Spend Matters

MARCH 19, 2025

Solution providers excelling in top tech and customer favorite scores Congratulations to the best-of-breeds and suites that topped the SolutionMap rankings with their top tech and best customer scores.

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Una

JUNE 18, 2024

Contract Management Best Practices for Procurement Pros Learn why its critical for procurement teams to have contract management best practices in place to proactively monitor promised benefits. By Hugo Britt | June 18, 2024 Search Search At what point in the contract lifecycle does procurement’s role end?

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ivalua

APRIL 23, 2020

The overall theme is the “Journey to Procurement Excellence”, focusing on how Procurement can deliver value through supplier collaboration, supplier risk management and more advanced strategies and capabilities to deal with Procurement and supply chain management risks and challenges – while not forgetting cost and operational perspectives.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Categories: Contract Management , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Risk Performance and Compliance , Supply Risk Management , Vendor Snapshots Tags: EU , Risk , supply chain risk management Spend Matters PRO content brings you the most thorough analysis of vendors serving the procurement technology space.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 20, 2025

From sourcing and contract management to order management, supplier relationship and complaint management, JAGGAER’s solutions support Rittal in optimizing its procurement processes. To this end, the platform is integrated with Sphera’s risk management solution and IntegrityNext for supply chain monitoring.

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Procurement Templates

MARCH 7, 2024

Key components typically found in a procurement playbook include: Procurement policies and procedures: Clearly defined rules and regulations governing procurement processes, such as vendor selection criteria, bidding procedures, and contract management protocols.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement Ethics Contract management 130

Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 18, 2022

GEP Smart is a complete procurement solution with full spend analysis, sourcing, contract management, supplier management, purchasing, invoice handling, and saving track processes integrated into it. . It provides supplier relationship management tools that are designed to make the source-to-pay workflow easy.

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Una

APRIL 18, 2023

Mark is an experienced procurement leader with a broad area of focus including sourcing, supply management, contracts management, supplier relationship management, risk management, and inventory management.

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Empowering CPO

MAY 8, 2023

Importance of Risk Management in Procurement Procurement plays a critical role in the success of any organization, as it involves acquiring goods and services necessary for business operations. Finally, we will provide practical tips for incorporating risk management best practices into your organization’s procurement process.

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World of Procurement blog

JUNE 17, 2021

What is Contract Management? Contract Management is the process of managing all of your contracts. For this article, we’re going to focus on Contract Management related to your Supply Chain Contracts, or Procurement Contracts. This is a macro top-level aim of Contract Management.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

Contract Management Contract Management is tracking the contractual lifecycle, including contract creation, renewal, and termination dates. Compliance with the agreed terms and conditions of a contract, as well as respect for the obligations arising from it, shall also be monitored.

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ContractSafe

AUGUST 17, 2023

Explore the vital role of a contract manager in your business — from risk mitigation to compliance and beyond, they're the backbone of operational efficiency.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

20152020: Procurement Gains Strategic Recognition Emergence of Strategic Sourcing : CFOs began to recognize procurement’s role in driving long-term value through strategic sourcing, supplier relationships, and risk management. Analytics and insights from procurement data were minimal.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 20, 2023

The contract management software market is hot right now. Organisations seem to have finally realised that they’ve suffered from having a “desk drawer” approach to contracts. Being able to manage your contracts in one place, author them, approve them and sign them is a massive productivity boost.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In this session, Manulife’s procurement leadership will share the lessons learned from past struggles with disjointed solutions, their vision for the future and how they delivered rapid savings while laying the groundwork for a consistent, comprehensive transformation of vendor risk management, spend analysis, sourcing and contract management.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Over the coming weeks, our risk series will cover vendors within the following risk categories: Financial Risk & Supplier Risk. Supply Chain Risk. Supplier Management Non-Suites. Supplier Management Suites. Contract Risk Management. Compliance/CSR Risk.

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Procurement Templates

APRIL 15, 2024

Stage 6: Risk Management Days 51-60 Risk Assessment: Conduct a comprehensive risk assessment to identify potential risks related to suppliers, contracts, and operations. Mitigation Strategies: Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies to minimize exposure and ensure business continuity.

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ivalua

MARCH 24, 2022

Further, suppliers play a pivotal role in innovation, ESG, risk management, quality, supply continuity, and many other critical organizational functions. Ivalua is honored to be recognized in this important evaluation covering a broad range of Procurement and Supply Chain processes.

