Spend Matters Almanac: Sourcing & Supplier Management

Achilles creates and manages a global network of collaborative industry communities, allowing trading partners to share high quality, structured, real-time data. Using cloud-based technology and industry expertise we act as an independent partner, providing validated data and insightful analytics to enable buyers across a sector to identify and manage risk and suppliers to increase market reach while increasing compliance and

Amazon Business is a new marketplace on Amazon.com that combines the selection, convenience, and value customers have come to know and love from Amazon, with new features and unique benefits tailored to businesses.

Aquiire’s intelligent real-time Procure-to-Pay suite brings the convenience and simplicity of the consumer shopping experience to the business user with unparalleled compliance and savings. Aquiire features patented, real-time B2B e-commerce shopping from a single search, advanced machine learning to improve search relevance and spend visibility and cutting-edge supplier relationship management technologies to automate buyer/seller collaborations. Aquiire’s best-in-class, intuitive user interface

Aravo provides the market's leading third-party risk management and regulatory compliance solution. Aravo launched its cloud-based platform in 2004 and continues to serve as the industry's leading innovator today. Our market-leading third-party risk and compliance solutions include Registration and Qualification, Anti-Bribery / Anti-Corruption, Responsible Sourcing, and Data Privacy / Data Security. The world's best-run businesses utilize Aravo's platform, including General

Aripart Consulting is founded by Bill Michels to use his knowledge and experience working with the world's greatest companies to deliver value and competitive advantage to his clients. We help companies build sound procurement and supply chain strategies that lead to cost and value improvement, innovation, optimization, risk mitigation and transformation through high performing procurement and supply chain management. We

Designed to simplify the process of exchanging trading documents, Tradex has been refined over the last 15 years to become a Source-to-Pay solution that enables trading partners to take advantage of the efficiencies and intelligence brought about by digitisation. Enhancing business relationships is not new to us. In 15 years we have dealt with a variety of supply chain challenges

Claritum’s cloud based platform brings your tail spend under management. By automating sourcing, procurement and invoicing in one, easy to use, cloud based platform, clients and partners gain granular visibility and control of every transaction, globally and in real time. We help many of the world’s largest enterprises, leading businesses and fast-growing service providers to control their low average order

ClientLoyalty is a supplier performance management software company. ClientLoyalty's software goes beyond the traditional supplier scorecard and delivers an automated and scalable system that centralizes the collection, scoring and reporting of operational metrics, 360 feedback, risk ratings and social sentiment to benchmark and continuously improve supplier performance in a user-friendly, flexible and affordable manner. ClientLoyalty transforms a reactive, tactical exercise

WE HELP HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES BIG AND SMALL ACCESS SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS ON THEIR INDIRECT SPEND AT NO EXTRA COST. We aggregate orders from large, medium and small companies for indirect spend items at pre-negotiated steep volume discount rates from our suppliers, which we then pass on to our clients. For Large Enterprises: We help large businesses do away with the

Founded in 1997, Corporate United is the market leader in providing managed supplier and contract solutions to more than 260 member companies. Representing $1 billion in indirect spend, Corporate United combines this leverage with proprietary industry intelligence to expertly manage more than 35 indirect spend categories. Corporate United is based in Cleveland, Ohio, with regional offices across the country. The

Deloitte takes a holistic view of the supply chain to drive integrated solutions, and has been identified as a leader among Supply Chain Consulting firms based on its breadth and depth of Sourcing and Procurement services. Deloitte has developed a deep expertise in: - Indirect Sourcing & Procurement - Direct Sourcing & Procurement - Supplier Management & Collaboration - Category

Determine, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTRM) is a leading global provider of SaaS Source-to-Pay and Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management (ECLM) solutions with over four decades of collective technical and process knowledge. The pioneering Determine Cloud Platform was designed from the ground up to be adaptable, agile and flexible without the need for expensive and complex configurations that disrupt business instead of accelerate

