Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Categories: Analysis , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Spend Management , Supply Chain , Supply Chain Management , Trade Financing Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis gives an overview of Trax, a Transportation Spend Management (TSM) solution.

Spend management 95

Spend management supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization Management 95

Spend Matters

MARCH 26, 2025

Companies with multiple locations and decentralized procurement processes are increasingly seeking automation, visibility and control over their spending and, consequently, are moving toward more holistic procurement solutions.

Spend management 71

Spend management Buyers Procurement solutions Procurement 71

Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 5, 2023

It allows them to have a purchasing experience that provides process improvement and better spend management for the entire organization without leaving their e-procurement system. Modern procurement systems enable buyers to import supplier catalogs directly into the buyer’s own e-procurement system or application.

Buyers 179

Buyers Purchasing Suppliers Price 179

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

It breaks the bond between Buyer and Supplier, resulting in fragile supply chains and lots of mistrust. No PO, no Pay was born to force suppliers to add PO’s to Invoices by forcing Buyers to create PO’s. So the network providers just haven’t delivered, and only further fractured the link between buyer and supplier. .

supply chain budgeting 237

supply chain budgeting Purchase orders Networking Buyers 237

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Categories: Industry News , Source to Pay , Spend Management Tags: EU , mergers and acquisitions Giant of the Business Spend Management (BSM) world, Coupa Software, this morning announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, one of the largest private equity firms in the world.

Competitive bidding 107

Competitive bidding Spend management Bidding Buyers 107

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

London, UK – 18 th November 2021 – Research from Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider , has revealed that very few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) being measured routinely on carbon emissions. About Ivalua.

Suppliers 130

Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Buyers Sustainability 130

Spend Matters

JULY 29, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Airbase and its solution for AP automation, corporate card and expense reimbursement solutions. Airbase is an all-in-one spend management platform that primarily targets the US mid-market with its solutions for AP automation, expense management, corporate cards and guided procurement.

Procurement 114

Procurement Spend management Market analysis Buyers 114

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

Massy, France 18 March , 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, and CKS BeNeLux today announced that Punch Powertrain has successfully deployed Ivalua’s platform to support the digital transformation of the strategic sourcing process. About Ivalua.

Strategic sourcing 130

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing Buyers 130

Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 11, 2023

Today I’m joined by Nipendo , a forward-thinking software brand that is on a mission to improve how buyers and suppliers work together to combat Source-to-Pay inefficiencies and costs. It was that approach – much more additive than disruptive – that really intrigued me as the new age of spend management.”

Buyers 52

Buyers Suppliers supply chain budgeting supply chain software solutions 52

ivalua

MARCH 19, 2019

Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the availability of a quick deployment package for Procure-to-Pay (P2P). Best practice P2P capabilities now available for deployment in 8-12 weeks. The new package allows customers to fully deploy Ivalua’s best-of-breed P2P solution in 8-12 weeks.

Procurement 145

Procurement Spend management Buyers Suppliers 145

Jaggaer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

JAGGAER understands the traditional roadblocks to spend management and how important it is to gain insight into operational ineffectiveness in order to improve your sourcing success. A spend analysis allows you to do just that. Here, we’ve outlined the seven steps necessary to conducting a proper spend analysis.

Eprocurement 123

Eprocurement Buyers Purchasing Contract 123

ivalua

JUNE 28, 2021

London, UK – 29 th June 2021 – Research from Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider , has revealed almost two thirds (65%) of suppliers feel late payments are putting their company at financial risk. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud based Spend Management solutions. About Ivalua.

Risk 130

Risk Suppliers supply chain budgeting Innovation 130

Arkestro

MARCH 27, 2024

Resources / Blog / Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Buyers have always played an important role in the procurement industry, helping organizations obtain goods and maintain a careful balance of speed, cost-efficiency, and quality.

Buyers 52

Buyers supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement 52

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The vendor specializes in intake and user configurable workflow creation, enabling customers to capture spend at the point in which employees incur spend. While the solution addresses direct, indirect and services spend, most customers primarily use PayEm for indirect and services I2P and Spend Management.

Spend management 106

Spend management Procurement Buyers Management 106

Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Instead of looking at direct materials and purchased parts, the hidden opportunity is often found in effective tail spend management. The best opportunities now lie in tail spend management. This is usually areas of indirect spend which have previously been relatively unexplored. What is tail spend?

Spend management 52

Spend management Management Real-time Visibility Competitive bidding 52

Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Instead of looking at direct materials and purchased parts, the hidden opportunity is often found in effective tail spend management. The best opportunities now lie in tail spend management. This is usually areas of indirect spend which have previously been relatively unexplored. What is tail spend?

Spend management 52

Spend management Management Real-time Visibility Competitive bidding 52

Spend Matters

APRIL 5, 2023

Software procurement is complex, and buyers are often ill informed about considerations specific to buying SaaS, such as contract terms, licenses, pricing and technical expertise. SaaS management and buying tools such, as Spendflo, address the lack of buyer visibility.

e2e 98

e2e Management Buyers Contract 98

ivalua

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

12, 2019 — Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced another record year. New forecast and order collaboration capabilities allow companies to improve collaboration between buyers and suppliers, reducing cycle times and risk of supply chain disruptions. REDWOOD CITY, Feb.

Bill of materials 35

Bill of materials supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Innovation 35

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.

