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2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — SAP (part 1)
December 22, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Last year at the end of December 2019, we ran a series of predictions about procurement and supply chain trends for 2020 from expert tech and service providers in the market. But who could have foreseen what happened in 2020! This year, the market again provides its predictions for the next 12 months, using learnings…
Using low-code platforms to supplement your procure-to-pay solution and get more spend under management
December 3, 2020 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from Doug Hudgeon, CEO of Managed Functions, which provides integration as a service. Low-code is the hot new enterprise software category. These platforms (of which I consider RPA to be a sub-category) enable “citizen developers” to build and deploy applications that solve niche business problems. This article takes you…
Why would Medius buy Wax Digital? (Part 4: Strategy and competitive landscape analysis for procurement and ERP vendors)
November 25, 2019 | Jason Busch
This Spend Matters Nexus research brief explores the potential competitive impact of the Medius and Wax Digital combination on the procurement and ERP vendor landscape. It also explores the strategies that some providers within these groups are already pursuing (or may pursue) in response to customer requirements, competitive pressures and the desire to expand the…
Workday’s acquisition of Scout RFP (Part 2: ERP competitors analyzed)
November 5, 2019 | Jason Busch
Yesterday, the finance and HR solutions provider Workday announced it was buying Scout RFP, an easy-to-use sourcing solution. You can find previous free coverage on the transaction on Spend Matters here and here. In our first Nexus subscriber brief covering the procurement technology sector’s M&A news, we offered background on Scout, explored the provider’s strengths…
SRM and tariffs: Supplier relationship management provides dream ticket to control purchasing in a complex international landscape
September 5, 2019 | Guest Contributor
Purchasing is a core part of any business. That means software that can address the whole purchasing value chain and integrate closely with key areas of an organization is a real bonus for companies looking to expand their operational flexibility with suppliers. Applications such as supplier relationship management (SRM) provide the answer, limiting non-value-added work,…
SourceDay: Vendor Analysis — Solution Overview, Positives/Negatives and SWOT - [PRO Content]
April 17, 2019 | Nick Heinzmann and Pierre Mitchell
The broader procurement technology market has always had a tenuous relationship with the direct procurement technology solutions. Old timers may remember SupplyWorks from the early 2000s, but it folded — and the SupplyWorks brand name now belongs to a janitorial/sanitation service provider (we won’t go down the easy joke paths on this one). More recently,…
Why ERP Does Not Suck Anymore for Procurement Technology*
March 28, 2019 | Jason Busch
It’s time to truly write off the ERP past with two of the top ERP providers. SAP Ariba has doubled-down not only on core capability packaged approaches to accelerate adoption — and in the case of SAP Ariba, performs at the top of many of the SolutionMap functional rankings — but also next generation technology.…
Where to Start When Identifying ERP Solutions
March 5, 2019 | Guest Contributor
When you find yourself tasked with figuring out what ERP solution you are going to on-board for your organization, you do a quick search and find there are dozens of vendors offering a variety of ERP solutions. Where do you start in your process of determining which of these vendors and platforms would be best…
The Bonfire Customer Experience: What Makes It Great (Sourcing SolutionMap Analysis)
February 19, 2019 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
Usability is proving the single most important killer app for the next wave of sourcing technology adoption. And providers such as Bonfire are proving that absolute feature/function capability alone is less important than providing an optimally rich user and customer experience that will maximize adoption and customer satisfaction. This is not a new strategy. Bonfire…
ERP vs. Best-in-Class Spend Management Solutions: Making the Tough Choice
January 10, 2019 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from RiseNow Managing Partner Matt Stewart. With an endless list of options in the procurement software space, how is it possible to choose between spend management solutions like Ariba, Basware, Coupa and Jaggaer? Should you even consider such options when your existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is capable…
T&E Benchmarks: How Does Your Company’s Technology Compare on Handling Travel & Expense Reporting?
December 6, 2018 | Kyra Senese
Companies in the U.S. spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually on travel and entertainment — and a study from Certify Inc., an expense report software company, surveyed executives and finance leaders to get a snapshot of how many still use manual methods versus how many have upgraded their T&E management technology. In the study,…
SourceDay Gets $6.5 Million Investment for Its Direct Spend Solution
December 5, 2018 | JP Morris
Procurement software provider SourceDay on Wednesday announced it has received $6.5 million in Series A funding from three capital venture firms. SourceDay said it has now raised $10.8 million since the 2015 launch of its software-as-a-service cloud platform, which automates direct spend management, purchase order management and supplier collaboration. The provider integrates its solution with…

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E-procurement as a strategic weapon — With BuyerQuest acquisition, ODP preps for war in omnichannel B2B : Jason Busch said : From an antitrust standpoint, I wonder if this makes ODP + Staples look like less of a competitor by...

Procurement in Practice: Sustainability — Getting from the pledge to action at Bayer : Fabian Lampe said : Having worked for Bayer and Unilever I really must say that the pledge and the ambition is bold and ...

Demystifying the role of technology in supply chain finance: Blockchain : Riya Kaif said : Insightful article on the role of blockchain technology in supply chain finance. Looking forward to ...

Study Finds Nascent Adoption of AI and Robotics in Retail and Manufacturing Supply Chains : Elena said : As robots increasingly move from warehouses to shopfronts, embedding Artificial Intelligence (AI) in...

Afternoon Coffee: November PMI registers seventh consecutive month of growth; US Supreme Court hears suit on child labor in cocoa supply chain; Medius announces partnership with Changepond : Oliver Harris said : Indeed, RPA is the primary factor and an entry-level strategy to digitally transform your business e...