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Planergy: Vendor Analysis — P2P solution overview, roadmap, competitors, tech selection tips, analyst summary

Spend Matters

Today, we are talking about Planergy, a company founded in 2008, which started with a purchasing solution and has since built a very promising P2P solution for small and lower-middle-market companies. which is not our area of interest in this Vendor Analysis. Before, the offering was limited, but nowadays it is more commonplace.

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Getting Procurement Out of The Digital Transformation Rabbit Hole, e.g., Cost Savings and Digitalization

Procurement Insights

Point #1 – Going back to my 2008 & 2014 posts, McKinsey & Company survey of CFOs found that the C-Suite did not believe that procurement was delivering savings or value to the overall enterprise. 2008/2014 posts – [link]. Also, what buyer behaviors have they rewarded?

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EBA Guidelines – A Call to Action for Banking Sector Procurement?

ivalua

The financial crisis of 2008/9 and a whole range of banking and financial services issues, and occasionally scandals, answered that question. A form arrived on my desk that required us to list some key contracts – I’m not even sure where it came from, to be honest. But it seemed a bit of a cheek, really.

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Special Bitcoin Considerations!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Bitcoin was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in the year 2008 and went on air in the year 2009. Traditional banking systems primarily favor buyers at the instance of fraudulent activities even if the business owner is equipped with legitimate proof. How to Become a Professional Bitcoin Trader! Irreversible. Bitcoin is decentralized.

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Medius: P2P Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — Company background, P2P solution overview, SWOT, competitors/market analysis

Spend Matters

Categories: Accounts Payable , P2P , Payments , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Spend Management , Technology Tags: PRO Medius began life in 2001 in Sweden as an AP automation solution; in 2006 it opened offices in Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands; in 2008 in Poland.

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DPS: An Answer to Public Procurement Burdens?

Jaggaer

Money has been tight more or less everywhere since the financial crash of 2008 heralded a new age of austerity. A DPS is a completely electronic system used by a contracting authority (the buyer) to purchase commonly used goods or services. The advantage for buyers is that this is faster and less onerous than the usual tender process.

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

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Current State of Supplier Performance Management Nowadays, the interest in improving supplier performance management methods has increased due to the increase in global sourcing and that of the global economy in particular (Gordon Sherry R, 2008). Figure 1 shows a sample proposed SPM project structure for a transportation services company.