Spend Matters

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Given the evolving market and the emergence of new technologies, we discover and take demos with new types of provider all the time. Solutions around ESG, risk, intake & orchestration come to mind.

supply chain software solutions 114

supply chain software solutions Supply chain Procurement Innovation 114

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We know these solutions’ capabilities from doing demos, evaluating their functionalities and reviewing customer feedback for the Spend Matters Sourcing SolutionMap vendor rankings. But what exactly differentiates the two vendors, and how do the relative strengths of each factor into customer shortlist creation and ultimate selection?

Sourcing 103

Sourcing Data Procurement 103

Spend Matters

MARCH 18, 2025

Having been heavily involved with this cycles SolutionMap, Spend Matters Director of Strategic Projects & Research Analyst, Nikhil Gaur, noted that alongside the Spring 2025 update … We are thrilled to release our Intake & Orchestration SolutionMap rankings for the first time. Data is refreshed every 6 months.

Procurement 91

Procurement Sourcing Contract Risk 91

ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2023

Through Ivalua’s EIC, emissions data can be imported from recognized third-party emissions data sources or directly from suppliers; the data is then combined with other information such as environmental risk scores, policies, published targets, or certifications. To learn more about this new offering register for an upcoming live demo.

Supply Chain Efficiency 246

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Supply chain Innovation 246

ivalua

MAY 6, 2020

Last year Forrester published 2 major Wave reports, which together span the full Source-to-Pay process. The second, authored by Andrew Bartels and published on December 18, is The Forrester Wave : Source-To-Contract Suites, Q4 2019. Source to Pay integration matters because it improves automation (ex.

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Eprocurement Contract Suppliers 130

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

In this article, our analyst Bertrand Maltaverne looks at Sourcing. What does a Sourcing solution do? Sourcing solutions offer supporting content and services for managing market approaches (including category strategy), execution (e.g., RFx management and e-auctions) and portfolio/performance management.

Sourcing 98

Sourcing Bidding Price Suppliers 98

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

In this article, our analysts Xavier Olivera, Bertrand Maltaverne and Nikhil Gaur look at source-to-contract (S2C) solutions. What does a Source-to-Contract solution do? Top 4 Source-to-Contract tech modules What’s the state of different procurement technologies in the market today and do they meet user demands?

Contract 98

Contract Sourcing Suppliers Quality 98

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

In this article, our analyst Bertrand Maltaverne looks at sourcing optimization. What does a Sourcing Optimization solution do? Why buy a Sourcing Optimization solution Intended to yield optimal sourcing decisions in large/complex sourcing events (i.e.,

Sourcing 98

Sourcing Bidding Price Suppliers 98

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

In this article, our analyst Bertrand Maltaverne looks at Direct Materials Sourcing solutions. What does a Direct Materials Sourcing solution do? See ‘ Sourcing Optimization ‘ for the sourcing of direct services such as complex logistics.

Sourcing 98

Sourcing Bidding Price Suppliers 98

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

In this article, our analysts Xavier Olivera, Bertrand Maltaverne and Nikhil Gaur look at source-to-pay (S2P) solutions. What does a Source-to-Pay solution do? Click to enlarge Contract lifecycle management (CLM) acts as the intermediary between upstream source-to-contract and downstream P2P processes.

Sourcing 98

Sourcing Contract Suppliers Quality 98

Spend Matters

MARCH 18, 2025

Having been heavily involved with this cycles SolutionMap, Spend Matters Director of Strategic Projects & Research Analyst, Nikhil Gaur, noted that alongside the Spring 2025 update … We are thrilled to release our Intake & Orchestration SolutionMap rankings for the first time. Data is refreshed every 6 months.

Procurement 66

Procurement Sourcing Contract Risk 66

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Following months of debate based on extensive knowledge of the many procurement technologies they have demoed, analyzed and benchmarked, they arrive at a list of five young providers that they believe are innovative and exciting, have a rapidly rising presence in the market, can grow sustainably and which every CPO should have on their radar.

