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SolutionMap Fall 2020 new vendors (Part 3) — Symfact, AvidXchange, ProcurePort, SourceDay, graphiteConnect
November 24, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann and JP Morris
On Oct. 1, Spend Matters launched the Fall 2020 update of its free-to-use SolutionMap, which evaluates procurement technology solutions on their technical capabilities and how customers rate them. Twelve new vendors participated in the latest release, which has grown to evaluate 77 providers. Read our SolutionMap Fall 2020 launch post for more details, like how…
SolutionMap Fall 2020 new vendors (Part 2) — Corcentric Payables (COR360), Uppler and Medius (Wax Digital)
November 3, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann
On Oct. 1, Spend Matters launched the Fall 2020 update of its free-to-use SolutionMap, which evaluates procurement technology solutions on their technical capabilities and how customers rate them. Twelve new vendors participated in the latest release, which has grown to evaluate 77 providers. Read our SolutionMap Fall 2020 launch post for more details, like how…
SolutionMap Fall 2020 new vendors (Part 1) — Ignite Procurement, Kodiak Rating and Vortal
October 26, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
On Oct. 1, Spend Matters launched the Fall 2020 update of its free-to-use SolutionMap, which evaluates procurement technology solutions on their technical capabilities and how customers rate them. Twelve new vendors participated in the latest release, which has grown to evaluate 77 providers. Read our SolutionMap Fall 2020 launch post for more details, like how…
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…
SolutionMap rankings are updated to reflect a vendor’s number of customers, employees and revenue per customer
October 1, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
In past SolutionMap charts, a vendor’s “bubble size” solely indicated its number of customers. While that demonstrated some level of market penetration, it did not adequately convey a vendor's experience and resources to handle complex global deployments ... so, we updated it.
Release note, SolutionMap Fall 2020: Source-to-Pay
October 1, 2020 | Spend Matters Analyst Team
This Spend Matters SolutionMap Insider release note provides insight into the SolutionMap Fall 2020 release for the Source-to-Pay suite category, reviewing the process that we followed for this update. This is the first Fall release since the start of the semiannual SolutionMap cycles. Going forward, there will be two releases per year, Spring and Fall.…
SirionLabs: What Makes It Great (Contract Lifecycle Management SolutionMap Analysis)
August 3, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
Editor’s note: This “What Makes It Great” column is normally reserved for SolutionMap Insider subscribers, but SirionLabs has generously agreed to support access for readers who are not yet members. In a world where everything that businesses purchase is increasingly consumed “as a service,” contracts are taking on increased importance as a commercial system of record for…
How SolutionMap compares to Gartner, Forrester, IDC in rating procurement technology
February 26, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
When it comes to rating procurement technology, what do you trust — your gut or your data? In a new white paper, Azul Partners and Spend Matters Founder Jason Busch compares the Spend Matters SolutionMap ratings approach to other analyst ratings methodologies, including the Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ), the Forrester Wave and the IDC MarketScape.…
Customer reviews for EC Sourcing are in the new SolutionMap Customer Insights report
February 12, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
This week’s SolutionMap Customer Insights report focuses on customer reviews for EC Sourcing, a veteran of managing sourcing events and one of a select group of technology providers targeting the middle market with an e-sourcing platform. The applicable SolutionMap category for this report is in our ranking of Sourcing vendors. SolutionMap Insider members can read…
Customer reviews for Agiloft are in the new SolutionMap Customer Insights report
February 5, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
This week’s SolutionMap Customer Insights report focuses on customer reviews for Agiloft, a contract management software vendor. The applicable SolutionMap category for this report is in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM). SolutionMap Insider members can read about Agiloft in our latest report. In each Customer Insights report, we provide a one-page summary of details from the…
Oracle Procurement Cloud: What Makes It Great (Procure-to-Pay SolutionMap Analysis)
January 27, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
Enterprises have numerous choices for procure-to-pay solutions today. But only one vendor offers a fully unified, single ecosystem of business applications that span not only e-procurement and invoice-to-pay processes but also financials, supply chain collaboration and HR. And that vendor is Oracle. As it has patiently migrated all of its solutions to the cloud, Oracle…
Customer reviews for Field Nation are in the new SolutionMap Customer Insights report
January 22, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
This week’s SolutionMap Customer Insights report focuses on customer reviews for Field Nation, a provider of workforce management solutions. The applicable SolutionMap category for this report is in Direct Sourcing of Workforce and Services (DSW/S). SolutionMap Insider members can read about Field Nation in our latest report. In each Customer Insights report, we provide a…

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