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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…
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…
Spendata: What Makes It Great (Spend and Procurement Analytics SolutionMap Analysis)
January 13, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
Running businesses with an analytical, “data-driven” mindset is the prevailing dogma of modern management experts, yet putting the data and tools in front of everyday business users to make this happen is far from easy. Most people aren’t data scientists, nor are they willing to learn Python, or R, or whatever other technical skill set…
Customer reviews for BuyerQuest are in the new SolutionMap Customer Insights report
January 8, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
This week’s SolutionMap Customer Insights report focuses on customer reviews for BuyerQuest, a provider of e-commerce solutions. The applicable SolutionMap category for this report is in E-Procurement. SolutionMap Insider members can read about BuyerQuest in our latest report. In each Customer Insights report, we provide a one-page summary of details from the SolutionMap peer review…
The top 5 most-viewed SolutionMap posts of 2019: Vendor rankings, Beeline vs. Coupa Contingent Workforce, SAP’s S2P suite
December 31, 2019 | Spend Matters Team
These are the top 5 most-viewed Spend Matters’ posts related to SolutionMap, our analyst-driven evaluation of the vendors in the procurement technology market. This year we beefed up our RFI to include more platform information so that users can compare vendors on an apples-to-apples basis.
E-Procurement Tech Selection and the Turn-Key Persona: Analysis & Commentary - [PRO Content]
December 23, 2019 | Xavier Olivera
The e-procurement solutions market has been growing for the last seven years. Because of this rapid growth, the market is also fragmented, with numerous vendors competing for procurement organizations’ attention. Yet no one vendor is an ideal fit for all companies, due to the unique requirements of different organizations’ sizes, industry/vertical and prior technology investments…
Customer reviews for HICX are in the new SolutionMap Customer Insights report
December 18, 2019 | Spend Matters Team
This week’s SolutionMap Customer Insights report focuses on customer reviews for HICX, a configurable solution that scored well in master data management and other areas of supplier relationship management. The applicable SolutionMap category for this report is in SRM & Risk. SolutionMap Insider members can to read about HICX in our latest report. In each…

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 ...