Supply Chain Efficiency 111

Supply Chain Efficiency Risk management Real-time Visibility Ethics 111

ivalua

APRIL 23, 2020

This May event replaces the planned US physical conference, and will be run using a clever platform that mimics much of a physical event – you walk into the virtual “room”, choose from concurrent break-out sessions, “visit” different exhibitors, get product demos and so on.

supply chain software solutions 46

supply chain software solutions Supply chain Procurement Supply 46

ivalua

JANUARY 28, 2021

Demo Breakout: Effectively Managing Supplier Information, Risk & Performance. Demo Breakout: Creating Lasting Value Across Your Source-to-Contract Process. Demo Breakout: The benefits of embedding Accounts Payable within the Source-to-Pay journey. Product Roadmap (Source-to-Contract). 2:15pm EDT.

Eprocurement 100

Eprocurement Networking Project management Contract 100

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

For more information or to see an Insider demo or become a member, please reach out. Since then, many procurement professionals have subscribed to Spend Matters Insider and TechMatch SM to gain access to deeper data cuts and vendor intelligence to drive procurement technology selection decisions.

Procurement 98

Procurement Eprocurement Contract Ethics 98

ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

While organizations continue to utilize low-cost regions like Asia, they are also employing strategies like “Asia plus one” or “China plus one” where they develop secondary sources in another region or another country to provide some insurance against regional or geopolitical disruption.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 264

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain Strategy 264

Planergy

MARCH 24, 2025

Cristian Maradiaga King Ocean Book a Live Demo Download a free copy of "Preparing Your AP Department For The Future", to learn: How to transition from paper and excel to eInvoicing. Pricing information isnt publicly listed, but multiple sources report midrange pricing. You must book a demo to learn more.

Budget 52

Budget Spend management Price Data 52

Procurement Software

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

There is a distinct and significant different between Source-to-Contract (S2C) and Source-to-Pay (S2P). If we look at it in terms of software, there are significant differences between the features offered by Source-to-Contract software solutions vs. Source-to-Pay suites. What is Source-to-Contract?

Sourcing 59

Sourcing Contract Competitive bidding Bidding 59

Spend Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Having been heavily involved with this cycle’s SolutionMap, the Spend Matters analyst team noted: “In parallel with the rapid rise in economic- and geopolitical-related risk in 2023, the procurement technology market has accelerated its pace of innovation to keep up with customers’ needs. .”

Procurement 130

Procurement Sourcing Risk management Ethics 130

Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2024

” (Source: ChatGPT) In yesterday’s post, I assessed several ProcureTech solution providers. Many hours were spent researching that data from many sources. Unfortunately, most ProcureTech solution providers’ demos, case studies, and promotional material don’t say what I did above.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing Procurement Data Management 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Apache Kafka and Apache Flink working together Anyone who is familiar with the stream processing ecosystem is familiar with Apache Kafka: the de-facto enterprise standard for open-source event streaming. With the combination of Apache Flink and Apache Kafka, the open-source event streaming possibilities become exponential.

Sourcing 74

Sourcing Innovation Data Agile and Lean Supply Chain 74

Procurement Insights

MARCH 2, 2025

While specific technical details about RAMs current iteration as of March 1, 2025, are not fully detailed in recent public sources, its uniqueness can be inferred from Hansens documented history, writings, and interviews, particularly from Procurement Insights and related discussions. Globalitys critique).

Supply Chain Efficiency 78

Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement Supply chain 78

ivalua

OCTOBER 22, 2020

digitization Procurement processes from sourcing to accounts payable is a key strategy. If you are interested in knowing more about the Ivalua’s Procure-to-Pay solution , please visit our Procure-to-Pay page or request a demo of our Procure to Pay software. Digitizing the P2P Cycle is good for productivity.

supply chain software solutions 147

supply chain software solutions Procurement Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting 147

ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This month Forrester published 2 major Wave reports, which together span the full Source-to-Pay process. The second, authored by Andrew Bartels and published on December 18, is The Forrester Wave™: Source-To-Contract Suites, Q4 2019. Procurement leaders today see the value of suites and the market has responded.