Directworks provides a better way for manufacturers to work across teams and with suppliers to develop, launch and deliver more profitable products. Leading manufacturers use Directworks’ cloud-based platform to more effectively engage their stakeholders and suppliers at any stage of the product lifecycle to achieve greater product success. Directworks only serves discrete manufacturers. Our focus is your advantage. That means

eBid Systems offers a robust, integrated web-based solution, ProcureWare, that includes a variety of comprehensive features to support the complete procurement cycle. ProcureWare is easy-to-use, rapidly deployable, affordable, and customizable procurement Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) used by large and small businesses and public sector organizations. ProcureWare provides extensive supplier and vendor management and sourcing features. With this platform companies can leverage their

Revolutionize your sourcing process and results. Our FlexRFP eSourcing solution is battle tested over the last 16 years to deliver a powerful, yet easy solution that can facilitate simple quotes in minutes or very complex data sets with over ten thousand records and everything in between. EC Sourcing Group helps companies streamline and automate their sourcing and supplier management processes

Efficio’s experts work with clients to identify, deliver and sustain improvement opportunities in procurement. At the same time, we transform your capabilities in order to sustain these improvements for the long term. Our international team combines unrivalled procurement expertise and industry experience with a unique blend of intellectual capital and technology – a powerful mix that delivers outstanding results. We

The FULLSTEP Suite covers all stages of the spend cycle, complementing your ERP systems, helping you optimize spend every step of the way: requisition approval workflow, online negotiation, contract repository, purchase order management, supplier compliance and performance management, invoices... Its modular structure allows us to tailor a solution that will bring the most value and sense to your organization. Fullstep

Global Risk Management Solutions (GRMS) is the recognized leader in providing innovative supplier screening solutions that assist companies to reduce exposure to global business risk and liability. GRMS is the only company that can provide a customizable global supplier screening and management program in over 120 countries.  GRMS' approach is unique in that our team of experts apply a client-centric

HICX deliver Supply Base Management (SBM) software and complementary services which enable customers to save money, ensure compliance, and mitigate risk. Founded in 2004, HICX Solutions is headquartered in London, with regional offices in Chicago, and Dubai. We have invested over 10 years of research and development to create state-of-the-art workflows, supplier data models, search algorithms, web interfaces, and processes

Hiperos is the leader in Third Party Management (3PM). Hiperos 3PM™, the company’s SaaS-based solution, is transforming how the Global 2000 and industry consortiums manage 3rd parties to reduce the probability of regulatory fines, reputational damage or revenue loss. The most widely used 3PM solution in the market today - with more than 100 million interactions between corporations and their

The velocity of business is increasing. Change is the only constant. The rewards – and the risks – have never been higher. To succeed in this new world, businesses must take a new approach to managing the relationships that drive commerce. Contracts are the foundation of those relationships. The Icertis Contract Management (ICM) platform transforms contracts into strategic business assets,

Ivalua is the Procurement empowerment platform. Recognized as a Leader by Gartner & Forrester, Ivalua’s Source-to-Pay suite is leveraged by over 250 leading companies across the globe to manage over $500 Billion in direct and indirect spend. The platform’s combination of ease-of-use, depth, breadth and flexibility ensures high employee and supplier adoption, rapid time to value and the ability to

LevaData helps global enterprises to improve gross margins by reducing supply chain costs. LevaData’s cloud platform combines market intelligence and enterprise data with applied cognitive analytics to continuously identify savings opportunities and risks. Our customer’s procurement, engineering, and sourcing teams can make the right decisions to deliver competitive advantage. Through a shared, outcome-based approach, Levadata ensures our customers achieve a

Founded in February 2012, Old Street Lab’s mission is to increase collaboration and innovation between organisations and the suppliers they work with. Old Street Labs is the creator of Vizibl and LUCYD. Old Street Labs is a privately held company and are headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Per Angusta is a SaaS platform that empowers Procurement to manage their sourcing pipeline, track savings, have them validated, and make Procurement’s impact visible in the organization. *All your cost reduction projects, under one roof* All your cost reduction projects, whether they are managed manually or through an eSourcing platform are in the same place so you can manage them

