What is a procurement platform anyway?

05/21/2024 By Spend Matters Team

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Many procurement solution providers claim to be ‘platform’ providers. What is the difference between an app provider and a platform provider? And does it even matter to procurement or others in general?

In this article, part of which originally published in 2014, our analysts explain why it does.

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EPRO P2P

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EPRO P2P

E-Procurement 2018 Trends and Forecast (Part 1: Customers Adoption and Priorities)
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