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LogicSource: Vendor Analysis — Background, Solution Overview, SWOT, Tech Selection Tips - [PRO Content]
August 10, 2020 | Nick Heinzmann
The convergence of technology and services is a trend that’s hard to ignore in the procurement solutions market. Rare is the successful implementation story these days where a vendor deploys its software, trains the user and disappears until contract renewal. Rather, supporting services, including not only implementation and user training but also value-add activities like…
10 Theories on Procurement Technology Venture Stage Investment (Thesis 2: Marketplaces)
July 22, 2020 | Jason Busch
I love B2B marketplaces. At least intellectually. That’s why the topic of marketplaces is part of this series on early stage procurement technology investing. Thesis 1 looked at automation and vendors in that space, and today we’ll look at providers of marketplace solutions.
Xeeva: Vendor Analysis (Part 3) — In-Depth Solution Overview - [PRO Content]
June 25, 2020 | Magnus Bergfors and Michael Lamoureux
In this third and final part of our Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis of Xeeva, we provide a complete overview of each main module of the Xeeva offering, which covers most areas of an S2P suite. Part 1 of the series focused on solution strengths and weaknesses, and Part 2 focused on Xeeva’s competitors and…
Xeeva: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — Company Background, Solution Strengths/Weaknesses - [PRO Content]
June 23, 2020 | Magnus Bergfors and Michael Lamoureux
The source-to-pay space is starting to get crowded. While it was only a dream a scant decade ago, with a couple of providers offering minimal S2C or P2P suites, in the last five years we've gone from just a few players to more than 10 that now compete with more or less complete S2P suites.…
BuyerQuest: Vendor Analysis 2020 Update (Part 3) — SWOT, Competitor Comparisons, Tech Selection Tips - [PRO Content]
May 6, 2020 | Xavier Olivera
This third and final installment of our Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis update on BuyerQuest provides a SWOT analysis of the provider and a comparison of competitors. It includes a recommended shortlist of candidates that could serve as alternative vendors to BuyerQuest for e-procurement and procure-to-pay (P2P). We offer profiles of Vroozi, Zycus, Coupa, SAP…
BuyerQuest: Vendor Analysis 2020 Update (Part 2) — Strengths and Weaknesses - [PRO Content]
May 5, 2020 | Xavier Olivera
This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis 2020 Update (Part 2) explores BuyerQuest’s strengths and weaknesses in its P2P capabilities, providing facts and expert analysis to help organizations decide if they should shortlist the vendor as a potential provider. Part 1 of our analysis provided company background information and a detailed solution overview, as well as a…
BuyerQuest: Vendor Analysis 2020 Update (Part 1) — Company & Solution Overview and Tech Selection Tips - [PRO Content]
May 4, 2020 | Xavier Olivera
This three-part Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis is an update of our 2017 series on BuyerQuest, an e-procurement provider known for its user interface then and since has been building out its full P2P capabilities with a focus on e-invoicing and payments. Many e-procurement providers can stand to improve their UI, a topic that we…
Provider Scoring Summaries: E-Procurement – Spring 2020
March 24, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
This SolutionMap analyzes a select group of E-Procurement solution providers. It is part of our Spring 2020 SolutionMap report series, also featuring Spend Analytics, Sourcing, Supplier Management, Contract Management and Invoice-to-Pay providers. Our spring release also features SolutionMap for Procure-to-Pay and Strategic Procurement Technology suites.
Release Notes: E-Procurement – Spring 2020
March 24, 2020 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
This Spend Matters SolutionMap Insider release note provides insight into the Spring/Q1 2020 SolutionMap release for three categories: E-Procurement, Invoice-to-Pay (I2P) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P). The note reviews the process that we follow and highlights what has changed since the last SolutionMap release. Also, SolutionMap is shifting from quarterly updates to spring and fall updates. This…
SolutionMap update for Spring/Q1 2020 ranks 69 procurement technology vendors and adds AP Automation category
March 24, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
Spend Matters today has updated its free SolutionMap benchmark rankings for the new Spring/Q1 2020 release. The latest SolutionMap compares 69 procurement technology providers across 13 categories — which includes a new ranking map for Accounts Payable (AP) Automation vendors. Six providers are featured in the first AP Automation category, which reflects the growing importance that…
2020 Predicaments and Predictions in Procure-to-Pay: Issues with E-Procurement, Invoice-to-Pay and AP Automation - [PRO Content]
January 15, 2020 | Xavier Olivera
(Editor’s note: Spend Matters’ analysts are taking on the new year by looking at their areas of procurement technology to see what’s broken and what can and should be fixed this year. Here, analyst Xavier Olivera lays out the predicaments faced in the procure-to-pay sector. And for our PRO subscribers, this post also offers his…
Tradeshift has $240 million funding round, plans to restructure and focus on near-term profitability
January 14, 2020 | JP Morris
Tradeshift, a solution provider known for its network, supply chain payment offerings and marketplaces, announced today that it has a funding round of $240 million in equity and debt that sets “the company on a direct path to profitability in the near future,” the announcement said. CEO Christian Lanng spoke with Spend Matters and said…

What should employers do to gain the full value of their independent workers? : Colin Serrel said : As someone whose company makes significant use of contract/independents many of your points are well...

Q&A: ‘Unless procurement takes a different view to management of services spend, it will continue to be difficult to get it right’ : Outsourced Procurement said : Procurement should always be seen as a collaboration. Whether that's with internal departments and s...

Suppliers and Ariba: Prisoners or Not? : K said : Agree!!! Suppliers should not have to pay for access to a customer mandated system. If they want us...

WorkMarket Partners to Offer Full Coverage Workers’ Compensation for Freelancers : Andrew Karpie said : Hi James, This article is from 2017. So not sure of what is the current status at WorkMarket for t...

5 Themes That Excite Me About Procurement & Finance Tech Venture Investing : Peter Smith said : Great stuff Jason. I might add that despite the maturity, there are still some major areas with big ...