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2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — The Smart Cube and Capita
January 4, 2021 | 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 and beyond,…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — Tipalti and Workforce Logiq
December 30, 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 and beyond,…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — Efficio and Transfermate
December 29, 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 and beyond,…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — GEP
December 28, 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 and beyond,…
3 tips to minimize COVID-19 disruption to services procurement with the support of an MSP
October 29, 2020 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from Scott Brewer of Randstad Sourceright. Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, its impact on organizations has been profound and far-reaching. From broad adoption of work-from-home practices to the acceleration of digital transformation, businesses have had to adapt to new circumstances across the board with varying degrees of success. Furthermore,…
Q&A: ‘Unless procurement takes a different view to management of services spend, it will continue to be difficult to get it right’
July 27, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
A recent study suggested that most companies’ contingent workforce management (CWM) programs are not doing very well at managing the sourcing and consumption of services. That raises the question of whether some approaches to services spend may be better than others. We talked with Jon Kesman, Head of Procurement Solutions at Allegis Global Solutions (AGS),…
How Promena helps customers with our managed services model - [Sponsored Article]
July 23, 2020 | Orçun Güven, Promena
Digitally powered procurement means operational efficiency, financial benefits, traceability and access to vital data. On a more detailed level, digitization covers predictive analyses, data analytics, ERP integrations and end-to-end processes. But can just one single software solution be enough? Do companies also have different expectations or need a different type of service while running their…
Workforce Logiq Partners with Upwork — What’s Going On? - [PRO Content]
September 30, 2019 | Andrew Karpie
Workforce Logiq recently announced its partnership with Upwork, the largest global, online freelancing platform (in terms of spend, about $2 billion annually). The partnership — which is exclusive — is the first, officially launched, commercial relationship between Upwork and a managed services/solutions provider like Workforce Logiq. To understand the deal, let’s look at Workforce Logiq’s…
Coupa, Services and Coupa Contingent Workforce: A Progress Report (Part 2) - [PRO Content]
March 5, 2019 | Andrew Karpie and Jason Busch
In this two-part PRO series, Spend Matters provides a review and analysis of Coupa’s recent evolution in addressing the category of services spend, including Coupa Contingent Workforce. In Part 1, we provided an overview of where Coupa is at with the integration and leveraging of DCR Workforce. First, we revisited the Coupa “services procurement” background/context…
Corcentric to Acquire Determine: Exploring Determine’s Procure-to-Pay Strengths and Weaknesses (Part 3) - [PRO Content]
February 18, 2019 | Xavier Olivera and Jason Busch
Corcentric recently announced its pending acquisition of Determine (see previous Spend Matters PRO analysis: Transaction Overview and Customer Recommendations and Competitive Landscape Analysis — and news coverage here). But in buying Determine, what exactly is Corcentric gaining from a procure-to-pay perspective (i.e., product, solution and platform strengths and weaknesses)? And how do Determine’s capabilities stack…
The Contingent Workforce and Services (CW/S) Insider’s Hot List: January 2019 (Special Focus Edition on Services) - [Plus + Content]
January 2, 2019 | Andrew Karpie
Welcome to the January 2019 edition of Spend Matters’ monthly feature “The Contingent Workforce and Services (CW/S) Insider’s Hot List,” available to 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 within the CW/S space, where change may be accelerating…
ADP and the Future of Work (Part 3) — Strategy Explanation - [PRO Content]
October 22, 2018 | Andrew Karpie
In Part 1 of this Spend Matters PRO series, we summarized ADP’s business characteristics, its market and financial strength, and its increased investment in innovation R&D as a backdrop and foundation for the pursuit of its future-of-work strategy. In Part 2, we examined the significant technology developments and recent strategic acquisitions that make up key…

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