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Customer reviews for Procurence are in the new SolutionMap Customer Insights report
April 8, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
This week’s SolutionMap Customer Insights report focuses on customer reviews for Procurence, a provider of supplier management solutions that handle supplier quality management; supplier information, performance and risk; as well as aspects of relationship management. The applicable SolutionMap category for this report is in our ranking of Supplier Relationship Management & Risk solutions. SolutionMap Insider…
SolutionMap easy-lookup chart: Grid shows all 69 vendors and the procurement technology category they’re in
April 1, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
For the 2020 Spring/Q1 SolutionMap release, Spend Matters has charted which vendors participate in each of the 13 procurement technology categories that we evaluate and share with the public for free. Click the headline to find all 69 vendors listed in the chart.
AP Automation vendors are highlighted in a new SolutionMap category for our Spring 2020 release
March 25, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
“The AP Automation market is ‘hot, hot, hot’ in which vendors compete in a market that is growing and changing by the day,” Spend Matters’ Founder Jason Busch wrote in a recent Nexus article. That’s why Spend Matters has added AP Automation technology rankings to the Spring/Q1 2020 SolutionMap release, which came out Tuesday. Six…
Spring/Q1 2020 SolutionMap release note: Sourcing, Spend and Procurement Analytics, Supplier Relationship Management & Risk, Contract Lifecycle Management and Strategic Procurement Technology Suites
March 24, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
This Spend Matters SolutionMap Insider release note provides insight into the Spring/Q1 2020 SolutionMap release for the following five categories: Sourcing, Spend and Procurement Analytics, Supplier Relationship Management & Risk, Contract Lifecycle Management, and Strategic Procurement Technologies Suite. The note reviews the process we follow and highlights what has changed since the last release. Also,…
Spring/Q1 2020 SolutionMap E-Procurement, Invoice-to-Pay and Procure-to-Pay release note
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…
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…
Customer reviews for Scanmarket are in the new SolutionMap Customer Insights report
January 15, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
This week’s SolutionMap Customer Insights report focuses on customer reviews for Scanmarket, a provider of strategic sourcing solutions. The applicable SolutionMap category for this report is in Sourcing. SolutionMap Insider members can click here to read about Scanmarket in our latest report. In each Customer Insights report, we provide a one-page summary of details from…

SolutionMap easy-lookup chart: Grid shows all 69 vendors and the procurement technology category they’re in : JP Morris said : Fiverr isn't in SolutionMap yet, but maybe it will join for a future release. Spend Matters does ext...

SolutionMap easy-lookup chart: Grid shows all 69 vendors and the procurement technology category they’re in : Darcy said : Should fiverr be on the list?...

“Ariba Doesn’t Have Customers, It Has Prisoners” : Kerry said : Thank god there are other people that understand that Ariba scams small businesses by charging them ...

Coupa CEO implores procurement pros to lead businesses through the coronavirus crisis : Jason Busch said : Joe, You are entitled to your opinion. But what I will say is that folks like Coupa (via a joint bu...

Coupa CEO implores procurement pros to lead businesses through the coronavirus crisis : Joe Harold said : Been a long time since I have seen such a badly pitched article. Apparently Coupa are positioning th...