PRGX is a “big data” analytics firm built on a heritage of recovery audit expertise. As the founder of recovery audit in 1970, PRGX has expanded upon its knowledge and expertise to offer various services including Contract Compliance, Spend Analytics, Supplier Information Management, Duty to Report (new UK legislation), Working Capital Optimization and more. Today, our solutions help clients reduce

PROACTIS is a global Spend Control and eProcurement solution provider. Over 1000 organisations across 90 countries use PROACTIS software and services to transform their procurement, purchase-to-pay and accounts payable processes to deliver greater bottom-line value. • PROACTIS Solutions for Finance enable organisations to streamline the purchase-to-pay process, eliminate labour-intensive manual registration of invoices, speed up invoice matching and approvals, and

Proxima is the leading provider of Procurement Consulting, Managed Services, On-Demand and Commercial Management solutions, underpinned by our Catalytics technology platform. Our procurement and industry experts bring a unique set of specialist knowledge and experience to identify business opportunities, highlight gaps and explore new ideas by helping clients around the world take control of their complex network of suppliers, changing

Resilinc is the leading provider of supply chain resiliency solutions and delivers scalable enterprise solutions that enable supply chain professionals to gain visibility across multiple tiers of their complex, global supply chains. With a comprehensive offering that encompasses multi-tier supply chain mapping, single points of failure analytics, global disruption event monitoring and management, mitigation workflow, and part-level supply chain compliance

Simfoni is a market leader in the field of apps and analytics for procurement and supply chain. Clients deploy our state-of-the-art analytics platform, Virtuosi™ to help understand better where there are opportunities for business improvement. The Virtuosi analytics output helps clients identify how they can make procurement and supply chain operations easier, more efficient and more effective. Where appropriate, we

SirionLabs is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS products focused on the post-signature management of complex services contracts. Sirion automates key supplier management processes thereby reducing manual effort, driving efficiency and higher value realization.

Founded in 1992, Source One Management Services, LLC is an industry-recognized leader and one of the oldest Procurement consulting and Strategic Sourcing service providers in the world. We provide market leaders with the discipline, best practices, market intelligence, and tools to make the best decisions about the goods and services they buy and deliver greater value to the business. Unlike

Based on MIT research, Sourcemap offers the most advanced supply chain data modeling and visualization software solutions powered by a real-time data mining API and a vast supplier social network. Leading brands and manufacturers use Sourcemap's private cloud-based solution to manage their own supply chain mapping: uploading enterprise data, inviting suppliers and sub-suppliers, performing advanced analytics, and exporting visually stunning

The Smart Cube is a global analytics and research firm that delivers analytics and research services to large corporations, in key sectors including financial services, retail, life sciences and manufacturing. We work with close to 100 of the Fortune 500, providing customised research and analytics to help them deliver value and drive efficiencies across their organisations. We deliver insights that

THOMASNET.com continues the 120 year legacy of serving the B2B market as the only free platform for sourcing new suppliers built by buyers for buyers. A combination of proprietary taxonomy and sophisticated search over 500K+ North American OEMs, distributors, custom manufacturers, MRO providers and service companies, expedites supplier discovery. In-depth company profiles provide detailed demographics and capabilities to aid supplier

Tipalti is the only end-to-end solution that streamlines the entire accounts payable and supplier payments operation. More than just a global remittance engine, Tipalti also provides supplier onboarding and vetting, digital tax form collection and validation, invoice processing, proactive supplier communications, enterprise-grade financial controls, and real-time payment reconciliation and reporting. The seamless nature of the solution, including the ability to

Founded in 2010, Tradeshift is the world’s largest business commerce platform that connects buyers and sellers. Tradeshift connects over 1.5 million companies across 190 countries, processes over half a trillion USD in transaction value yearly, and has a marketplace containing 28 million SKUs. It offers solutions for procure to pay, supplier engagement and financial services, and enables companies and partners

Zycus is a leading global provider of complete Source-to- Pay suite of procurement performance solutions. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes applications for both the operational and the strategic aspects of procurement - eProcurement, eInvoicing, Spend Analysis, eSourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, Financial Savings Management, Request Management and Project Management. Our spirit of innovation and our passion to help procurement create