NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

MARCH 16, 2023

Spend Management is a critical function within an organization, and it involves the strategic management of the company’s spending to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance profitability. Spend Management is a crucial element in ensuring that we achieve our financial goals.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 26, 2024

This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters. In today’s dynamic business landscape, effective spend management is crucial for maintaining financial controls and achieving sustainable growth. Employees may struggle to perform simple tasks, leading to frustration and reduced adoption rates.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The global industrial minerals group will deploy Ivalua’s Spend Management platform across five continents to digitize the Source-to-Requisition (S2R) process. Working with Ivalua, the company’s objective is to go toward a unified, global purchasing solution. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software.

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Spend Matters

MAY 8, 2023

Categories: Conferences , Spend Management Tags: PRO The question of how to manage direct materials can yield polarized answers and requires deeper evaluation than simply evaluating a few narrow use cases. The specific processes and needs involved may include upstream (i.e.,

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Una

AUGUST 24, 2022

Episode 79: User-Centric MRO Spend Management with Mike Franz. Not only are manufacturing companies looking to improve the experience they offer distributed buyers of MRO supplies, procurement is more aware of the experience expectations as well. Do you have questions about group purchasing? By Kelly Barner | August 24, 2022.

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Procurement Express

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Purchase control is one of those things that feels small until its not. Its the foundation for managing company spend, keeping cash flow in check, and making sure your team doesnt spend three days tracking down a single lost receipt. How much time is your team wasting on the purchase order process?

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ivalua

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Ivalua platform selected to improve efficiency, transparency, and the employee purchasing experience. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software. Redwood City, CA, December 15, 2022. About Ivalua.

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ivalua

MARCH 27, 2019

Serge Perret, Group Procurement Director at Hutchinson, explains: “Helping purchasers in the Chemicals sector of the company to carry out their tasks is a key priority for the Hutchinson Group. With Ivalua, we have a unique and reliable tool to pool all the resources that contribute to making a purchase. Follow us at @Ivalua.

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ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2023

As products are purchased within an organization, category managers can precisely track the year-to-date carbon emission trajectory for their purchases. About Ivalua Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software. To learn more about this new offering register for an upcoming live demo.

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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

Massy, France 18 March , 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, and CKS BeNeLux today announced that Punch Powertrain has successfully deployed Ivalua’s platform to support the digital transformation of the strategic sourcing process.

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Una

MAY 23, 2023

Group Purchasing and Indirect Spend: A Fairy-tale Romance A unique take on the relationship between group purchasing and indirect spend and how the two work together to drive cost savings and value. Once upon a time, in the bustling World of Procurement, there existed a charming knight known as Group Purchasing.

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Una

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Basics of Group Purchasing. Discover the basics of group purchasing and the benefits of working with a group purchasing organization to develop a comprehensive procurement strategy. The basics of group purchasing. Benefits of working with a group purchasing organization. By Mackenzie Oakley | January 5, 2023.

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ivalua

MARCH 27, 2019

Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, and the Chemical Purchasing Department of the Hutchinson Group, a world leader in technologies for vibration control, fluid management systems and sealing systems, today announced successfully launching the next phase of their collaboration.

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Una

DECEMBER 6, 2022

8 No-Brainer Reasons to Join a Group Purchasing Organization. 8 Reasons to join a group purchasing organization. We may be biased, but we’d like to add one more important no-brainer to this list: joining a group purchasing organization (GPO). When you join a group purchasing organization, you look like a sourcing hero.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Originally Posted on August 4, 2009 “Progressive business intelligence in key areas such as Spend Management should not only tell you where you have been but also where you are or where you should be going on an adaptive basis.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Centralized Procurement Request System: Employees submit purchase requests through a unified intake tool , which then routes them to the correct procurement solution (e.g., Ensures Compliance & Spend Control: Enforces procurement rules and policies before purchases are made. manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail).

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Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 8, 2023

Spend analysis enables businesses to assess procurement spending data from internal and external data sources. The Closed Loop Spend Management. You may ask yourself, why is closed loop spend management being brought up? Thus, it relies on two outputs which are spending data and ESG impact factors. .

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Fraxion

JULY 9, 2024

How spend management software drives process optimization and cost reduction Is the process for purchasing goods and services and submitting expenses manual or paper-based in your company? Does your team spend countless hours chasing approvals, searching for and matching documentation, and manually keying in invoice data?