Eprocurement 147

Eprocurement Sourcing Contract Suppliers 147

ivalua

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Having successfully digitized the entire Source-to-Pay process, Ashell is on the path to evolving Procurement from a cost center into a competitive advantage.”. Extend risk and performance mapping with external data sources and alert systems. Increase strategic insight and identify new sources of savings.

Procurement 130

Procurement Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Spend Matters constantly updates its understanding of the state of the procurement tech market via RFIs for our SolutionMap dataset, vendor interviews, global event attendance and product demos with the aim of keeping tech-selection decision makers ahead of market trends. What is Globality doing to address these customer challenges?

Procurement 117

Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain 117

Arkestro

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Press Releases / Spend Matters Lists Arkestro as Top Sourcing Tech Solution in the Fall 2024 SolutionMap Insider Release Spend Matters Lists Arkestro as Top Sourcing Tech Solution in the Fall 2024 SolutionMap Insider Release Arkestro Predictive Procurement Orchestration AI platform is one of 93 procurement technology vendors recognized.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization Ethics 52

Arkestro

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Press Releases / Spend Matters Lists Arkestro as Top Sourcing Tech Solution in the Fall 2024 SolutionMap Insider Release Spend Matters Lists Arkestro as Top Sourcing Tech Solution in the Fall 2024 SolutionMap Insider Release Arkestro Predictive Procurement Orchestration AI platform is one of 93 procurement technology vendors recognized.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization Ethics 52

Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Here are two examples: Source: Spend Matters SolutionMap Insider app, My Marketing for vendors “We’re passionate about analyzing procurement technology at Spend Matters, and sharing our findings with the market to help advance vendors’ solutions and enable best-fit tech selections for buying organizations.”

Risk management 122

Risk management Procurement Risk Contract 122

ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

This recognition further demonstrates that with Ivalua, companies never have to compromise between having best-of-breed capabilities and a complete, unified source-to-pay suite.”. The post Ivalua Awarded Best P2P Solutions Specialist Provider at World Procurement Awards 2020 appeared first on Ivalua.

Procurement 130

Procurement Eprocurement Spend management Negotiation 130

Arkestro

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Spend Matters , the leading source for data-backed technology and solutions intelligence, has selected Arkestro as a Top Sourcing Tech vendor in their Fall 2024 SolutionMap rankings. We are thrilled to be recognized as a Top Sourcing Tech solution by Spend Matters,” said Arkestro Founder and CSO Edmund Zagorin.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing Buyers Cost of ownership Procurement 52

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2023

You must have found yourself struggling with limited visibility into preferred or contracted suppliers, contract utilization status, budgeting issues, and multiple requirements for sourcing low dollar items or services. The Merlin AI Autonomous Quick source impacts 3 key back end process: . Auto-addition of supplier .

Sourcing 52

Sourcing Real-time Visibility Procurement Buyers 52

ivalua

MAY 7, 2019

Interestingly, those same respondents had a realistic sense of their digitization, with over 75% acknowledging their level of digitization is below (often far below) 50% for every step of the Source-to-Pay process. Others demo well with nice demos showing integrated workflow.

Suppliers 145

Suppliers Eprocurement Quality Networking 145

Spend Matters

JULY 10, 2024

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

Procurement 114

Procurement Management Contract Sourcing 114

Spend Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

Procurement 110

Procurement Raw materials Risk management supply chain software solutions 110

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

Procurement 111

Procurement e2e Contract Sourcing 111

Arkestro

MARCH 13, 2023

Automotive sourcing is complicated, and few supply chains are as complex. Automotive parts shortages add to the layers of complexity in your automotive sourcing strategy. Sourcing Scenario Picture this, you are on an automotive sourcing team (or maybe you don’t have to imagine because you already are!),

Sourcing 52

Sourcing Strategy Raw materials Supply Chain Optimization 52