Real-time Visibility 98

Real-time Visibility Spend management Procurement team Purchasing 98

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

London, UK – 18 th November 2021 – Research from Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider , has revealed that very few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) being measured routinely on carbon emissions. About Ivalua.

Suppliers 100

Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Buyers Sustainability 100

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

John Cockerill was looking for a unified end-to-end spend management platform to be deployed across 4 business units in 22 countries, helping to reduce administrative tasks for the buyers, improve the fluidity of the procurement process and optimize collaboration between internal stakeholder and suppliers in a highly secure environment.

Supply Chain Optimization 100

Supply Chain Optimization Spend management Buyers Collaboration 100

Spend Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

This ecosystem strategy for managing “best-in-class architectures” is unfortunately still nascent, but recent activity has thankfully signaled the start of a greater shift by the large technology vendors themselves (and not just progressive buyers). Let’s just focus on the SAP Ariba portion of this discussion.

Sourcing 103

Sourcing Spend management Procurement supply chain software solutions 103

Planergy

JANUARY 20, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. An invoice is used to document a sale of products and services and is provided to a buyer by the seller. What's PLANERGY? What Is an Invoice Used For?

Buyers 52

Buyers Purchase orders Purchasing Import 52

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Here’s why Fairmarkit matters: To the market: Fairmarkit focuses on tail spend management. So, it boasts specific capabilities more general sourcing solutions lack because they address a broader range of spend segments. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

Market analysis 120

Market analysis Sourcing Spend management Purchasing 120

ivalua

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Redwood City, CA – October 7, 2021 – 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 : Contract Lifecycle Management for Buy-Side Contract Suites, Q4 2021.” . About Ivalua.

Contract 100

Contract Management Spend management Innovation 100

ivalua

AUGUST 26, 2021

Redwood City, CA – 26th August 2021 – Research from Ivalua, a leading global spend management cloud provider, has revealed more than half (58%) of European suppliers said buyers rarely or never include responsible labour practices in contracts or agreements. To make this a reality, procurement must get smarter.

Procurement team 100

Procurement team Suppliers Buyers Procurement 100

ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The payment process required for international trade is complex, expensive and high risk for both suppliers and buyers. Redwood City, CA, October 25, 2021 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions, announces a partnership with TransferMate, the leader in global B2B payments infrastructure as a service.

Supply Chain Efficiency 130

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Spend management Suppliers 130

Una

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Maverick spending typically happens for one of the following three reasons: There are no effective preventative barriers in place. Internal buyers consider existing processes to be too tedious and/or confusing. Internal buyers are unaware of existing processes. Business Spend Management | Amplify Savings in Top Categories.

Supply Chain Efficiency 105

Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement Purchase orders Real-time Visibility 105

ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the launch of next generation eprocurement capabilities at its Ivalua NOW event. Manutan has been a great partner in launching this innovation, ensuring we optimally meet the needs of buyers and suppliers.”

Eprocurement 100

Eprocurement Buyers Price Suppliers 100

Spend Matters

JULY 10, 2023

It covers the S2P process, including sourcing, SxM, contract management, AP automation, payments and spend management. It also integrates ESG into its spend and supplier management. Proactis is one such suite vendor. Its main market is Europe and middle market companies.

Market analysis 98

Market analysis e2e Contract management Spend management 98

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Each stage contributes to a more strategic approach to procurement: Spend management: Despite the title, source to pay cannot really start with sourcing. Category management: Whereas spend management aims to depict the entire landscape, category management fills in the detail for each major spend category.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing e2e Supply Chain Efficiency Strategic sourcing 52

ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2019

Nitor, the leader in source-to-pay transformation, and Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud Solutions , announced the successful launch of the Maryland Department of General Services’ new e-procurement system, eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA), which deployed on schedule and on budget.

Bidding 100

Bidding Quality Spend management Budget 100

Procurement Tactics

JULY 2, 2023

Improved Supplier-Buyer Relationships Transparent relations with suppliers are also facilitated by clear and detailed job orders. SAP Ariba SAP Ariba is a cloud bases procurement software that provides spending management, and supply chain services that allow suppliers and buyers to connect and do business, worldwide.

supply chain budgeting 184

supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Negotiation Budget 184

ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

Sometimes action can be taken by the buyer that either does not affect the supplier or just requires their agreement. But most of the initiatives that have real value require collaboration between buyer and supplier (or supply chain ).

Collaboration 130

Collaboration Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement supply chain budgeting 130

Una

DECEMBER 20, 2022

To drive more SUM within your organization, you’ll also have to focus on encouraging buyers to choose the right vendors. How can you make it easier for them to find and spend with your preferred suppliers? Buyers are often authorized to make certain low-value purchases or claim expenses (e.g. Proper purchase authorization.

Management 98

Management Buyers Procurement team Contract 98

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Travel and Expense management leveraging SAP Concur is an easy plug in for travel spend management and all spend flowing through expense reporting. That’s a big job to tackle, but SAP does have over 5,000 engineers in the spend management space (not even including BTP) working on all this.

Networking 114

Networking Spend management Suppliers Supply Chain Optimization 114

ivalua

MARCH 19, 2019

Redwood City, CA March 19, 2019 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the availability of a quick deployment package for Procure-to-Pay (P2P). Best practice P2P capabilities now available for deployment in 8-12 weeks. Rapid supplier onboarding.

Procurement 100

Procurement Suppliers Spend management Buyers 100