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CIPS honors top procurement team, best technology use at its 20th annual industry awards
September 21, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) hosted its 20th annual Excellence in Procurement Awards event last week to celebrate the innovative solutions and providers in the global procurement space, naming Johnson Matthey as its overall winner.
Procurement performance vendor Per Angusta raises $3.8 million
September 17, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann
Per Angusta, a French provider of procurement performance technology, announces a $3.8 million Series A investment. The company aims to grow its workforce and international reach with the funding.
Introducing a global Spend Matters website
September 16, 2020 | Sheena Smith
We have exciting news about Spend Matters: Introducing our new global website.
Supply chain risk specialist Veriforce acquires ComplyWorks
August 18, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
Supply chain risk specialist Veriforce announced in a press release Tuesday the acquisition of ComplyWorks, a Canadian compliance management solution provider.
CLM specialist Agiloft gets $45 million investment, starts growth strategy with new CEO
August 17, 2020 | JP Morris
Agiloft, a specialist in contract lifecycle management (CLM), has charted a new course for itself by landing its first outside investment in the company’s three-decade history and adding new leadership, the California-based vendor announced Monday.
Upwork’s Q2 2020 financial results demonstrate resilience amid COVID-19, but investors want more
August 5, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
Upwork, the online freelancer marketplace and workforce solution provider, released its Q2 2020 financials. The results reflect that the company has shown resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic to date. And management views the current shift to remote work and the need for a more flexible workforce as positive leading indicators for the business. But investors…
Intelligent software agents in advanced sourcing: The bots really are the experts
July 9, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Exciting times for Ireland-based, sourcing automation and optimisation software firm Keelvar. We don’t hear from them for a few years then, suddenly, major news! Keelvar, […]
Digital procurement’s new frontier: Closing the knowledge gap with market intelligence tools
June 1, 2020 | Spend Matters Brand Studio
The last several weeks of the COVID disruption has laid bare just how little companies sometimes know about their suppliers. It has become evident that truly knowing your suppliers goes beyond which one has passed their certifications or which one is hitting their KPIs. Your teams probably keep tabs on that, or soon will. But…
The Contingent Workforce and Services (CW/S) Insider’s Hot List: June 2020 - [Plus + Content]
June 1, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
Welcome to the June 2020 edition of Spend Matters Insider’s Hot List, a monthly look at the contingent workforce and services (CW/S) space that’s available to our PLUS and PRO subscribers. For those new to the Hot List, each edition covers the prior month’s important or interesting technology and innovation developments in the CW/S space.…
SirionLabs raises $44 million, signals its arrival at the CLM winners podium - [PRO Content]
May 13, 2020 | Pierre Mitchell, Nick Heinzmann and Jason Busch
SirionLabs just announced it has raised $44 million in a Series C round that brings cumulative fundraising to $66 million for the contract lifecycle management firm with 400+ personnel. This is a major funding round and vote of confidence for SirionLabs as it moves into the leading positions top CLM market players, which includes providers…
The Contingent Workforce and Services (CW/S) Insider’s Hot List: May 2020 - [Plus + Content]
May 1, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
This month’s Hot List clearly shows that April was certainly one in which developments and innovation were not dampened amid the COVID-19 crisis. As they say, “necessity is the mother of invention.” We’ll let you decide if that has been the case in our industry ecosystem as you read our Hot List coverage.
Coronavirus disruption spurred North American manufacturers to rethink supply chains in Asia, Thomas Industrial survey finds
April 7, 2020 | Alex Behrens
A snapshot of the manufacturing sector about a month ago gives a view of how much disruption the coronavirus outbreak has caused and how much more is to come, according to the March 2020 report from the Thomas Industrial Survey. And in any other time, dire news about the price of oil would be driving…

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