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PRO Unlimited’s CEO Kevin Akeroyd envisions tech-enabled, people-driven services platform business
October 21, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
In late September, we had an opportunity to speak with Kevin Akeroyd, who became PRO Unlimited’s CEO in July 2020. PRO Unlimited is a well-established managed services player in the contingent workforce space. The company is notable as a vendor-neutral MSP with its own VMS technology. One of Akeroyd’s first moves as CEO at PRO…
SAP exec shares tips on digital transformation, coronavirus disruption and implementing change at the SIG Summit
October 19, 2020 | JP Morris
During an online SIG Global Executive Summit keynote address last Wednesday, an SAP executive and a business consultant who specializes in technology, sourcing and supply chains gave a one-two punch on how procurement leaders can help their companies approach digital transformation.
SIG Summit tackles digital transformation, procurement tips for start-ups in its last day
October 16, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann
The Sourcing Industry Group held its third and final day of its 59th SIG Global Executive Summit on Thursday, where professionals came together to network and learn about trends happening in procurement. In this post, we'll focus on one session about digital transformation and one on procurement tips for start-up companies.
SIG Summit discusses sustainability and storytelling in procurement
October 15, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann and Morgan Zombolas
The Sourcing Industry Group continued with its 59th Global Executive Summit on Wednesday with discussions about how procurement professionals can help their organizations by using the latest ideas and technology. Topics discussed in the Summit’s second day included procurement transformation, ROI, adventures of procurement in the year 2020, and automating taxes. But we’re going to…
Proactis’ flagship event ReThink ’20 will focus on agility in Procurement and Finance
October 15, 2020 | Spend Matters Brand Studio
The landscapes of the Procurement and Finance functions have changed quite substantially over the past year, and even more so over the past six months as they have faced the turbulence of supply disruption, employee retention, and of course spend management challenges. The functions are facing a new way of working and have been forced to…
Catalant: Vendor Analysis, 2020 — Solution Overview, SWOT, Tech Selection Tips - [PRO Content]
October 14, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis offers a candid take on Catalant and its capabilities. Catalant provides enterprises with digital platform-based solutions that enable enterprises to conduct strategic initiatives and projects with high-caliber expert business talent. This brief includes an overview of Catalant and its solution offerings, a summary solution evaluation, a SWOT analysis and…
Payments as a service — the organization’s vehicle for growth
October 14, 2020 | Brand Studio
With at least six months of business and supply chain disruption behind us, many firms are wondering where they will be in the next six months. The answer to that question rests partly on the efficiency of our payments infrastructure. To help business continuity, we must be able to trust our payment systems to remain…
EC Sourcing acquires BidMode, a sourcing optimization specialist
October 13, 2020 | JP Morris
In breaking news, EC Sourcing Group on Tuesday announced it acquired Indiana-based BidMode late in 2019 and over the last year has integrated the sourcing optimization specialist’s solutions, including for rapid bid analysis functionality, award optimization and advanced freight scenario modeling. Read more about the deal and the key players.
Beyond Spend Influence: Enabling Procurement’s Emerging Roles in Business Transformation (Part 4) — Supply Chain / Direct Procurement (Introduction) - [PRO Content]
October 13, 2020 | Pierre Mitchell
In the previous installment of this Spend Matters PRO series, we dove into procurement improving its influence into indirect spending and how it can improve how the business gets more value from its spend and its “spend management” process (e.g., dovetailing into the business planning process). In this installment, we’ll turn our attention to supply…
New Agiloft CEO talks about scaling up its CLM platform that ‘can live and grow’ as a business transforms
October 12, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Following the announcement that specialist contract lifecycle management (CLM) provider Agiloft, had secured a $45 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital, Spend Matters spoke with its new CEO, Eric Laughlin, about his vision for the firm in the coming 12 months. He also foresees a future for contracting that reaches into the realms of…
MBO Partners acquires open innovation crowd platform MindSumo — Context, Deal Rationale, Analysis - [PRO Content]
October 12, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
MBO Partners’ acquisition of MindSumo last week may have raised some eyebrows — or at least caused some puzzlement — in the relatively slow-moving contingent workforce industry. But while the oft-declared statement, “the world of work is changing,” is now a bit of truism, MBO’s acquisition and platform strategy now puts the company squarely in…
‘Bad Buying’ hits the bookshelves for procurement leaders looking to avoid deals deemed failures, frauds — and worse
October 8, 2020 | Guest Contributor
We are delighted to welcome this post from our friend and former colleague Peter Smith on the launch day of his new book. When I […]

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