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Rosslyn Analytics: Vendor Snapshot (Part 2) — Strengths and Weaknesses - [PRO Content]
April 8, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
In Part 1 of the Spend Matters PRO Vendor Snapshot series, we detailed the history and solution capabilities of Rosslyn Analytics, one of the more distinctive spend analytics vendors in the procurement space. A granddaddy of the sector, it was one of the first self-serve vendors, first cloud vendors and first public providers in the…
Rosslyn Analytics: Vendor Snapshot (Part 1) — Background, Solution Overview, Selection Checklist - [PRO Content]
April 7, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
In this three-part Spend Matters PRO Vendor Snapshot, you'll see that Rosslyn Analytics is a granddaddy in the best-of-breed spend analytics space. With all of the acquisitions, re-brandings, mergers, re-platformings and further re-brandings, there are few standalone best-of-breed providers left in the space that have been around for over a decade. Founded back in 2005…
AppZen: Vendor Introduction — Strengths/Weaknesses, Company SWOT, Competitors, Selection Checklist - [PRO Content]
March 18, 2020 | Nick Heinzmann
The term “audit” usually implies a reactive activity. When something goes wrong, a business conducts an audit to find out what happened, then corrects its procedures to prevent the error from recurring. This approach is, of course, not ideal. Rather than spend time and energy retroactively correcting a problem, taking a proactive, preventative approach to…
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: Sievo — find the risks hiding in your data, prioritize and take action - [PRO Content]
March 16, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
In our response to the coronavirus outbreak, this Spend Matters PRO series is continuing its mission to examine selected technology providers that professionals in procurement, finance and supply chain organizations should consider to reduce, and even mitigate, coronavirus supply risk — and then recover as fast as possible when sanity returns to the world. The…
Suplari: Vendor Snapshot (Part 3) — SWOT, Competitors, Selection Guide, Analysis - [PRO Content]
March 13, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
Suplari faces significant competition from multiple market segments: S2P/P2P/S2C suites, best-of-breed spend analysis vendors, and generic best-in-class analytic and business intelligence (BI) solutions that are adding in a few spend/supplier-centric reports and touting themselves as solutions for back-office sourcing/procurement professionals. It's a very noisy, messy space, and it can be very confusing for an analytic…
Suplari: Vendor Snapshot (Part 2) — Strengths and Weaknesses - [PRO Content]
March 12, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
As indicated in Part 1, Suplari was formed to get the relevant purchasing data out of siloed enterprise systems and into the hands of procurement professionals who needed it to make decisions. Billing itself as “AI-Driven Analytics for Modern Procurement Teams,” Suplari was formed with the goal to use all of the available, disparate enterprise…
Suplari: Vendor Snapshot (Part 1) — Background, Solution Overview, Selection Checklist - [PRO Content]
March 11, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
This three-part Spend Matters Vendor Snapshot series will give an overview of the spend analytics vendor Suplari, examine its strengths and weakness, and provide a comparison with its competitors in the procurement technology market. Billing itself as “AI-Driven Analytics for Modern Procurement Teams,” Suplari was formed to get the relevant purchasing data out of siloed…
Tech selection Q&A: ‘There are a lot of people throwing terms around and don’t know what the hell they’re talking about’
March 4, 2020 | Spend Matters Brand Studio
In our look at how companies do tech selections, some firms cast a wide need to see what the market has to offer and some go hunting for specific business needs. Versatex, a spend management firm that needed a spend analytics solution, did its tech selection using a rigorous set of requirements and it took…
How does McKinsey’s acquisition of Orpheus affect Sievo and the spend analytics solution landscape? (Part 1: Background)
February 21, 2020 | Jason Busch
I’ve long been a fan of the spend analytics firm Sievo (going back to when my friend Fabrice Saporito was helping drive its commercialization as CEO in the formative years). But in a world where procurement and spend analytics technology ages fast, constant investment in R&D to drive solution improvement is key. You’ll need to…
Sievo: Vendor Snapshot 2020 Update — Part 3 (Comparison to Competitors and Summary Analysis) - [PRO Content]
February 21, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
This final installment of our Spend Matters PRO Vendor Snapshot 2020 Update series covering Sievo offers a provider SWOT analysis, competitive assessment and comparison with other providers in the spend analytics market, a shortlist of providers, a user requirements checklist and analysis. Not only is the market for spend analysis solutions highly fragmented from a…
Sievo: Vendor Snapshot 2020 Update — Part 1 (Background & Solution Overview) - [PRO Content]
February 18, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Snapshot 2020 Update offers a refresh of our 2017 review of Sievo’s solution. The three-part series provides facts and expert analysis to help buying organizations make informed decisions about whether they need a solution like Sievo to drive spend analytics programs in place of or in addition to their current…
Why mid-market organizations need spend-management tools to remain competitive: A Q&A with Vroozi CEO Joe Fox
February 10, 2020 | Elaine Morris Roberts, Spend Matters Brand Studio
The procurement technology market continues to grow increasingly complex, with providers offering everything from specialty platforms to complete solutions. For mid-market companies, choosing a technology provider can be daunting, but it is essential to maximize spend under management, streamline purchasing and accounts payable processes, and stay competitive with peers who are investing heavily in technologies…

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...