Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

While full-scale digital transformation certainly takes time, organisations can see rapid improvements in efficiency, collaboration, and data accuracy right from the outset. By automating routine tasks, streamlining communication, and centralising information in one single source of truth, you create tangible quick wins.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

However, simply cutting costs isnt a sustainable strategy CPOs must move beyond tactical price reductions and embrace strategic cost management. Solutions: Strategic Sourcing: Move beyond transactional purchasing and embrace strategic sourcing. Ready to digitally transform your business?

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

They may not consider potential issues of integrations, supplier onboarding, supply chain data management, change management and system optimization, all of which add to complexity and costs. Sustainable master data management and governance: As much as 55% of projects fail due to data management issues. The post ERP vs.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Collaboration across Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and beyond requires visibility and communication regarding capacity, cost, risk, order quantities, inventory levels, quality , timelines, logistics, and more. Collaboration brings visibility and agility for gaining market share.

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Planergy

MARCH 10, 2025

How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Data-driven insights improve resource allocation and student outcomes. Technology simplifies data storage, analysis, and accessibility for schools.

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Pipefy

APRIL 22, 2025

If youre in procurement or supply chain, chances are youve wondered: How can I rethink this process, make smarter decisions, and still save time? Automation within the source-to-pay (S2P) cycle from sourcing to payment is redefining how businesses handle suppliers, contracts, quotes, and payments. What is Source-to-Pay (S2P)?

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Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of procurement, organizations are turning to strategic sourcing services to navigate the complexities and achieve sustainable success. By harnessing the power of data, organizations can identify opportunities for cost optimization, risk mitigation, and process efficiency.

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Una

AUGUST 17, 2022

The figure’s head represents the top 1% of strategic suppliers to your organization. This is where strategic sourcing professionals spend most of their time, communicating directly with their top suppliers through an SRM program , and using cutting-edge procurement software to analyze spend and track risk.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

Suppliers whose prices fluctuate significantly over time may not be suitable for long-term partnerships, whereas those who consistently provide products at estimated costs can be considered for future contracts. To plan accurately one has to rely on real-time data analysis, through software solutions or excel based templates.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation.

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Planergy

DECEMBER 25, 2023

How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Gone are the days when you must rely on historical data and make reactive decisions. FP&A helps create a data-driven culture in a company.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In times of pressure and crisis , highly responsive and trustworthy suppliers make agility possible. Following widely-known standards keeps your vendor options open so you’re not locked into sourcing from a small pool of specialty suppliers that can negatively impact time to market.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 24, 2021

Leveraging relevant technology in the supply chain from the moment your suppliers bring in raw materials, during storage of the materials and manufactured products in the warehouse, and distribution of products to the final consumer can increase efficiency, boost production, reduce time wastage and improve business revenues.

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TYA Suite

APRIL 13, 2025

These issues can waste time, increase expenses, and cause frustration for your team. Over time, these small problems add up, making it difficult to grow smoothly. It saves time, reduces mistakes, and gives you a clear view of all purchases, helping you make better decisions. Thats why switching to an can help.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

Analytics and insights from procurement data were minimal. 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.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 22, 2023

Introduction Welcome to our complete guide on the role of spend analysis in strategic sourcing. In the ever-evolving world of business, strategic sourcing has become a linchpin in corporate success. But how do we fuel the engine of strategic sourcing? The answer lies in the powerful tool of spend analysis.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Provides key data insights through spend analysis that informs strategic decisions. Sources innovation by engaging suppliers in new product/service development. The procurement team manages the order, monitors quality, ensures on-time delivery, processes invoices, and handles any issues that arise during fulfillment.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 1, 2025

AdaptOne for supplier onboarding, GEP for strategic sourcing) rather than purchasing a comprehensive S2P suite with unused features (e.g., Impact: Ensures 95-100% usage by adapting to real-time requirements, avoiding static S2P features that lag (e.g., ESG tracking, dynamic discounting). unused tariff tools post-2024).

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 17, 2025

Anyone who has followed the Procurement Insights blog for any length of time knows I love to ask questions and am voracious about gaining new insights. Core Offering : Tracks commodity prices, production costs, and market trends to arm procurement teams with data for better supplier negotiations. Key Comparison Points 1.

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ivalua

MARCH 15, 2016

He talked about how that experience with power was a real high at times. Having fact –based discussions that are anchored with solid historical data is crucial in defining what a win/win should, and can, look like. Without good visibility and frankly, transparency, any collaboration is hard. Talking is critical.

