Spend Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

Many category managers and buyers struggle with data transparency and aggregation. To potential buyers — Covalyze can save category managers and buyers significant time and money, as it takes away many of the manual processes historically required of these roles. This content is for members only.

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Raw materials Category management Buyers Price 103

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Today please get to know COVALYZE From our recent analyst-written Vendor Analysis : Here’s why COVALYZE matters: To the market — COVALYZE offers deep parts analysis (price/cost-focused) for direct materials using AI to scan historic and customer-specific data.

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e2e Data interpretation Buyers Data 119

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 30, 2019

We were missing customer deliveries due to problems in getting the correct, and complete data, into the systems which enabled us to manage bills of material and manufacture products. Depending on the organization I have heard this function called either Product Data Management (PDM) or Master Data Management (MDM).

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Data Bill of materials Management supply chain software solutions 60

ivalua

APRIL 11, 2019

He also talked about the recent release and the new features there, such as a new user interface across the platform, a new category management module (which I want to investigate more) and an integrated “digital assistant” at platform level. He spoke here about two areas of innovation in the Ivalua product related to collaboration.

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Bill of materials Raw materials Suppliers Procurement 100

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Spend Matters honors a vast array of procurement solution providers each year by selecting them for our ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ and ‘Hall of Fame’ celebration lists. Discover everything you need to know about these accolades here, including who is on them.

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Buyers Real-time Visibility Sustainability Data 110

The Procuretech Podcast

JULY 8, 2020

13:49 What are the limitations of what a machine can provide vs. where does the human knowledge of the Commodity / Category Manager come in to complement this augmented intelligence? 21:22 Risk management is the buzzword of late, but no platform will completely eliminate all of your potential supply chain disruption.

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Suppliers Bill of materials supply chain budgeting Negotiation 40

Jaggaer

JUNE 18, 2019

You’ll definitely need a category manager that can expand the aperture around what costs you’re looking at and the number of possible suppliers, to get at the data the business can use to make more informed buying decisions. I’ve done this at a scale of $10 billion at Kellogg’s and a scale of $12 billion at Kraft Foods.

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Data Chief Procurement Officer Bidding Procurement 40

Arkestro

MARCH 28, 2025

This webinar will highlight key supply categories (MRO, Capital, Bill of Materials, and Logistics) and how predictive technology optimizes Spot Buy, Strategic Sourcing, and Category Management. Key Takeaways: How Predictive Procurement supports Enterprise Tariff Strategy How top teams achieve 18.8%

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Strategy Bill of materials Supplier negotiation Procurement 52