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. .”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Arkestro

JULY 30, 2024

Resources / Blog / Cars on Demand: Production to Order is Changing the Automotive Industry’s Supply Chain Cars on Demand: Production to Order is Changing the Automotive Industry’s Supply Chain The automotive industry has always been at the forefront of implementing innovative production methods to meet consumer demands efficiently.

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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.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 5, 2022

These disruptions have exposed the fragility of global supply chains. Unique obstacles have caused many companies to re-evaluate their sourcing strategies. A shift toward regionalized supply chains and diverse suppliers may be the key to resilience. Other challenges reflect problems throughout the supply chain.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

It involves identifying needs, sourcing potential vendors, obtaining quotes and proposals, negotiating contracts, selecting suppliers, managing relationships, and meeting obligations. Value-add : Procurement aims to add value by optimizing processes, consolidating spend, and building supplier relationships. What is Procurement?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JULY 25, 2023

This software, and the insights it provides, can help providers predict demand patterns, identify potential issues and optimize the distribution network. Phasor measurement units (PMUs) monitor electrical waves on the electricity grid using a common time source for synchronization.

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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!),

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Arkestro

MARCH 13, 2023

Resources / Blog / 3 Ways Arkestro Can Assist With Your Automotive Sourcing Strategy 3 Ways Arkestro Can Assist With Your Automotive Sourcing Strategy Automotive sourcing is complicated, and few supply chains are as complex. A collection of spreadsheets is not going to cut it for your automotive sourcing strategy.

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EazyStock

APRIL 13, 2022

What is a supply chain strategy? A supply chain strategy explains how a company will bring goods into the business and get them out to customers as effectively as possible. Supply chain strategies have come into the spotlight as volatile demand and complicated global markets have made supply chains more complex.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 5, 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. Read part 1 here , part 2 here and part 3 here.

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Procurement Express

DECEMBER 31, 2024

There are enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, which are complex systems designed to help companies manage all ends of the supply chain. By providing real-time insights, it helps businesses identify unnecessary spending and make informed decisions to optimize budgets.

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Arkestro

APRIL 25, 2023

Resources / Blog / Reducing Construction Costs & Improving Sourcing Efficiency with Predictive Procurement Reducing Construction Costs & Improving Sourcing Efficiency with Predictive Procurement Construction companies face a host of challenges in the post-COVID era. from February 2020 to August 2022.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is a comment regarding yesterday’s post asking why companies aren’t giving demos. Many providers are reluctant to give demos despite multiple requests. If you haven’t already, read that post before reading today’s post. “I love the Jon W. Hansen takes!

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Planergy

MARCH 19, 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. Schools thrive when predictable and reliable supply chains foster a stable learning environment. Download PDF Whats your goal today?

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Planergy

JULY 5, 2022

Book a Live Demo. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. ESG In Supply Chain: Creating a Sustainable Value Chain. Cristian Maradiaga.

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EazyStock

APRIL 18, 2023

Supply chain managers and inventory management professionals face a constant barrage of supply chain crises, with one always waiting around the corner. With every crisis comes the potential for supply chain disruption that can cause chaos for stock-holding businesses. Global supply chains.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

The multiple (and sometimes surprising) advantages of renewable energy The advantages of renewable energy power sources are wide-ranging, and some are more obvious than others. Inexhaustible supply One of the main benefits of renewable energy sources like the sun, wind and water is that they will never run out.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Why buy an SxM with Enhanced Risk solution Despite that there is no single ‘supply risk management’ solution market (i.e., Supplier information management The ability to manage (collect, enrich, validate) supplier-related information to make it a source of truth that informs other processes and solutions.

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Planergy

FEBRUARY 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. When implemented correctly, a mid-sized school district might save 15 to 25% on annual supplies, allowing them to redirect the funds to educational programs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 15, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Interested in finding a dependable source of warm and high-quality leads to fuel your sales pipeline? Interested in finding a dependable source of warm and high-quality leads to fuel your sales pipeline? The post Lead Generation for Supply Chain: 5 Ways to Get Prospects!

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Arkestro

AUGUST 22, 2023

Resources / Blog / The Power of Predictive Procurement Orchestration for Food & Beverage Supply Chain The Power of Predictive Procurement Orchestration for Food & Beverage Supply Chain Food and beverage procurement professionals have had their work cut out for them during the last few years.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 20, 2022

In this article, we’ll highlight three reasons shippers struggle to manage their allocation and how harmonized contract performance and forecasting can enable optimized allocation. Yes, each carrier may offer some notifications and event milestones, but without a single source of truth for managing those events, their value also declines.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With another busy year of procurement and supply chain events tidily packed away behind us, Spend Matters is pleased to provide a round-up of the main events we attended in 2023, with a short recap of each and key takeaways. He then went on to discuss the huge impact of tech on the supply chain industry.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

IBM and AWS partnership focuses on delivering solutions in areas like: Supply chain optimization with AI-infused Planning Analytics IBM Planning Analytics on AWS offers a powerful platform for supply chain optimization, blending IBM’s analytics expertise with AWS’s cloud capabilities.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This included centralized invoice receipt, digitization of all transactions, and the optimization of a single Invoice to Pay journey across the whole organization. To learn more about Invoice to Pay from Ivalua ask for a no obligation demo today ask for a demo. Invoice-to-Pay from Ivalua.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Integrated planning incorporates supply chain planning, demand planning, and demand forecasts so the company can quickly assess the impact on inventory levels, supply chain logistics, production plans, and customer service capacity.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Supplier information management The ability to manage (collect, enrich, validate) supplier-related information to make it a source of truth that is fed to other processes and solutions that need it. They can collect and verify more information by being connected to a large number of third-party sources, e.g., governmental institutions.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Then look at Sprint , where the handset division came up with the idea to effectively create their own marketplace for used handsets, configuring their sourcing product to run mass volumes of global forward auctions on used handsets to optimize the price received, generating over $1B in revenue in 2018. The Importance of Ambition.

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Arkestro

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Automotive Accelerate your auto supply chain efficiency with Arkestro Get in touch Our solutions Rev up your procurement impact with PPO Predictive Procurement Orchestration (PPO) is transforming the way automotive companies find the right supplier, at the right price, at the right time.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In IDC’s 2022 Global Supply Chain Survey , they identified that “lack of visibility and resiliency to see necessary changes in time to react effectively” was the most problematic and unaddressed deficiency in modern supply chain management and inventory optimization.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

from sourcing events), the ability to use external content as part of its catalogs (e.g., PO orchestration The ability to optimize ordering efficiency while supporting category needs and remaining compliant with budgets, contracts and accounting. Top performing vendors have more options to create catalogs (e.g.,

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This blog takes you on a journey into the world of Uber’s analytics and the critical role that Presto, the open source SQL query engine, plays in driving their success. To power this mammoth analytical undertaking, Uber chose the open source Presto distributed query engine. But the simplicity ends there. What is Presto?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A modern log management platform, optimized for security and compliance use cases, can be vital to modernizing security operations, improving security readiness and reducing risk in a more cost-effective way. See some common sources in the screenshot below. You get near real-time visibility and insights from your ingested data.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

For example, events that describe changes in demand can help make better business decisions on inventory optimization. By processing multiple streams of events from different data sources, users can define and detect both simple and complex business scenarios.

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