Procurement Insights

MARCH 25, 2025

PME is not only an opportunity to warm up the market but also ensuring that any issued RFP can be met, specifications and conditions are fit for purpose and the opportunity to add innovation into the procurement and Contract and Supplier management process.” Here’s how: 1.

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ivalua

JUNE 17, 2022

Over half of the heads of procurement in our survey (53%) are currently confident in the resiliency of their supply chains, while 20% of the respondents are somewhat confident. Procurement leaders are under increased pressure to improve supply chain resilience. Future-proofing Procurement Against Supply and Demand Shocks.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

These four steps constitute the downstream procure-to-pay part of the process. Optimizing source-to-paythrough digital transformation streamlines every stage of your procurement strategy, improving visibility, efficiency, and collaboration. These begin with enhanced visibility. Getting buy in is essential.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

They also want transparency, but in their case, it is visibility into new bids, the state of existing bids, awards, and payment status. Given these needs, let’s think back to the current state of public procurement technology. The same is true of the companies looking to supply the public sector with goods and services.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Spend Matters is publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and services providers in the market. Today, for procurement organizations too, applying an AI-first approach has become imperative, especially in the source-to-pay process.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 6, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, FL–(10/7/2021) – Beeline , the leading technology solution provider for managing the extended workforce, and Ivalua , a global leader in cloud Spend Management solutions, announce a partnership which incorporates contingent staffing into the total procurement spend solution. .

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ivalua

JUNE 27, 2022

This removes risk when buying from innovative or SME suppliers while creating a larger supplier base to target with early payment opportunities via C2FO marketplace. Once an organization has the complete Strategic Payment cycle in place CFOs can use the end-to-end visibility to control bottom-line growth with targeted programs. .

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 4, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a reprint of the March 25th, 2015 article The Impact Of An M&A On The Procurement Department This morning I read a post by Roz Usheroff regarding the just announced merger between Kraft and Heinz, and how an employee can both survive and thrive when an M&A occurs.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Similar to how CRM manages everything around the customer, an S2P platform manages everything around the supplier. ​ It is a crucial process for organizations that are looking to streamline their procurement activities, better manage spend and suppliers and increase operational efficiency. What is Source-to-Pay?

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ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. Procurement as end-to-end process owner .

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With extensive experience spanning Sales & Operations Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Operations Finance, and ERP implementation, Mandar brings a comprehensive perspective to supply chain innovation.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 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 are the challenges and asks of your customers?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement is a function that is undergoing an exciting transformation in the majority of global value chains; simultaneously, within its own strategy, process, and technology. This is an exciting time to be a procurement practitioner, as well as a vendor of ProcureTech solutions.

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Una

JULY 28, 2022

Partnering with Procurement to Make Good Things Happen. Partnering with procurement. Without collaboration , business goals are difficult to reach, innovative ideas cannot be put into practice, and business transformation initiatives will not stick. This is particularly true in terms of the procurement function.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 18, 2024

“Supply chain visibility refers to the ability to track and monitor products, materials, and information as they move through the various stages of a supply chain, from the sourcing of raw materials to the delivery of the final product to the end consumer. Keep that in mind.

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The procurement technology market is evolving rapidly and deploying the latest power that innovation can bring to support the changing and challenging needs of its customers. We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices.

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Value Match

JULY 21, 2022

Procurement Best Practice. Procurement Policy Notes. Procurement Strategy. The Cabinet Office recently published a new policy paper entitled “ Transforming Public Procurement – our transparency ambition ”. Central government departments must publish their procurement pipelines, e.g. DIO , UKAEA , Home Office.

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Pipefy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Procurement has a direct impact on a company’s financial health. From reducing waste and containing costs to mitigating risks such as procurement fraud and inflated expenses, procurement’s insights and expertise can help businesses navigate some of their most pressing challenges.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation. Now, sourcing and procurement professionals are reaping the rewards of such automation: streamlining workflows, boosting the bottom line and finding efficiencies. How is sourcing strategy different than procurement strategy?

