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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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.

Purchasing 97

Purchasing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Procurement 97

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Redwood City, CA – Feb 24, 2021 – Ivalua , a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions , today announced the general availability of its new platform release 168. The release includes a broad set of innovations to help organizations better manage their spend and suppliers. About Ivalua. Media Contact.

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Spend Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Categories: Solution Providers , Spend Management , Supply Management , Technology Tags: Coupa Inspire , EU , supply We are witnessing a pivotal change in the market for some of the big source-to-pay (S2P) suite players (like Coupa, SAP and their peers) as they move toward a broader platform and ecosystem approach.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Big data and digital technologies support the aggregation of purchases across business units to improve performance, provide better spend analysis, and drive business value. Each stage contributes to a more strategic approach to procurement: Spend management: Despite the title, source to pay cannot really start with sourcing.

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2022

Redwood City, 17 August, 2022 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that O-I Glass Inc, an American Fortune 500 company headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio, has selected its solution to streamline its Global Direct and Indirect Source-to-Pay (S2P) Processes. in 2021 and 24,000 employees. About Ivalua.

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Planergy

MARCH 12, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. Simpler Logistics and Supply Chain Management With operations overseas, you run the risk of becoming too reliant on global supply chains.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization supply chain software solutions 52

ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Offshore ultra-deep water drilling company to deploy eSourcing globally across its purchasing function. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. We look forward to contributing to their Procurement cost optimization initiative”.

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Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Chief Procurement Officer Supply Chain Optimization 28

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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Procurement Express

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Instead, you are responsible for driving financial strategy, optimizing cash flow, and helping businesses make smarter financial decisions. Some focus on cloud accounting and bookkeeping, while others specialize in forecasting, budgeting, purchasing, and compliance. Thats where a virtual CFO tool stack comes in handy.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

SAP Ariba : A leading procurement software company, SAP Ariba offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for supplier management, strategic sourcing, procurement, and financial supply chain management.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Assessment of the supply market (who offers what?) emergency purchases and b.) Tactical sourcing is ideal for a.)

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 16, 2024

Here, spend analytics, e-sourcing and tail spend management have emerged, not just as business tools but also as catalysts of change, sculpting a new narrative in the source-to-pay domain. Efficiency gains in the procurement lifecycle contribute directly to cost optimization by reducing manual effort and cycle times.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This focus and track record however, was in some ways at the expense of fully optimizing and maximizing procurements total strategic value to the enterprise as a whole. This meant that implementing one of the full end-to-end spend management suites was not feasible from a cost and change management perspective.

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Influencing Procurement supply chain budgeting Strategic sourcing 103

Planergy

MARCH 19, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. Effective supplier management is essential for educational institutions. What's PLANERGY? Solutions like PLANERGY simplify workflows and improve accuracy.

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Jaggaer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The right software can guarantee better fleet management and more efficiency which can translate to increased profitability overall. This echoes JAGGAER’s focus on better spend management for a host of industries including the supply chain. Manual labor can be inefficient and lead to poor spend management.

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Historically, the focus has been on optimizing portfolios of spend—prioritizing what to address, defer, or ignore—using well-known frameworks such as the Kraljic Matrix and the Pareto Principle. These agreements allow procurement teams to “set it and forget it,” minimizing the need for frequent renegotiations.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The pandemic wreaked havoc on businesses and their supply chains, but even in these trying times, there’s a silver lining. The job of sourcing professionals is to understand the risk in the supply chain and manage it so they can react quickly when a problem occurs.” Start by Putting the Right Technology in Place.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

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Procurify

JULY 20, 2022

If you are a purchasing manager struggling to meet your saving targets, you’re not alone. . Technological advancements are also rapidly changing the responsibilities of purchasing managers. . Now is a crucial time to re-evaluate the importance of purchasing in the overall organization strategy. Lack of visibility.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Management Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions 52

ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Offshore ultra-deep water drilling company to deploy eSourcing globally across its purchasing function. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. We look forward to contributing to their Procurement cost optimization initiative”.

Sourcing 100

Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Chief Procurement Officer Supply Chain Optimization 100

ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Procurement Rising: The Silent Inflation Tax on Manufacturers February 27, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley Last year, the Consumer Price Index was the highest it has been in four decades, making inflation one of the most concerning macroeconomic factors facing the business world today.