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Planergy

MAY 25, 2023

How better management in AP can give you better flexibility for cash flow management. Proper spend management also includes tracking and controlling company-wide spending, including procurement costs. For mid-sized businesses spend management software that integrates with QuickBooks Online will be a better option.

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation May 30, 2023 | | Procurement Strategy by Sara Omer What is the Saudi Vision 2030 Program? With streamlined processes, purchasing products and services becomes faster, cheaper, and more efficient.

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Fraxion

MAY 23, 2024

Take control of business spend with spend management software Managing purchasing and expenses for can be challenging, with issues such as misplaced receipts, manual approvals, and limited visibility and control. However, there is a solution: business spend management software.

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ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , and its partner Axys Consultants today announced that Hutchinson has selected Ivalua’s eProcurement software to expand the scope of its currently implemented solution and meet its evolving procurement requirements. Redwood City, CA, 20 April 2023.

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Art of Procurement

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

“If a company cannot purchase enough materials or parts to make a product, they can’t generate revenue. The post [Pod] Direct Spend Management and the Ultimate Darwinian Sport w/ Keith Hartley appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Planergy

MARCH 10, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. How better management in AP can give you better flexibility for cash flow management. You may initially spend more for longer-term savings.

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ProcurePort

MAY 27, 2020

Determining how much total money spent in the last year, identifying vendors and managing their relationships, and listing out the various categories of products and services purchased are daunting tasks to any procurement team. The post Your 5-Step Procurement Spend Analysis Template appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 5, 2023

It allows them to have a purchasing experience that provides process improvement and better spend management for the entire organization without leaving their e-procurement system. Approved purchasers from the buying organization can access hosted catalogs as part of the purchasing process. Improves productivity.

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Planergy

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. How better management in AP can give you better flexibility for cash flow management. Procurement in education is far more than simple purchasing.

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Planergy

MARCH 11, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. In todays economic fluctuations, controlling, tracking, and reporting on company spending has never been more important. What's PLANERGY? The open P.O.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2020

After a thorough selection process, Körber opted for Ivalua’s market-leading spend management platform. The project to implement the cloud-based platform is led by OptiBuy, a consulting company specialising in procurement management and the implementation of IT solutions.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Lifted from their latest webinar, Jean-Baptiste Anne from Amazon Business and Vishal Patel from Ivalua offer insights into tail spend management programs and the ROI these programs can generate for procurement teams. . Which supplier it was purchased from; and . Who purchased it. Are there any recurring purchases?

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Jaggaer

MARCH 24, 2025

Impact on Procurement: Spend analytics give CPOs visibility into spending patterns, supplier performance, and inefficiencies. This data empowers procurement teams to negotiate better supplier terms, optimize purchasing decisions, and eliminate wasteful spending ensuring procurement supports broader organizational goals.

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Procurement Express

MARCH 14, 2025

But keeping track of purchase orders, invoices, and spending can quickly become a headache, especially as your business grows. Instead, it integrates with third-party solutions that enhance your purchasing processes. In this post, we dive into the top purchasing software options. But heres the catch.

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Spend Matters

JULY 29, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Airbase and its solution for AP automation, corporate card and expense reimbursement solutions. Airbase is an all-in-one spend management platform that primarily targets the US mid-market with its solutions for AP automation, expense management, corporate cards and guided procurement.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 26, 2025

Companies with multiple locations and decentralized procurement processes are increasingly seeking automation, visibility and control over their spending and, consequently, are moving toward more holistic procurement solutions.

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ivalua

MARCH 19, 2019

Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the availability of a quick deployment package for Procure-to-Pay (P2P). Ivalua’s intuitive user interface provides a consumer-like purchasing experience and is used by over a million people across the globe. Broad user adoption.

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ivalua

APRIL 11, 2022

Implementation of the project was led by Optis’ expert consulting team with support from Ivalua professional services, allowing TELUS to streamline their procurement processes through a simplified system that manages spend, ensures compliance, provides a rich catalog of products and services, and creates a full digital record of purchases. “We

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Una

JANUARY 9, 2023

Managing Tail Spend to Avoid "Porcelain Dalmatians". 5 steps to take when managing tail spend to avoid making purchases within an organization that go underutilized or unused. Tail spend refers to an organization’s high-volume, low-value transactions that are typically unmanaged by the procurement team.

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