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Supply Chain Opz

MARCH 6, 2015

In this article, Professor Burcu Keskin from University of Alabama will share 7 trends that procurement and supply chain management professionals should watch. However, with reduced life cycles, customer-driven innovative products and services have forced supply chains to be flexible and adaptable.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 29, 2021

In that effort, enterprises should seek innovative technologies with the potential to disrupt and transform the current supply chain operating models and bring in a more competitive edge. The impending changes include connected, end-to-end, value chains, and more intelligent, automated, and autonomous distribution systems.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The procurement technology market is evolving rapidly and deploying the latest power that innovation can bring to support the changing and challenging needs of its customers. We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Innovation and collaboration with customers were major themes, with future developments like ‘co-pilots’ being explored to enhance compliance, supplier management, data insights and more. Final Comment Overall, the Basware Premier Event provided valuable insights into the company’s commitment to innovation and customer success.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This resilience can be defined as “ the ability of a central procurement and supply management function to prepare for unexpected events, respond to disruptions, recover, and emerge even stronger. ” Manufacturers cannot foresee every risk, inconvenience, or disaster, but they can equip themselves to handle the unexpected and come out on top.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Enormous, complex, global enterprises use procurement technology to manage their spend, suppliers, contracts and bids every day without seeming to run into the same stumbling blocks as the public sector, which operates on a smaller and more localized basis. They can determine and document their general requirements.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The procurement technology market is evolving rapidly and deploying the latest power that innovation can bring to support the changing and challenging needs of its customers. We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices.

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ivalua

JULY 14, 2021

The largest identified gap between procurement and payment is the Accounts Payable (AP) process. The solution is available today, in the shape of the innovative Invoice-to-Pay platform from Ivalua. . The ability to create a touchless Procure-to-Pay process will reduce the opportunity for fraud. Becoming the Customer of Choice.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Spend Matters honors a vast array of procurement solution providers each year by selecting them for our ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ and ‘Hall of Fame’ celebration lists. We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices.

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

was set up by the UK Government to design and construct the railway and is responsible for procuring and coordinating a supply chain of designers and contractors to deliver billions of pounds worth of contracts. This includes the procurement of materials, where they come from, and the conditions in which they were produced.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 28, 2020

The Procurement, or Purchasing, function is considered by many to be a necessary but non-strategic part of any organization. But there is a profoundly significant Procurement value chain. Procurement is strategic! Now is the time for Procurement to SELL! Could the CPO Be Replaced by the Chief Value Officer? ” Ouch!

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Dawn of Integrated Source-to-Pay Suites The release of Gartner’s first integrated Source-to-Pay (S2P) Magic Quadrant marks a pivotal moment in procurement technology. Integrated S2P suites, therefore, are not just a preference but a necessity for achieving efficiency and visibility in procurement processes.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Increased outsourcing has made businesses increasingly dependent on suppliers to drive innovation. A recent study by Forrester found that the single greatest factor in increasing a supplier’s willingness to collaborate with and share innovations with a customer was timeliness of and visibility into payments.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 12, 2024

Today I’m joined by innovative software brand, Altana. 32.20] The changing face of supply chain and logistics visibility; how Altana are achieving more than twice the supply chain visibility of any other provider; and how organizations can translate that data into actionable insights. “An 52.14] The future for Altana.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The role of procurement extends beyond transactional activities. A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. What is a procurement strategy?

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Procurement Software

JUNE 4, 2024

Digital procurement tools for manufacturing companies are finally flourishing. While procurement technology for indirect spend continues to flourish, we’re now also seeing a new wave of great tech platforms for direct spend and component parts. 11 Great Procurement Tools for Manufacturing Companies How did we arrive at this list?

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The Essential Guide to Source to Pay, Source to Contract, and Procure to Pay Whether youre new to the world of procurement and supply chain management, or a seasoned veteran; whether you work in a major manufacturing industry, a university, or a medium-sized clinical research organization, you may find procurement jargon rather confusing.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Introduction Brief Explanation of Managed Procurement Services In today’s interconnected business world, the seamless acquisition of goods and services is paramount to the smooth operation of any organization. This is where managed procurement services come into the picture.

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