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Una

OCTOBER 17, 2023

EPISODE 137 Using Visibility to Combat Supply Chain Abstraction with Frank Kenney By Kelly Barner | October 18, 2023 In the race to build global empires of data and digital systems, today’s businesses must not risk forgetting what all of those zeroes and ones mean.

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Una

AUGUST 30, 2022

Strategic sourcing experts are using machine learning to categorize and manage spend, AI to better predict demand, and act upon alerts such as contract expiry/renewals. Core digital capabilities that we now take for granted include spend analytics, eAuctions, electronic catalogs, data visualization, and more.

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 1, 2022

Five years ago, global logistics company UPS’s procurement function was far from playing a strategic role. This team has 200 members, although some of these are focused specifically on systems and data, and source-to-pay modernisation programme and transactional purchasing.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 20, 2023

As the risks that trigger supply disruptions, regulatory non-compliance and missed corporate objectives continue to gain visibility, an ‘eyes wide open’ attitude towards supplier risk assessment and mitigation strategies has become imperative to improve operational resilience. And so it should.

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Procurement Templates

JUNE 18, 2023

ChatGPT Inflation refers to the general increase in prices of goods and services in an economy over time, resulting in a decrease in the purchasing power of money. These indices track the average price changes of a basket of goods and services over time. What is inflation?

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 3, 2025

Global Reach, Real Impact Participants and speakers come from over 50 countries. Thought Leadership Consistently pushes the conversation forward from autonomous sourcing to orchestration platforms. Thought Leadership Consistently pushes the conversation forward from autonomous sourcing to orchestration platforms.

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Procurement Express

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In this article, we’ll go over a few ways to improve the process: education, gaining spend visibility , categorizing spend by supplier or department, etc. Understanding these categories is the first step toward better visibility, smarter procurement processes, and tighter budget control. What’s Behind This Disconnect?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It helps bring predictability to Strategic Sourcing, automates Transactional Procurement (or P2P cycle), and enables proactive Supplier Risk Management. Collaborating with the suppliers without any systems would mean wasting time searching through voicemails, printed documents, and email threads to locate the needed information.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

through strategic sourcing and targeted cost savings is a lot easier to accomplish than a sales force increasing their revenue by 10%. Performing a spend analysis using Excel and raw ERP data. Poor data is usually the culprit. The data often makes it difficult to get meaningful, actionable numbers. Saving just 2.5%

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

through strategic sourcing and targeted cost savings is a lot easier to accomplish than a sales force increasing their revenue by 10%. Performing a spend analysis using Excel and raw ERP data. Poor data is usually the culprit. The data often makes it difficult to get meaningful, actionable numbers. Saving just 2.5%

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Jaggaer

JULY 7, 2020

Over time, this engagement has expanded globally and is still focused on one of the most testing categories of sourcing and contract management within procurement: transport and logistics. In 2019 the company decided to embark on a project to implement global dashboards for sourcing and contracting events. The Challenge.

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Planergy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Using financial tools can help save time and resources while improving accuracy in the budgeting process.

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Jaggaer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Spend analysis is the process of identifying, gathering, cleansing, grouping, categorizing and analyzing your organizations spend data. Using real-time data and analytics will give you the insight you need you to save money and gain efficiency. Gaining visibility is critical to a successful spend analysis.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Make Your Website Visible and Trustworthy! Thus a website is your strategic source of revenue and brand visibility , which are important considerations before redesigning your website. Still, as time passes, you might notice that your website enjoys fewer visits. Make Data-Based Decisions after an Audit.

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Planergy

MARCH 24, 2025

How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. It automates invoice approvals, reconciliations, and payment processes to reduce administrative overhead, improve accuracy, and provide real-time financial insights.

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Procurement Software

MAY 16, 2023

The software automates workflows and approvals, manages supplier catalogues, and provides real-time analytics for better decision-making. Users can access the software from any device, and it integrates with ERP systems for seamless data transfer. Case studies on their website showcase integration with SAP specifically.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 10, 2024

This frees up procurement professionals to focus on high-value strategic activities. Analyzing spend data : AI tools can quickly categorize expenses, identify spending patterns and trends, pinpoint areas of overspending, and generate actionable insights from vast amounts of procurement data. This enables more accurate planning.

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