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MineralTree: Vendor Analysis — Solution Overview, Strengths/Weaknesses, Tech Selection Tips, Commentary - [PRO Content]
November 16, 2020 | Xavier Olivera
Eliminating paper-based financial processes is the main benefit for payment automation solutions in the SME market. It is an important and growing area of opportunity that is generating efficiencies and savings for companies. MineralTree is a solution provider that is helping mid-market companies have greater control, visibility and certainty in their accounts payable process while…
The AvidXchange Customer Experience: What Makes It Great (AP Automation SolutionMap Analysis)
November 16, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
Accounts payable (AP) automation has taken the procurement world by storm recently. One of the perhaps less obvious reasons why is the ability of AP automation solutions to quickly address supplier information management challenges and facilitate supplier collaboration via supplier networks or portals. AvidXchange, a new participant in the SolutionMap Fall 2020 AP Automation category,…
Payments as a service — the organization’s vehicle for growth
October 14, 2020 | Brand Studio
With at least six months of business and supply chain disruption behind us, many firms are wondering where they will be in the next six months. The answer to that question rests partly on the efficiency of our payments infrastructure. To help business continuity, we must be able to trust our payment systems to remain…
What is driving Tipalti’s $2 billion valuation? 10 reasons AP Automation is such an attractive market
October 7, 2020 | Jason Busch
Yesterday, Tipalti announced it had raised $150 million at a cool $2 billion valuation. (See Spend Matters’ coverage of Tipalti below.*) What is remarkable about this raise and the valuation is that Tipalti, which focuses on accounts payable automation and payments, is still a relatively small firm in the procurement and finance technology sector, even…
SolutionMap Fall 2020 launches, now ranking 77 procurement technology vendors
October 1, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
Grab a comfy sweater and a hot pumpkin spice latte (don’t judge): It’s time for the latest SolutionMap release. With today’s launch of the free SolutionMap Fall 2020 release, Spend Matters’ analysts have assessed 77 procurement technology vendors, adding 12 providers since our Spring 2020 update. SolutionMap, which began in 2017, has become the definitive…
Fall 2020 AP Automation: Provider Scoring Summary
October 1, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
This SolutionMap scoring summary analyzes a select group of AP Automation solution providers. It is part of our Fall 2020 SolutionMap report series, also featuring spend analytics, sourcing, supplier management, contract management and e-procurement providers. Our spring release also features a SolutionMap for invoice-to-pay and strategic procurement technology suites.
Release note, SolutionMap Fall 2020: Accounts Payable (AP) Automation
October 1, 2020 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
This Spend Matters SolutionMap Insider release note provides insight into the SolutionMap Fall 2020 release for the AP Automation category. The note reviews the process that we follow and highlights what has changed since the last SolutionMap release. This is the first Fall release since the start of semiannual SolutionMap cycles. Going forward, there will…
Infor Nexus: Vendor Analysis (Part 3) — In-Depth Solution Overview - [PRO Content]
September 17, 2020 | Xavier Olivera
In this final part of our Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis, we’ll do an in-depth look of the Infor Nexus solution overview, providing a complete look at its procurement offering for direct spend. Part 1 of the series focused on Infor Nexus’s solution strengths and weaknesses, and Part 2 focused on Infor Nexus competitors and the…
Infor Nexus: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) — SWOT, Competitors & Market Overview, Selection Tips - [PRO Content]
September 16, 2020 | Xavier Olivera
In Part 2 of this Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis, we’ll look at Infor Nexus’s competitors and market landscape, as well as provide a company SWOT assessment. Infor Nexus’s value proposition is focused on the direct material purchasing space. Infor Nexus procurement’s business model starts from the PO reception (issued by the ERP) and goes…
Infor Nexus: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — Company & Solution Overview and Solution Strengths/Weaknesses - [PRO Content]
September 15, 2020 | Xavier Olivera
In this three-part Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis, we are first going to focus on Infor Nexus’s strengths and weaknesses in direct/supply chain procurement. Infor Nexus also is a supply chain business network where buyers, suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers and financial institutions can collaborate and exchange documents to automate its supply chain processes flowing between…
Amazon Business Exchange: ‘Digital-First’ – Interact with Amazon Business and its customers in a free-to-attend event
September 9, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Next month, October 6-7, sees the return of Amazon Business Exchange (ABX) — a free-to-attend event for procurement, finance and supply chain leaders. This on-line event will bring together a community of B2B buyers from procurement and the supply chain, and representatives from industry, to connect and collaborate and to share the experiences and learnings…
How to improve your international procure-to-pay process - [Sponsored Article]
September 1, 2020 | Steve Thompson, Transfermate
Mismatched invoices. Lost payments. Hours of reconciliation. For companies operating in international markets it can be difficult to manage spending abroad and integrate that efficiently with accounts payable processes. Often the invoices are not aligned with payments, and too many times the payment received is not the full amount due to international fees and FX…

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