April 2022 PRO roundup: A deep dive into modern slavery and forced labor; updated coverage of 6 vendors

Spend Matters PRO content brings you the deepest and widest variety of analyst coverage of vendors in the procurement technology space, and this monthly post will recap why the vendors and issues covered in April are important.

Each month, our analyst team provides vendor-specific profiles and overviews. Using our SolutionMap benchmark data from doing demos and scoring of more than 65 solution RFIs, we also perform comparative analyses of vendors against each other in our head-to-head “What Makes It Great” columns. Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and the technology that serves it.

In this April roundup, we review our Vendor Analysis coverage of six solutions (Arkestro, Teampay, Amazon Business, Ivalua, Coupa and SAP Ariba). April's analyst coverage also included the release of a research series assessing current and emerging regulatory frameworks for preventing modern slavery and forced labor, looking into the organizational and technological capabilities needed to address this critical issue.

And last, we provide a forward look of what you can expect on Spend Matters PRO in the coming month. Of note in May: further coverage of Coupa product updates, roadmap and more from Inspire 2022; profiles of key supply chain visibility vendors, including Sustainabill, riskmethods, Resilinc, FRDM and Wholechain; the spring 2022 SolutionMap release — key map updates and analysis for the first of our twice yearly research cycle.

Now let’s pull back the curtain on why this coverage is important.