Real-time Visibility 130

Real-time Visibility Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting 130

Procurement Tactics

JULY 2, 2023

A formal contract document that contains the detailed requirement for purchasing and obtaining goods and services, a job order is utilized with a view to ensuring that the desired goods or services are acquired in an orderly and efficient way. To continue to optimize procurement processes, implement these lessons in future job orders.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A well-defined procurement strategy is the key to optimizing your procurement process. Case Studies in Action Walmart’s Transformation : Walmart leveraged its procurement strategy for cost savings and supply chain efficiency. In today’s competitive landscape, getting the best price isn’t enough.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

New Risk Center adds capabilities and integrations to extend existing leadership in enabling holistic management of supplier risk. The latest innovations extend the existing strength of Ivalua’s Supplier Management solution, which had already been recognized as a Leader by Forrester Research Inc.

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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.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Procurement 52

Arkestro

JANUARY 4, 2023

Among them were supply chain disruptions , inflation, and supply scarcity and shortages. Companies Will Scale Their Procurement Knowledge Base and Enablement Programs To Attract and Retain A New Profile of Category Management Talent. The Supply Chain Will Continue to Heal. Inflation will go down.

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Supply Chain Optimization Procurement team Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency 104

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2024

So, the term ‘spend orchestration’ that some like to use is really just upgraded spend management. Finally, Zip also now supports cross-catalog purchasing, allowing users to search for and purchase items across multiple catalogs within the Zip user interface. Cross-functional orchestration beyond intake.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Upstream covers all the strategic procurement activities such as spend analysis, sourcing, contract management and supplier management (which includes supplier information, risk and performance management). Purchasing is also where value is captured (i.e., Purchasing is also where value is captured (i.e.,

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

ivalua

MARCH 5, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 5 Reasons to Attend 2023 Ivalua NOW Paris! We’ll also hear from Otto Tell, Business Navigation Manager & Digital Leader – Global Purchasing Development at IKEA and Karolina Hagberg Chinell, CPO at Ahlsell. Access the full speaker list HERE.

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Procurify

JUNE 21, 2022

The global supply chain took a massive hit during the Covid-19 pandemic, and its effects on organizations continue to this day. In fact, 75 percent of companies claim the supply chain disruptions have had negative or strongly negative impacts on their businesses. The importance of purchase orders. Let’s get to it.

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TYA Suite

JANUARY 27, 2025

This comprehensive solution streamlines procurement activities, improves and provides transparency across the entire supply chain. Understanding Procurement Management in Real Estate Procurement in real estate involves acquiring goods, services, and works necessary for the development and maintenance of properties.

Real-time Visibility 40

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The purchasing process is a critical element of a company’s overall procurement department. No matter the size of your company, how you structure your purchase process has a direct impact on your company’s ability to control costs, manage risks, and maintain process resilience as supply chains evolve.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting 52

Skill Dynamics

JULY 19, 2024

The Foundation of a Successful Procurement Strategy To put it simply, a procurement strategy is a plan that outlines how an organization optimizes its external spending, manages its various supplier relationships, and maintains streamlined internal processes to support cost-effectiveness and generate efficiency.

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Spend Matters

JULY 10, 2024

Procure-to-Pay Penny ‘s P2P solution focuses mainly on the Middle East, aligning with regional priorities like a procurement strategy that revolves around PR/demand-based sourcing, to cover the procurement journey from purchase requisition to payments.

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Procurement Management Contract Sourcing 114

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Travel and Expense management leveraging SAP Concur is an easy plug in for travel spend management and all spend flowing through expense reporting. SAP’s advancements in guided buying capability were generally a continuation of previous efforts and SAP currently partners with Zip for intake management.

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Planergy

JULY 5, 2022

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. ESG In Supply Chain: Creating a Sustainable Value Chain. ESG In Supply Chain: Creating a Sustainable Value Chain We all know just how valuable the supply chain is. Written by.

Sustainability 52

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Una

MARCH 14, 2023

Characteristics of a Procurement Intrapreneur Discover the characteristics of a procurement intrapreneur, and explore why intrapreneurship and group purchasing go so well together. Let’s examine the characteristics of a procurement intrapreneur, and explore why intrapreneurship and group purchasing complement each other so well.

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