis on AI.

Contract 75

Contract Contract management Negotiation Management 75

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Here, we will look at examples and applications of renewable energy across a variety of industries, its impact on energy systems and the energy technologies that will drive its use in the future. Wind : Individual wind turbines and large-scale wind farms harness kinetic energy from the air for electricity generation.

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Supply Chain Optimization Sustainability Supply Chain Efficiency Sourcing 105

Procurement Software

APRIL 2, 2024

We’d all like the latest digital procurement tools. But often, those who aren’t familiar with the procurement software market mistakenly overestimate the cost. The reality is that procurement tech doesn’t have to be expensive. There’s plenty of digital procurement solutions out there for every budget. Let’s dive in.

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supply chain budgeting supply chain software solutions Procurement Budget 52

World of Procurement blog

APRIL 29, 2024

In the world of procurement, continuous learning and staying abreast of the latest industry trends, innovations, and best practices are not just beneficial but essential. As your trusted guide through the complexities of the procurement world, we understand the importance of accessible, insightful, and forward-thinking resources.

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Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Negotiation Innovation 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

The rise of generative AI has surfaced many new questions about how the technology will impact the workforce. Even as AI becomes more pervasive in business, people are still a core competitive advantage. AI’s impact will vary across employee groups. That could translate to 1.4 billion of the 3.4

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Import Strategy Data Risk 75

Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Joining me on December 5th to talk about Generative AI will be Dr. Marcell Vollmer, Bill Michels, and Rob Handfield. Jon Hansen But if you think about it, when you look at, for example, autonomous procurement, Bill, what do you think that mean? How do you define that for someone? I think you probably remember that very.

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Negotiation Data Procurement Supply chain 84

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

Perhaps you are using a next-gen Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and an unmatched F&A planning platform that delivers advanced predictive analytics. We can drive meaningful impact with the technology in core finance processes by streamlining tasks and revolutionizing the way F&A professionals work going forward.

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Data Innovation Strategy Suppliers 56

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With another busy year of procurement and supply chain events tidily packed away behind us, Spend Matters is pleased to provide a round-up of the main events we attended in 2023, with a short recap of each and key takeaways. Read his recommendations in eWorld: first dispatch.

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Procurement Supply Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 82

Procurement Software

APRIL 16, 2024

Ensuring your procurement team has the optimal blend of procurement training is a challenge. In today’s tough economic environment, could technology enable procurement training to be delivered for less cost and more effectively? Jonathan is the CEO of UK-based procurement training company Positive Purchasing.

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Procurement Budget Procurement team Negotiation 52

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

This Spend Matters series takes a look at the state of procurement technologies in the market today and whether they meet user demands. In this article, our analyst Nikhil Gaur looks at contract lifecycle management (CLM) platforms. In this article, our analyst Nikhil Gaur looks at contract lifecycle management (CLM) platforms.

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Contract Management Negotiation Real-time Visibility 91

IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative force. By giving machines the growing capacity to learn, reason and make decisions, AI is impacting nearly every industry, from manufacturing to hospitality, healthcare and academia. Without an AI strategy, organizations risk missing out on the benefits AI can offer.

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Strategy Ethics Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization 79

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

This Spend Matters series takes a look at the state of procurement technologies in the market today and whether they meet user demands. In this article, our analysts Xavier Olivera and Meena Ibrahim look at AP Automation/Invoice-to-Pay (AP/I2P) platforms. What does an AP Automation/Invoice-to-Pay solution do?

Buyers 71

Buyers Collaboration Suppliers Agile and Lean Supply Chain 71

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

This Spend Matters series takes a look at the state of procurement technologies in the market today and whether they meet user demands. In this article, our analyst Xavier Olivera looks at Procure-to-Pay solutions. In this article, our analyst Xavier Olivera looks at Procure-to-Pay solutions.

Procurement 81

Procurement Real-time Visibility Purchasing Inventory 81

Spend Matters

MARCH 11, 2024

At Spend Matters, it’s as important for us to get to know the requirements and opinions of the procurement community of practitioners as it is for us to understand the world of tech solutions and their providers. So it was good to see a nice mix of both presenting at Procurement Strategies and Innovation (PSI) last week.

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Procurement strategies Innovation Strategy Procurement 97