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Spend Matters

MAY 29, 2024

Some of the key supply chain transformation pillars discussed were commercial excellence, vendor risk management, and systems (disparate point systems). The first phase of Leidos’ implementation has been upstream (sourcing, supplier management, contract management).

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Negotiation & Contract Award – Once a supplier is selected, the process of finalizing the award and drawing up the contract begins. Contract management systems often play a role in this stage by helping to standardize and streamline the creation of contracts based on the awarded terms.

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ivalua

APRIL 25, 2023

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , and KPMG Norway today announced that Aker BP has gone live with Ivalua’s S2C and Supplier Relationship and Risk Management (SRM) solutions to streamline its direct and indirect procurement operations. Redwood City, CA, 25 April, 2023.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 19, 2025

Lets now break that down into the various stages in the traditional upstream source-to-contract (S2C) processes. At each stage we can build capabilities in support of sustainability and risk management alongside the traditional focus on cost.

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Procurement Templates

JUNE 18, 2023

Contract management: Effective contract management is vital to monitor and enforce agreed-upon pricing and terms. Procurement should regularly review contracts, track performance, and address any deviations promptly. Risk management: Implement robust risk management practices that address inflation-related risks.

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The Procuretech Podcast

MARCH 1, 2022

Kicking off this week with the first of a number of interviews we'll be doing over the next couple of months with contract management platforms. My guest today is Elena Mechik of Berlin-based startup Inhubber, which offers a blockchain-based solution for contract management and tracking.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 2, 2023

One of the key areas we focus on is enhancing supplier risk management through our managed procurement services. Supplier risk management is an integral aspect of procurement, tasked with identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with a company’s supply chain.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? What are the pros and cons, and what supply chain strategy will pave the way to higher margins, improved supply chain risk management in healthcare and improved patient care?

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Spend Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

An S2P suite automates spend/supply management processes primarily in procurement, accounts payable and inbound supply chain management, but also other areas within Legal (e.g., contract management), Finance (e.g, working capital management, treasury and FP&A), R&D (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Optimization Sourcing supply chain software solutions Procurement strategies 97

ivalua

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Looking for solutions to achieve quick wins, such as automating the sourcing process or the contract management process can drive these initiatives forward. . This recent crisis underscores the need for organizations to establish and maintain effective proactive risk management programs for their supply chain.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Redwood City, CA – October 26, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading global spend management cloud provider, and Consus, a leading global supply chain solutions provider, today announced that Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) has successfully deployed Ivalua’s platform to empower its procurement digital transformation, with Consus leading implementation.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Chief Procurement Officer Procurement Networking 26

Spend Matters

JULY 21, 2022

It currently offers a SxM solution that is rapidly growing to cover other processes (sourcing, contract management, order collaboration, cost optimization). By consequence, it also brought solution providers with dedicated capabilities for direct spend under the spotlight. Poland-based Procurence is one such provider.

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TYA Suite

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Detailed reporting features also provide valuable insights into procurement activities, assisting organizations to make data-driven decisions and improve their Contract management is another critical aspect of. Effective contract management ensures that all agreements with suppliers are tracked, monitored, and adhered to.

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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.).

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ProcurePort

AUGUST 15, 2022

• Vendor management is the sum of all activities a company undertakes to maximize the value of the relationship they have with its vendors. This includes but is not limited to listing probable vendors, comparing prices, quality checks, cost control, and risk management. The post What is Vendor Management?

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ivalua

JUNE 16, 2021

What’s more, PwC found that the average investment in risk management among MENA companies was $1.5 To digitally transform successfully, MENA procurement teams will need to invest in process redesign and change management, and take steps to involve internal stakeholders early on.

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Skill Dynamics

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Training programs should equip participants with knowledge of freight contracts, carrier liability, and global regulatory compliance to help navigate any related legal challenges effectively. Risk management Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk are all key skills for any supply chain professional.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Working within a resilient global supply chain results in complexities around basic matters like communication, time zones and languages, along with more challenging aspects like risk management, compliance and sustainability. Third-party risk management through a specialized vendor moves beyond the onboarding and intake process.

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Skill Dynamics

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Advanced Negotiation and Contract Management Advanced negotiation techniques are essential for securing better terms for your organization, but can also help develop and maintain strong supplier relationships. Its also vital that you effectively manage supplier contracts to reduce risk and maximize supplier value.

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